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  • Huey Newton My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.
    Huey Newton
    African-American political activist (1942 - 1989)
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  • Olive Schreiner My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • Bobby Moynihan My first 'SNL' episode was with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. And if you go back and watch the monologue - it was supposed to feature Barack Obama, but we couldn't get him - it was with William Shatner. But if you watch it, Guy Fieri is sitting in the front row.
    Bobby Moynihan
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1977 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Beth Henley My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Ang Lee My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw My friend, when a man has anything to tell in this world, the difficulty is not to make him tell it, but to prevent him from telling it too often.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Aeschylus My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Bill Flores My goal is to be the tough negotiator but... not to air differences through press releases.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Brian Austin Green My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.
    Brian Austin Green
    American actor, rapper and producer (1973 - )
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  • Brendan Gleeson My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Miguel de Cervantes My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, ''There were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little.''
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Abraham Lincoln My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Billy Idol My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
    Billy Idol
    English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (1955 - )
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  • Barry Manilow My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.
    Barry Manilow
    American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (1943 - )
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  • Brock Lesnar My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and constantly trying not to get satisfied with where I'm at with my career and where I'm at as an athlete. I'm somewhat happy, but never satisfied.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Bill Bruford My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.
    Bill Bruford
    English drummer, composer and producer (1949 - )
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  • Blanche Lincoln My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.
    Blanche Lincoln
    American politician and lawyer (1960 - )
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  • Bono My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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