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  • John F. Kennedy I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Donald Trump I supported John McCain for president. I raised a million dollars for him. Still a lot of money. I supported him. He lost. He let us down. So I never liked him as much after that because I don`t like losers.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Robert F. Kennedy I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.
    Robert F. Kennedy
    American Senator (1925 - 1968)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Adele In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.
    Adele
    English singer-songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Henry Ford It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Henry Ford It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Simone Weil It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • Simone Weil It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Eric Hoffer It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Simone Weil It would seem that man was born a slave, and that slavery is his natural condition. At the same time nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Cameron Boyce Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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  • Ambrose Bierce Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • André Gide Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Robert F. Kennedy Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings.
    Robert F. Kennedy
    American Senator (1925 - 1968)
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  • Adam Clarke Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility.
    Adam Clarke
    British Methodist theologian (1760 - 1832)
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