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  • George Bernard Shaw Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Albert Camus More and more, revolution has found itself delivered into the hands of its bureaucrats and doctrinaires on the one hand, and to the enfeebled and bewildered masses on the other.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • James Thomson More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
    James Thomson
    Scottish poet (1700 - 1748)
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  • Gabriel Heatter More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.
    Gabriel Heatter
    American radio commentator and journalist (1890 - 1972)
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  • Bill Hybels More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Carter Burwell Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • William James Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Woody Allen My brain: it's my second favorite organ.
    Sleeper (1973)
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Bre Pettis My father was a ham radio geek, and I remember the glow of the vacuum tubes from a Hammarlund receiver that became a hand-me-down to me.
    Bre Pettis
    American entrepreneur and video blogger
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  • Angela Carter My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • William Shakespeare My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Novalis My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
    Novalis
    German poet and writer (ps. van Georg van Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Rodney Dangerfield My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.
    Rodney Dangerfield
    American comedian, actor (1921 - 2004)
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  • Barbara Park My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.
    Barbara Park
    American author of children's books (1947 - 2013)
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  • Johnny Carson My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.
    Johnny Carson
    American TV personality, businessman (1925 - 2005)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • John Ruskin Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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