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  • Clark Kenneth People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.
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  • Bubba Watson People started coining the phrase, 'Bubba Golf,' whatever you want to call it, which I like. 'Bubba Golf' is going to be fun. I mean, why do what everybody else does? That's boring.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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  • Ben Vereen People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Bobby Bowden People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity.
    Bobby Bowden
    American football coach (1929 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Euripides People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Bode Miller People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Billy Corgan People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Bode Miller People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Marcel Proust People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the comma bacillus.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Anne Rice People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Abraham Lincoln People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Vaclav Havel People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Leo Burke People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
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  • Carolyn Chute People who work in factories or in the woods or maybe a dairy farm - for years, I've been fascinated with people like that. No pretensions. They just live their lives. I found them beautiful. They were all I seemed to be interested in writing about.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Barry Ritholtz People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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