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  • John Philip Sousa Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.
    John Philip Sousa
    American composer and conductor (1854 - 1932)
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  • Sam Rayburn Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it.
    Sam Rayburn
    American politician (1882 - 1961)
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  • Bill Cosby Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Charles Baudelaire Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Cavett Robert Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
    Cavett Robert
    American businessman and founder of the National Speakers Association (1907 - 1997)
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  • Andrew Jackson Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • James Baldwin Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Bart Starr Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.
    Bart Starr
    American football quarterback and coach (1934 - )
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  • Augusto Roa Bastos Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.
    Augusto Roa Bastos
    Paraguayan novelist and writer (1917 - 2005)
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  • Franz Kafka Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Samuel Goldwyn Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Buzz Aldrin Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go into space - buoys up the whole neighborhood.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Malcolm X Anytime anyone is enslaved or in any way deprived of his liberty, that person, as a human being, as far as I'm concerned he is justified to resort to whatever methods necessary to bring about his liberty again.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Malcolm X Anytime you tell a man to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent in the face of a violent enemy, you're making that man defenseless. You're robbing him of his God-given right to defend himself.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bonnie Blair Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
    Bonnie Blair
    American athlete and speed skater (1964 - )
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  • Bret Easton Ellis Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.
    Bret Easton Ellis
    American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director (1964 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
    Bertrand Russells best: silhouettes in satire
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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