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  • Ben Carson The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • B. J. Novak The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.
    B. J. Novak
    American actor, writer, comedian, and director (1979 - )
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  • Rony Seikaly The NBA players are smart enough to know that you get the virus from unprotected sex, and we're not going to have unprotected sex on the basketball court.
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  • Matthew Arnold The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Carter G. Woodson The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Alvin Toffler The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.
    Alvin Toffler
    American writer, futurist, and businessman (1928 - 2016)
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  • Bram Cohen The next release of mainline is going to have a lot of the advanced features people want, by the way.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde The Niagara Falls? Simply a vast unnecessary amount of water going the wrong way and then falling over unnecessary rocks.
    In Oscar Wilde, His Life and Wit (1946)
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carl Hiaasen The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Bill Engvall The one thing people like about my show is it's universal. Everybody can relate to it. I think people enjoy going to a show and saying, 'Something like that happened to me.'
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • John Locke The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Britney Spears The only person I do worry about, that I want to be a good person for, I think is my responsibility, is my sister. I'm going to be cool for you, okay. I like, I need to, I like being by myself right now. I think it's good for me.
    60 Minutes interview (2003)
    Britney Spears
    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress (1981 - )
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  • Wayne Gretzky The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
    Wayne Gretzky
    Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1961 - )
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  • Alice Hoffman The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
    Alice Hoffman
    American novelist (1952 - )
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  • Alice Hoffman The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
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  • Bruce Vilanch The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that moment.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Bruce Dern The Palestinians need more help from the Arab countries. Since 1967, the world has learned that there is not going to be real progress in the region until Palestine gets something back that they had.
    Bruce Dern
    American actor (1936 - )
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  • William S. Burroughs The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Elizabeth Taylor The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
    Elizabeth Taylor
    British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian (1932 - 2011)
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