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  • B. D. Wong In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • Bram Cohen In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Barry Bostwick In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus In the beginning of my career, I wanted to be chased by girls more than anything - that's why I got the guitar. By the time we were in ABBA, the music was the only important thing.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Bjarke Ingels In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives.
    Bjarke Ingels
    Danish architect and businessman (1974 - )
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  • Alfred Whitney Griswold In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.
    Alfred Whitney Griswold
    American historian and educator (1906 - 1963)
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  • Ben Zobrist In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Adam Savage In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
    Adam Savage
    American special effects designer and fabricator (1967 - )
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  • Voltaire In this country it's a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Simon Hoggart In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.
    Simon Hoggart
     
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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Bradley A. Smith Incumbents don't like it, but political competition is a good thing. Incumbents usually outspend challengers by better than 3 to 1. Super PACs, which tend to support challengers, have nullified some of this advantage.
    Bradley A. Smith
    American law professor (1958 - )
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  • Victor Hugo Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Colombian writer (1927 - 2014)
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  • Albert Einstein Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Aaron Copland Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
    Aaron Copland
    American composer and writer (1900 - 1990)
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  • C. S. Lewis Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Carmen Busquets Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact that the 'next big thing' can be an economic crisis that they have created by being very irresponsible with their power.
    Carmen Busquets
    Venezuelan entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor (1965 - )
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  • Beau Willimon Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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