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  • James Baldwin Words like ''freedom,'' ''justice,'' ''democracy'' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Sir William Osler Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.
    Sir William Osler
    Canadian Physician (1849 - 1919)
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  • Sean O'Casey Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow - security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.
    Sean O'Casey
    Irish Dramatist (1880 - 1964)
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  • Andy Hertzfeld Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of the Mac team, we were in our mid-20's, most of us were single, and we were able to essentially devote our lives to it.
    Andy Hertzfeld
    American software engineer and innovator (1953 - )
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  • Bridgit Mendler Working on 'Good Luck Charlie' has been an awesome experience, and it's so crazy to build a fan base and have all those people tune into the show.
    Bridgit Mendler
    American actress, singer, and songwriter (1992 - )
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  • Bernadette Peters Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
    Bernadette Peters
    American actress, singer, and author (1948 - )
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason Working with food was fraught with anxiety when I was a girl. Like all farmers, we were at the mercy of the weather, and we lived in fear of crop failure.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Katherine Mansfield Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Gene Fowler Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
    Gene Fowler
    American journalist, author and dramatist (1890 - 1960)
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  • Gene Fowler Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
    Gene Fowler
    American journalist, author and dramatist (1890 - 1960)
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  • Beyonce Knowles Y'all are so cute and y'all talk so proper over here. I love England.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Bootsy Collins Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat and we have to learn how to deal with each other. I think that the music and what we do in our actions is what can kind of bring us together, hopefully.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Ben E. King Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Ben E. King Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Carine Roitfeld Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Feirstein Yes, I play computer games. I think you've got to embrace the latest technology. For someone to dismiss games as not important would be the same as saying the Internet is not important.
    Bruce Feirstein
    American screenwriter and humorist (1956 - )
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  • Barbara Hershey Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.
    Barbara Hershey
    American actress (1948 - )
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  • J. G. Ballard Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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