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  • A. N. Wilson When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile When I turned 30, I started to feel all those miles. At times, you want to turn the faucet off a bit, but I never want to stop traveling. That's what it's all about - taking the music to the people.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Bjork When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Bethany Hamilton When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Boman Irani When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.
    Boman Irani
    Indian actor (1959 - )
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  • Bill Clinton When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale, and I never tried again.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Carolina Herrera When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • A. E. Housman When I was one-and-twenty
    I heard him say again,
    The heart out of the bosom
    Was never given in vain;
    'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
    And sold for endless rue.
    And I am two-and-twenty
    And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
    Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 13, st. 2
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Bob Gibson When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
    Bob Gibson
    American baseball player (1935 - 2020)
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  • Bob Dole When I was quite young, I put my trust in God — not government; and I never get the two confused.
    Bob Dole
    American politician and attorney (1923 - )
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  • Bruce Robinson When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.
    Bruce Robinson
    English actor, director and novelist (1946 - )
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  • Larry Bird When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
    Larry Bird
    American basketbal player and coach (1956 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Oswald Chambers When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, ''I can't.''
    Oswald Chambers
    Scottish preacher, writer (1874 - 1917)
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  • Jane Austen When money is once parted with, it can never return.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Benigno Aquino III When my father returned home on the twenty-first of August 1983, he had a speech prepared. Filipinos never got to hear it, because he was murdered right on the tarmac.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Barbara Mikulski When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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