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  • George L. Jackson I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me.
    The Prison Letters of George Jackson (1970)
    George L. Jackson
    African-American author and activist
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  • Bryan Burrough I must be the last person online to have been struck with this realization, but it's amazing how the Internet has empowered hundreds of ordinary people, turning them into little Diane Sawyers and Anderson Coopers as they snap and blog away.
    Bryan Burrough
    American author and correspondent (1961 - )
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  • A. R. Ammons I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Warren Buffett I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Bruce Johnston I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Will Rogers I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Harry S. Truman I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Sir John Vanbrugh I never had but one intrigue yet: but I confess I long to have another. Pray heaven it end as the first did tho , that we may both grow weary at a time; for 'Tis a melancholy thing for lovers to outlive one another.
    Sir John Vanbrugh
    English architect and dramatist (1664 - 1726)
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, Children, you must no make so much noise, that I do not think how soon the time may come when, beside the vacant seat, those parents would give all the world, could they hear once more the ringing laughter which once so disturbed them.
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Ethel Barrymore I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.
    Ethel Barrymore
    American actress (1879 - 1959)
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  • John Constable I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
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  • Andy Warhol I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Ken Blanchard I never use notes, they interfere with me.
    Ken Blanchard
    American writer
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  • Gore Vidal I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that's the last thing I wanted.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Buzz Osborne I never wanted to be part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything, I wanted to do my own thing. Those are the lessons I learned from punk rock.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • H. Youngman I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.
    H. Youngman
    American comedian and violinist (1906 - 1998)
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  • Anita Loos I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.
    Anita Loos
    American writer, screenwriter (1889 - 1981)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Socrates I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Jane Austen I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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