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  • Bruce Johnston I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Quentin Crisp I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Iain Banks I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.
    Iain Banks
    Scottish author (1954 - 2013)
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  • Jonathan Swift I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Alanis Morissette I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Kenneth Olsen I see no reason why anyone would want a computer in their home.
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  • George Sand I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.
    George Sand
    French writer (1804 - 1876)
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  • Oscar Wilde I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Junot Diaz I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Burt Rutan I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. And then I went in and I had a lot of fun building airplanes that people could build in their garages. And some 3,000 of those are flying. Of course, one of them is around-the-world Voyager.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • Lord George Byron I stood among them, but not of them; in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Erma Bombeck I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: ''Checkout Time is 18 years.''
    Erma Bombeck
    American writer (1927 - 1996)
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  • Claude Lévi-Strauss I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
    Claude Lévi-Strauss
    French anthropologist (1908 - 2009)
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  • Bruno Tonioli I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.
    Bruno Tonioli
    Italian choreographer and dancer (1955 - )
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  • Jung Chang I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about.
    Jung Chang
    Chinese-born British writer (1952 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Phil McGraw I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.
    Phil McGraw
    American television personality and author (1950 - )
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  • Lou Holtz I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
    Lou Holtz
    American football coach (1937 - 1980)
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  • Jean Rostand I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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