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  • George Sand I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.
    George Sand
    French writer (1804 - 1876)
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  • Stephen Hawking I think computer viruses should count as life … I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
    Speech Macworld Expo in Boston, 1996
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Queen Victoria I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
    Queen Victoria
    Queen of Great Britain (1819 - 1901)
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  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Iranian politician and writer (1934 - 2017)
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  • Alan Greenspan I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.
    Alan Greenspan
    American economist (1926 - )
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  • Bruce Oldfield I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.
    Bruce Oldfield
    British fashion designer (1950 - )
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  • Bill Hicks I was in a cab in New York. The cab had a sign, Please do not smoke, Christ is our unseen guest. This guy was reaching. I figure, if he could overcome being nailed to a cross, I don't think a Marlboro Light's gonna faze him that much.
    Dark Poet
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Bruce Springsteen I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Elisabeth Gaskell I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!
    Elisabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I wrote 'Reaching for the Moon' because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don't attain it, you can at least reach for it.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Douglas Adams I'd far rather be happy than right any day.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Ben Lovett I'd happily just stay on the road. Getting home from America, sitting in my kitchen with a cup of tea, staring out of the window is pretty depressing. I didn't have a tour manager to tell me what to do so I had to start reaching out to people and making plans. That was hard. You become very vegetable-y.
    Ben Lovett
    American recording artist, film composer, songwriter and producer (1978 - )
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  • Adam Baldwin I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.
    Adam Baldwin
    American actor (1962 - )
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  • Wilma Rudolph I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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  • E. E. Cummings I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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  • Barbara Park I'm so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. And I hate flying. So I have this really laid-back, good lifestyle, and it's hard to nudge me out of it.
    Barbara Park
    American author of children's books (1947 - 2013)
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  • Busta Rhymes I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Ben Saunders I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.
    Ben Saunders
    British explorer
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  • Benjamin Clementine I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only tell people what I think about: my ambitions, my dreams, what inspires me.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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