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Given their unusual privilege, Western intellectuals can realistically accomplish a great deal. The limits are imposed by will more than objective circumstances. And about human will predictions are without value.
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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