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  • Abbie Hoffman Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks.
    Steal This Book (1971) Free Education
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • Birgitte Hjort Sorensen Usually, when you get early versions of scripts, they are not very good. I found 'Borgen' amazing from the very first read-through because of how fast-paced and gripping it was. It felt more international because of the way it didn't dwell on the characters' personal lives as many Danish shows used to, but still, nobody thought it would travel.
    Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
    Danish actrice (1982 - )
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  • Bill Maris Venture funds get beaten up for not investing in important things. Okay, if you want venture funds to invest in important things, then don't penalize or make fun of them when those important things don't work.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Caroline Wozniacki Very few women get asked to be in the swimsuit issue, and I'm really proud to be one of so many beautiful and empowering women.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Bill Bryson Virginia? he said, as if I had asked him if there was anywhere local we could get a dose of syphilis.
    A Walk in the Woods
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Bernard Williams Virtually the only subject in which one could ever get a scholarship to Oxford or Cambridge was classics. So I went to Oxford to study classics and, unlike Cambridge, it had a philosophy component, and I became completely transported by it.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Samuel Butler Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Bill Hybels Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Hader Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Bill Dedman Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, 'as little as we could get by with at the time.'
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Barbara Demick Walking down the street with a portrait of the Dalai Lama will get one immediately arrested in most parts of China. Tiny medallions are routinely confiscated and destroyed.
    Barbara Demick
    American journalist
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  • Warren Buffett Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Bruce Sterling War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Sterling War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Mao Tse-Tung War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Bonnie Tyler We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • Calvin Trillin We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • John Osborne We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.
    John Osborne
    English playwright, screenwriter and actor (1929 - 1994)
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  • Betty Dodson We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
    Betty Dodson
    American sex educator (1929 - )
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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