Quotes with nine-and-a-half

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  • Henry David Thoreau I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Gloria Steinem I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Confucius I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Thomas Jefferson I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Jerome K. Jerome I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
    Jerome K. Jerome
    British Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright (1859 - 1927)
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  • Denzel Washington I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me-spiritually and financially.
    Denzel Washington
    American actor, director, and producer (1954 - )
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  • Kahlil Gibran I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Lord George Byron I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Mae West I speak two languages, Body and English.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Madonna I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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  • Iris Murdoch I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Bill Gates I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
    Source: Speech at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, February 24, 2004
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Samuel Goldwyn I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Albert Ellis I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Gerald Early I think there are only three things America will be known for 2, 000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball.
    Gerald Early
    American essayist and American (1952 - )
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  • W. Clement Stone I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Joseph Addison I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Robert Burns I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
    Robert Burns
    Scottish Poet (1759 - 1796)
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