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If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north India, Christianity to a narrow tract in the Middle East and Islam to Arabia.

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Aung San Suu Kyi
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 19
Burmese Politician
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