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  • Albert Einstein During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Florence Scovel Shinn Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
    Florence Scovel Shinn
    American artist, writer
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  • Jane Austen Everybody likes to go their own way - to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Carolina Herrera Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau For what are the classics but the noblest thoughts of man? They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers to the most modern inquiry in them as Delphi and Dodona never gave. We might as well omit to study Nature because she is old.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Allen Ginsberg Fortunately art is a community effort, a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.
    Allen Ginsberg
    American poet (1926 - 1997)
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  • Caroll Spinney Frankly, I think if I won the lottery and won a billion dollars, I'd still want to continue doing this job. I love expressing myself through it. I've gotten to really love acting. And I've gotten to know Big Bird from the inside out so thoroughly it's like playing my kid. I can't imagine deliberately stopping.
    Caroll Spinney
    American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (1933 - 2019)
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  • Robert Frost Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Adrian Edmondson From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
    Adrian Edmondson
    British actor (1957 - )
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  • Kahlil Gibran Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Francis Bacon God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Napoleon Hill Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • St. John of the Cross He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
    St. John of the Cross
    Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591)
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  • Voltaire How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • George Washington I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Ashleigh Brilliant I like who I am, and am puzzled to find that not everybody shares this opinion.
    Ashleigh Brilliant
    American author and cartoonist (1933 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Voltaire If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Benjamin Franklin If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Voltaire In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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