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  • Ben Carson No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem No matter how hard I worked, whatever I accomplished was attributed to my looks. If you're working your ass off, then you don't want to be told that you only got whatever because of the way you look. It takes the heart out of you.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • James A. Froude No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
    James A. Froude
    British Historian (1818 - 1894)
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  • Ann Beattie Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Candice Bergen Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.
    Candice Bergen
    American actress (1946 - )
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  • Wayne Calloway Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
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  • W. C. Fields Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Orson Welles Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Billy Collins Now that I'm older, a real source of interest is the ages of the dead, the number; the day is off to an optimistic start when the departed are all older than I.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • John Gay O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Butch Trucks Of all the songs we played, 'Statesboro Blues' was the most ripped-off.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Barack Obama Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Barack Obama Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Jane Harrison Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
    Jane Harrison
    British classical scholar and linguist
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  • Casey Stoner Once I decided to retire from bikes, there was no thought to go racing again. I wanted to have a full year off and maybe even see the world a bit.
    Casey Stoner
    Australian professional motorcycle racer (1985 - )
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  • Richard P. Feynman Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off.
    Richard P. Feynman
    American theoretical physicist and Nobel price winner (1918 - 1988)
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  • Atom Egoyan Once we were in the studio, we realized we were getting certain effects through the shooting of the dramatic scenes on video, shooting off a screen and then getting wave patterns and stuff like that.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • W. H. Auden One cannot review a bad book without showing off.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Carolyn Heilbrun One hires lawyers as one hires plumbers, because one wants to keep one's hands off the beastly drains.
    The Question of Max Ch. 5 (1976)
    Carolyn Heilbrun
    American academic and author (1926 - 2003)
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