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  • Carine Roitfeld People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Billy Corgan People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Bode Miller People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Marcel Proust People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the comma bacillus.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Abraham Lincoln People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Vaclav Havel People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Leo Burke People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
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  • Carolyn Chute People who work in factories or in the woods or maybe a dairy farm - for years, I've been fascinated with people like that. No pretensions. They just live their lives. I found them beautiful. They were all I seemed to be interested in writing about.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Barry Ritholtz People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Bela Lugosi People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Walter Savage Landor People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Alexander Chase People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.
    Alexander Chase
    American journalist and editor (1926 - )
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  • Cassandra Clare Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.
    Cassandra Clare
    American author of young adult fiction (1973 - )
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  • Adrian Edmondson Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
    Adrian Edmondson
    British actor (1957 - )
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  • Sir Terence Conran Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.
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  • J. G. Ballard Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of an evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game?
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Winston Churchill Personally i'm always ready to learn, although i do not always like being taught.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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