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  • Benedict Cumberbatch Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and '90s to make sure the school bills were paid.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Marquis de Sade Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime? If it is not, why make laws for its punishment? And if it is, by what barbarous logic do you, to punish it, duplicate it by another crime?
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Aaron Carter Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.
    Aaron Carter
    American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor (1987 - )
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  • Lewis Thomas Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind.
    Lewis Thomas
    American arts (1913 - 1993)
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  • B. F. Skinner Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Bruce Oldfield My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.
    Bruce Oldfield
    British fashion designer (1950 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Arthur Blank My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.
    Arthur Blank
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • B. B. King My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Beth Brooke My dad would always say, 'Girl, you've been given gifts. Use them.' And what he meant by that was, 'Don't just be successful. Don't just use your talents for your own success. But make a difference with them. Do something significant.' And when I put those two things together, it just causes me to not accept the status quo.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Bryce Harper My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • John Irving My dear boy, please don’t put a label on me—don’t make me a category before you get to know me!
    In One Person (2012) 189
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Anna Sewell My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.
    Anna Sewell
    English novelist (1820 - 1878)
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  • Abel Ferrara My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.
    Abel Ferrara
    American filmmaker (1951 - )
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  • Barry Lopez My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.
    Barry Lopez
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Casey Affleck My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.
    Casey Affleck
    American actor and director (1975 - )
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  • Bryan Greenberg My fans are probably largely female; it wasn't until 'How to Make it in America' that guys started coming up to me: 'You're Bryan Greenberg.' 'Yeah... Don't hurt me. What do you want?' 'Love the show.'
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Jean Paul Getty My father said: ''You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.''
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Pete Rose My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
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