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  • Hubert Humphrey Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Betty Friedan Friedan: Men had to be supermen: stoic, responsible meal tickets. Dominance is a burden. Most men who are honest will admit that.
    Source: The Playboy Interview
    Betty Friedan
    American feministisch writer (1921 - 2006)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Kenneth Branagh Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
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  • St. Thomas Aquinas Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Italian philosopher and theologian (1225 - 1274)
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  • Calvin Harris From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.
    Calvin Harris
    Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter (1984 - )
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  • Salman Rushdie From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
    Source: The Satanic Verses
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Aaron C. Brown From the lottery to raise the funds for the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 to the lottery used to pay the interest on Dutch loans to the United States during the Revolutionary War, the development of the United States was funded by gambling.
    Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006) Ch. 4
    Aaron C. Brown
    American finance practitioner (1956 - )
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  • William Blake Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Aldous Huxley Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Woodrow Wilson Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • W. H. Auden Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • George Foreman George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be.'' Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river.
    George Foreman
    American professional boxer (1949 - )
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  • Ben Simmons Getting the rebound and going, that's probably the most fluid part of my game.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • R.D. Clyde Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively.
    R.D. Clyde
     
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  • Mark Twain Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • Alcee Hastings Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World country, and I said, 'I'm going to just squat behind a tree.' I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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