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  • Alphonse Karr Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.
    Alphonse Karr
    French writer and editor of Le Figaro (1808 - 1890)
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  • Erich Fromm Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
    Source: The Art of Loving
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Natalie Clifford Barney Lovers should also have their days off.
    Natalie Clifford Barney
    American-born French author (1876 - 1972)
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  • Ronald Laing Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Bess Myerson Mama never told me, 'Bess, you did good.' She wanted the best for us and she was an incredible administrator. She ran those three kids, that house, the whole bit. But if I looked fine, she'd find something wrong - the color, the hem... I used to tell her, 'Mama, don't worry when you're not with me, because you're with me.'
    Bess Myerson
    American politician and model (1924 - 2014)
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  • Felix E. Schelling Man becomes greater in proportion to knowing himself and his faculties. Let him become conscious of what he is and he will soon also learn what he should be.
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  • Thomas Hobbes Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Pearl S. Buck Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Carl Sagan Many harebrained interpretations were also widely available, especially in weekly newspapers.
    Source: Contact (1985) Ch. 13 (p. 216)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Joyce Brothers Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
    Joyce Brothers
    American psychologist and columnist (1927 - 2013)
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  • Paracelsus Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.
    Paracelsus
    Swiss doctor and alchemist, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541)
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  • Bill Mumy Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.
    Bill Mumy
    American actor and musician (1954 - )
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  • Begum Aga Khan Micro-finance is a wonderful opportunity for businesses. By investing a small portion of their income in micro-finance projects, they not only take an active part in business ethics, but they also gain future business partners and consumers.
    Source: International Business and Leadership Symposium address
    Begum Aga Khan
    French Egyptian artist and last wife of Sultan Aga Khan III (1906 - 2000)
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  • Andrew Cohen Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Carolina Herrera Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Alban Berg Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.
    Alban Berg
    Austrian composer (1885 - 1935)
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  • Bill Walton Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Bobby Flay My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Brenda Song My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up, that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time.
    Brenda Song
    American actress (1988 - )
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