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  • Aldous Huxley That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Ben Harper That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved as much before, and that no one will ever love in the same way again.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bill Medley That was the toughest thing I ever had to do: tell my son that his mum was gone. I was a bachelor living on the beach, but I had to pull it together very quick for my boy.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Bai Juyi That we wished to fly in heaven, two birds with the wings of one,
    And to grow together on the earth, two branches of one tree.
    Earth endures, heaven endures; some time both shall end,
    While this unending sorrow goes on and on for ever.
    The Song of Long Sorrow
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bob Barr The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word 'No.'
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Raymond Chandler The agent never receipts his bill, puts his hat on and bows himself out. He stays around forever, not only for as long as you can write anything that anyone will buy, but as long as anyone will buy any portion of any right to anything that you ever did write. He just takes ten per cent of your life.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Horace The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Robert Graves The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.
    Robert Graves
    English poet, historical novelist, critic and classicist (1895 - 1985)
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  • Buzz Osborne The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick the one that really showed me how things could be done, it's 'The Who Sell Out.' They really went to town on that, doing something that no one had ever done before.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • William Saroyan The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.
    William Saroyan
    Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and writer (1908 - 1981)
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  • Naomi Wolf The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
    Naomi Wolf
    American author, journalist, feminist, and former political advisor (1962 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation with my daughter every day. It takes ten minutes. I think reducing stress plays a big part in anti-aging.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Asa Gray The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The best reformers the world has ever seen
    are those who commence on themselves.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bette Davis The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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