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  • Bill Haslam As somebody who thinks Tennessee history is important, I want to make certain that's still a part of the curriculum. I think that's critical for the people growing up in our school system.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Bill Richardson As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Bhagavad Gita As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Bing Gordon As you grow up, you become more comfortable with your own peccadilloes, and I'm bad with people who aren't self-motivated. And now, when I see them coming, I run the other way.
    Bing Gordon
    American video game executive and technology venture capitalist
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  • Arne Duncan At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.
    Arne Duncan
    American civil servant (1964 - )
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  • Arsene Wenger At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
    Arsene Wenger
    French football manager and former player (1949 - )
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  • Swami Ramdas Be patient. The path of self-discipline that leads to God-realization is not an easy path: obstacles and sufferings are on the path; the latter you must bear, and the former overcome - all by His help. His help comes only through concentration. Repetition of God's name helps concentration.
    Swami Ramdas
    Indian saint, philosopher, philanthropist and pilgrim (1884 - 1963)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Be that self which one truly is.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • T. Boone Pickens Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the Ready- Aim-Aim-Aim Syndrome. You must be willing to fire.
    T. Boone Pickens
    American business magnate and financier (1928 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt Because I've been so blessed with a background in nursing and spent so much time with patients at a really intimate, vulnerable time in their lives, the one lesson I've learned is that you never turn down a challenge where you can keep your creative integrity and your heart and soul and your sense of self.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Brit Morin Because of the nature of my brand, it's so important our readers know it really is me behind my keyboard.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Pat Riley Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
    Pat Riley
    American basketball coach (1945 - )
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  • Bill Plympton Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.
    Bill Plympton
    American animator, graphic designer and cartoonist (1946 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Plotinus Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
    Plotinus
    Roman philosopher (205 - 270)
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  • Frank Gifford Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
    Frank Gifford
    American football player and actor (1930 - )
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  • Barbara Smith Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
    Barbara Smith
    American lesbian feminist and socialist (1946 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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