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  • Simone Weil Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Bill Nunn Fortunately, I never had to do the waiter thing. When I got out of college, I immediately started to teach acting. One of the first jobs I had was in a federally-funded program where I taught drama to young people.
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • John Mason Brown Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe.
    John Mason Brown
    American drama critic and author (1900 - 1969)
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  • Hilaire Belloc From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
    Hilaire Belloc
    British Author (1870 - 1953)
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  • Bertolt Brecht From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Alice Hamilton From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
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  • Brendon Urie From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron From the moment I went to Hollywood for the first time, I was accused by various people of selling out. So I feel I've done my sell-out films already. I've sold everything! I've sold every piece of soul I ever had!
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Mark Twain Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Tom Hopkins Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
    Tom Hopkins
    English professional footballer (1911 - )
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  • Butch Trucks Ginger Baker was never my favorite, but he was part of the group Cream that opened the door to what we did. They were the first band to really get into improvisation. They were an absolute necessity to what came later.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Boris Becker Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot Given the profits he and Pharaoh must have made, one might call Joseph the first international arbitrageur.
    The (Mis)Behavior of Markets Ch. 10, p. 201 (A reference to Genesis 41:48–49,
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Blake Mycoskie Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
    The Problem of Pain (1940)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Francis Bacon God's first creature, which was light.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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