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  • Brad Feld Twitter has always been that refreshing place where I can quickly find out what is going on in my tech world. I follow mostly entrepreneurs and VCs - some who I know and some who I don't know. I have a few companies in my feed. But no newspapers, no magazines, and no mainstream media.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Baldwin Spencer Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
    Baldwin Spencer
    Antigua and Barbuda politican and labour leader (1948 - )
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  • Carrie Fisher Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Benigno Aquino III Typhoon Haiyan showed the entire world how vulnerable the Philippines as well as other developing countries are to natural disasters.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Carlos Fuentes Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live. Sometimes in a magical way, sometimes in the shadows.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians.
    The (Mis)Behavior of Markets Ch. 2, p. 41
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Arthur Keith Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Abdul Kalam Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Richard Armour Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.
    Richard Armour
    American poet and author (1906 - 1989)
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  • Aslan Maskhadov Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world.
    Aslan Maskhadov
    Chechen politician (1951 - 2005)
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  • Bernard Meltzer Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.
    Bernard Meltzer
    American professor (1916 - 1998)
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  • Andy Rooney Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Anne Rice Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Cassidy Gifford Very few people are blessed enough to call their father a legend, and an even smaller number are able to share that notion with the rest of the world.
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  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bill Bixby Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'.
    Bill Bixby
    American actor, director and producer (1934 - 1993)
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  • Bruce Willis Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?
    Bruce Willis
    American actor, producer, and singer (1955 - )
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  • Joel A. Barker Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
    Joel A. Barker
    American businessman
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  • James Baldwin Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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