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I didn't leave physics because of boredom. I left it because other issues compelled me in a bigger way. And I always say to myself, When I'm 60, I'd like to go back to what I interrupted.
Vandana Shiva
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Vandana Shiva
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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