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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, “This is what is expected of you. But… I’m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role… I love being with people.”
    Diana Spencer Princess of Wales
    British princess
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  • Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Alexander Pope No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Nelson Mandela No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.
    Source: Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
    Nelson Mandela
    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader (1918 - 2013)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Arthur Erickson No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • W. H. Auden No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Bruce Barton No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • André Gide No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Edgar Sheffield Brightman No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit.
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  • Samuel Johnson No two men can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bob Riley No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Alexander Pope No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Bill Clinton No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean them - campaign fantasies that win elections but don't get nations moving again.
    Source: Detroit Economic Club, August 21, 1992
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Bill Clinton No, because I didn't get him. But at least I tried. That's the difference me and some, including all the right-wingers who are attacking me now. They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try. They did not try. I tried.
    Source: Interview with Chris Wallace, FOX News Sunday, September 24, 2006
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Salman Rushdie No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bobby Flay Nobody believed the 'Food Network' could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They'll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasn't true. 'Food Network' continues to get better and evolve.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Balthazar Getty Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.
    Balthazar Getty
    American actor and musician (1975 - )
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