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So we must fix our visions not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but upon the positive affirmation of peace. We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war. Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man’s creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all the nations of the world. In short, we must shift the arms race into a “peace race.

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Basing a marriage on something as subjective as “love” (no one seems to really be able to define this) is a real problem. Marriages are like forming a corporatio­n and successful marriages have clearly defined roles, boundaries­, responsibi­lities, budgets and tons of compromise­. Regardless of what the Beatles sang, love is not all you need.

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Looking back, even the admission essay I wrote that got me into a top graduate school, was on culture and identity – my own, that is. Who was I? What was my true identity – Guyanese by birth and parents only? Or American after 14 years in New York? What was my true nationality and true sense of spirit? Could I just state, when asked, that I am just nomadic – having lived on three continents, and in love with multiple cultures?