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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party

or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. Jackie Robinson I love being able to make people laugh. Judith Light Actually, actually, when he first put us into hypnosis, he didn't know what he was going to get. Betty Hill Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league. Christiane Amanpour Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time. Jimmy Carl Black The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants. John McGraw
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Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society.

It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. Princess Diana Did you know that today will never be tomorrow. Jay London We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring. Georges Jacques Danton I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts. Karrie Webb Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. Joe Paterno He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you. Charles Stanley A man never tells you anything until you contradict him. George Bernard Shaw
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times

but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. Natan Sharansky I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. Lana Turner Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. Livy I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key. Imran Khan Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons. Princess Diana If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it. Marcus Valerius Martial Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not. Ursula K. Le Guin
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I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and

the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful. Mark Morris Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman. Nina Simone Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do. Virginia Woolf I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - You write backward Es! Hilary Putnam Science is all metaphor. Timothy Leary If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it? Lee Strasberg
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No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no

man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Hunter S. Thompson All our words from loose using have lost their edge. Ernest Hemingway The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service. Donald L. Carcieri People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. Jeremy Collier If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. Margaret Atwood I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation. Britney Spears But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. Wanda Sykes
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That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and

he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me. Dakota Fanning I never get involved with the ladies I work with. Dirk Benedict Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. Jacques Barzun It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again. Hiawatha One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle. Michael Palin Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. Benjamin Franklin Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. Edith Hamilton
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The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what

lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business. Thomas Kinkade Take without forgetting, and give without remembering. Bryant H. McGill I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. Diana Ross Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair. George Burns Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union. Samuel Goldwyn Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. Larry Wall We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it. Saul Alinsky
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I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in

it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important. John F. Kerry How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. Petrarch My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence. Sasha Cohen The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. Al Alvarez When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere. D. H. Lawrence I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. Oscar Wilde Who can refute a sneer? William Paley
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A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I

thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything. Eric San I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one. James Gordon Bennett Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. Mary McCarthy The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning. Michael D. Barnes A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself. Loretta Young I know people don't think I work. Douglas Wilson Basically, I use hammer-ons and pull-offs. Stanley Jordan
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Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to

think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with. Peter Buck I've been shot at on numerous occasions. John Pomfret It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. Edwin Land The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. Robert Baden-Powell Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. Benjamin Rush If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond. Ray Conniff When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back. Michael Schumacher
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I tried to tell them about the dating process because I'm single now and how

horrible it is and how many foolish experiences I had had dating. So I was really selling him hard, but the whole time he really wanted me! Andie MacDowell We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity. William Godwin I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing. Wally Lamb Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country. Hun Sen OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head. Ruby Dee Transformation literally means going beyond your form. Wayne Dyer I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny. Daniel Johns
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When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if

you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do. Stevie Nicks All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties. Charles William Eliot Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. Louisa May Alcott Their silence is praise enough. Terence Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent. Robert Frost Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. Publilius Syrus Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture. America Ferrera
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I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me

very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.' Joseph Addison Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. Henry Ward Beecher I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. Kurt Vonnegut Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes. Maynard James Keenan Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. Franklin Pierce Adams Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity. Chuck Jones It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see. James Hetfield
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a whole and as a medium and of course, there are some that I've enjoyed making more than others but I've enjoyed making all of them. Peter Cushing One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. Washington Irving Whatever advice you give, be short. Horace Later, I became the manager for Amelia Earhart, until, well, you know. Joseph Force Crater Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in. Dwight L. Moody I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening. Tom Jones Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. Gunter Grass
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In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and

for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. Thomas Merton Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts. Mary Harris Jones Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. Channing Pollock You are the most powerful cultural force in the world. William J. Clinton A slighted woman knows no bounds. John Vanbrugh Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. Leo Buscaglia There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level. Joan D. Vinge
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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain

in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.' Alan Alda But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic. Paul Bettany If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today. Steven Weber I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. Peter Ustinov I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off. Jack Paar Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind. Imre Lakatos My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro. Brandi Carlile Every em...
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I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle,

and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over, one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon. Jules Verne What I love about 'The Chew' is that we have these celebrities come on, and you get to see them in a different light, cooking or enjoying food, when we usually don't see them in that setting. So it's a lot of fun for their fans to see them be normal people and having that commonality of food. Carla Hall I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver album!' I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out. Justin Vernon The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture. Alvar Aalto I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family. Renzo Piano ...
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My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh

and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was! Lynn Johnston Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for. Charles Jencks I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution. Paul Lynde At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart. Ben E. King The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures. John Woolman My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. Lee Child My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come...
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I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the

series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.' Terry Pratchett So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body. Annabelle Selldorf The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community. Julia Ward Howe I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me. Lawrence Welk Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing. Adriana Lima As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it. Nuno Bettencourt I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big d...
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If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life

more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is. Sandra Day O'Connor Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we'd grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm. John Raese People try to read a lot into what 'digital' means. It's just another platform. There are very attractive things that happen if you invest in content - movies, TV production, acquired series, specialty genres, digital distribution of our magazines, sports rights. Jeffrey Bewkes I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle. Ali ibn Abi Talib Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi. Hans Haacke Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes ...
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I read 'The Bell Jar' as an adolescent and, like most teenagers, had no

 problem identifying with a young woman who had everything going for her - looks, talent, opportunity, with her 'whole life ahead of her,' yadda, yadda, yadda - yet was spiraling into misery. Lionel Shriver I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen some day. Becky Sauerbrunn I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker. Olga Fonda I told my team, 'I don't want to go out for Asian roles anymore.' Ross Butler The Wodehouse language is so rich and detailed and hilarious. John Lithgow The Corbynista brand of politics representing metropolitan, middle class, pro-open border values is far removed from millions of Labour voters, especially those who voted Leave in the referendum. Nigel Farage What comes into...
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In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are

supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. George Will Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor. Bill Scott You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. Shirley Chisholm Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. Dick Cavett If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. Lou Holtz I feel that my whole life is a contribution. Pete Seeger Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems. Gil Kane
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I am totally, completely, 100% in love with fashion. I would wear Chanel gowns to

the grocery store if I could. I'm a huge fan of Chanel and Versace, and I actually have always dreamed of designing my own line one day. Ksenia Solo History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what to do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from. Jill Lepore Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger. Craig Brown It would be unthinkable to have a top-ten list of multiple narrative novels that doesn't include David Mitchell. 'Cloud Atlas' is the most obvious choice, but I have opted for Mitchell's slightly lesser known debut, 'Ghostwritten.' Susan Barker I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there...
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I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their

daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious. Alanis Morissette You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices. Deepak Chopra Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much surprised cause we do a lot of rock and roll. Bobby Hatfield Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it. Douglas MacArthur It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something. Damien Hirst I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, ...
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I wanted to appeal to people who've never really listened to hip-hop or really given

it a chance before. I've also tried to incorporate all my favorite lifestyle things in the music. Of course, 'Fashion Killa' is one of peoples' favorites because it just expresses how much I like fashion. ASAP Rocky I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it. Martha Wainwright Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate. Larry Kramer Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. Marcus Tullius Cicero People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood. Zoe Saldana To go to war, you must always think of, can you win? John Dingell There is something so biologically i...
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