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Andries Botha: Beauty. Visible and emotional beauty moves me.

by Andries Botha

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Anthony Arnove: What moves me? So many things move me. Music moves me. Art moves me. I was recently moved by a moment at the end of the World Cup in the game between Italy and France. The image that dominated that game was the image of Zidane and the head butt. That was the image that went around the world and that came to symbolize the competition, the conflict, potentially the racism, and the xenophobia, the nationalism that goes along with the sport. But, there was a moment of tremendous beauty when before the penalty kicks, before the French and Italian goalkeepers went to their respective defense of their goal against the final round of penalty kicks, where the two goalkeepers hug one another and share the moment of human affection and solidarity that cut against so much of that nonsense competition, nationalism that is a part of sport, to show the real spirit of solidarity, and resistance even that can be expressed in sports. And that image, which received almost no attention, which just slipped into the nationalism, to the greed, to the xenophobia, to the nationalism of the World Cup in a so much commercial sport today really was a glimpse and something very powerful, very moving, very human and real.

by Anthony Arnove

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Anuradha Koirala: A modern day sex slave and being in agony with children who are suffering from trafficking and sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS. The modern day sexual slave and being in agony of the children who are trafficked and living with HIV/AIDS.

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Anuradha Mittal: What moves me? Well, let see. I think to know what I -- not only what I struggle against, but what I struggle for. Yeah, that’s what moves me, to know what I am struggling for, what I want, not just fighting against something. Another thing that really moves me, the innocence of a child, the faith that a child can put in a grownup.

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Ashok Gangadean: Again, I find the statement of our friend Robert Thurman, a personal friend of mine, who speaks in a global voice about global wisdom and enlightment touches me deeply and moves me. Has moved me for many, many years as a philosopher. Over the past 45 years being called by the profound logos, the infinite field, to come closer and closer and deeper and to awakening my own mind and my own consciousness in my own life. That has been a moving force for me in my own journey as a global philosopher. Moving me across the old borders, across divisions of our cultures, and our religious spiritual forms of life. So I find that the call of the fundamental infinite field, whether you call it Logos, Sophia, Tao, Om, Brahman, Allah, Yahweh -- whatever name we give to that unifying force -- that is the force that I believe calls me and motivates me in my life and my journey as a human being and as a philosopher. And I think it is really what calls all of us on this planet together.

by Ashok Gangadean

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Audrey Kitagawa: Love moves me. And the acts of kindness of other people, the courage that exists within the hearts of people to be able to face and rise above their personal challenges as well as global challenges. And to see the generosity of people. When I travel to countries where people live in abject poverty, where water is a scarce resource, and to be a guest in their humble homes, to be offered a glass of water knowing how precious water is and to see their generosity in offering what is so scarce and precious to them in that glass of water, that gives me inspiration and that moves me to tears. To see how humbled I am by the greatness of the human spirit that is alive and well in others.

by Audrey Kitagawa

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Avi Primor: First of all children. Not only because children are generally sweet but because children are a mystery. I look at the children and I always think: What will happen to them? In what kind of world will they live? How will they influence and move the world? But what moves me right know and not in the future like children do, are those people who dare to go their own way and not the way of all the others. Those who think independently and on their own. Those who think differently. Who try to understand things that are self-evident to others. In my youth one of these persons was the singer Georges Brassens who was cheeky, yes. The bourgeois people didn't like him. Later he became a hero. And in my country, Israel, the people who understand or try to understand the other side. Even when they are treated like traitors. Who go a step further and say: Yes, but why is it this way? Why can't it be different? Don't we make mistakes? Don't we get it wrong? These people make themselves unpopular. They sometimes are despised by their entourage and their own people. But they insist. They move me. I'm not always sharing their opinion but they move me.

by Avi Primor

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Benjamin Fahrer: The wind moves me. My body moves me. Life moves me. Life and its entirety moves me. When I hear people speak from their heart, when I hear of initiatives that are happening in the forest of Costa Rica, when I hear the projects in Kenya, when I see people living their dream, and manifesting what it is that they hold as a vision, this is what moves me. I am moved by love. I am moved by visions of peace. I am moved by the way a tree can be so flexible and yet so strong. I am moved by the beauty that is in the eye of my wife. I am moved by the generosity that is shown to me by my friends. I am moved by the community that supports me and allows me to even have the opportunity to be here. And truly I am moved by those that are doing the work, those that are out there actually putting their inspiration into action. That’s what moves me.

by Benjamin Fahrer

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Benson Venegas: I am inspired by the belief that communities around the world are the most important or vital driven force for sustainable development in the world. And that solutions come through local communities. That there are communities around the world that shows that it's possible at the same time to improve the quality of their life, they're also protecting their environment. So I think it really move me and inspire me that these communities that really are doing things in the ground, and every day base, are making these decisions that are really creating the possibilities for us to really conserve our biodiversity and also to solve some of the most and immediate problems of poverty around the world. That they can be inspired to create a movement at the global level to solve some of these key problems around the world. So, communities at the heart, should be at the heart of every policy-making process, because we need to take the voices of the communities at the policy-making level, for them to really help or give the politician the best elements for - to make the best decision that can create better conditions or a better situation in the world.

by Benson Venegas

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Bill Joy: What moves me is the opportunity to work with people who have passion, want to make change and positive contribution in the world. And I have a job now where I’m working with innovators trying to attack the problems, environmental problems in the world with green technology. And so every day I have the great pleasure of meeting people who are excited and passionate about their new ideas. Not all the new ideas are right. People can get passionate about things and be confused about them. But we meet an enormous number of people who have almost unbounded passion that they can go and attack one of these problems. They can go attack the problem of CO2 in the world. They can go attack the problem of water, not having enough clean water. They can find new ways of getting solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy. And to get a chance to meet and work with people who have this kind of great and almost unbounded passion to go and make the world a better place is a pleasure for me every day of my life.

by Bill Joy

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Bora Cosic: Schopenhauer found out what moves a human as individual in the nature, accordingly we can’t achieve anything without own will. Personally I’m moved by my every day work, by pleasant ambit in which I live, health that’s still serving me, and the women with which I live together.

by Bora Cosic

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Brian J. Weller: Okay, what moves me? This event is very moving. The sounds of babies of all species always brings a tear to my eye; the seasons. I think taking each other lightly. What moves me? Monty Python’s Flying Circus, that moves me. Acts of courage by oppressed people, and I think when I feel the pain and suffering of other people that is absolutely moving. What else moves me? Oh, meditating every day. I love to spend time in silence every day and Jay Dudove; “splashing into the silence of pure being,” that’s just incredible. I love that. I think probably most of all is realizing how ordinary I am.

by Brian J. Weller

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Constantin von Barloewen: [...] against the technical homogenization, the universal forming of all areas of life, never mind whether they are aesthetic or political. As an anthropologist, I try hard to contribute something to a world, which has an humane face as the world of pragmatic politics, as a world of a imperativ of the economy or a pure primate of strategic game of power. I try hard to work for a truthful inter- and intrareligious dialogue as a condition for human surviving at the beginning of the 21st Century, because I believe that culture in a holistic sense combines all areas of human life. Culture is not a part of economy, but economic is a part of culture, the same goes for politics. If there is no more superordinate power for the culture, the life will have no sense anymore and will be de-humanized. As an anthropologist I try to carry out around a small contribution into the world, in which I was born and soon will leave again. Life for me is a gift.

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Cornel West: Well, there are a number of things that moves me, but I guess the essential thing that moves me is to see with my very own eyes people who muster the courage to love, to be compassionate, not just with their families but with those across town, those across national boundaries, those across continental boundaries. To actually see concrete acts of sweetness, kindness, loveliness. To see people who are willing to take risk and sacrifice. To see communities of hope that were once deeply, deeply dragged down by despair. And, probably more than anything else, to see young children whose eyes sparkle and whose pupils shout for joy, like my own beloved daughter’s [inaudible] when she sees me and her beloved mother [inaudible]. It's a deep, deep joy that goes beyond any pleasure that makes one glad to be alive.

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