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  • Steve Jobs Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.
    Steve Jobs
    American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial (1955 - 2011)
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  • Ignazio Silone On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
    Ignazio Silone
    Italian writer and politician (ps by Secondo Tranquilli) (1900 - 1978)
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  • Jules Renard On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • William Hamilton On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind.
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  • Barack Obama On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Billy Campbell On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if you don't resolve your issues it literally could mean - and this would be an extreme circumstance - the sinking of the ship. You learn a lot about other people. You learn a lot about yourself.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Alexander Pope On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Calamity Jane On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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  • Beeban Kidron On telly, there's been a move towards entertainment - with some very high-powered, fast-moving dramas. Then we have the Internet, where we get our information but it's all in bite-size pieces. I think the documentary, as a form, actually speaks to what's missing.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Brad Meltzer On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Avi Arad On the first movie we got good reviews, but we were still dealing with genre stuff. It's going away. Judge the movie - is it a good one or a bad one? We know we made a great movie and it's being judged for just being a good film.
    Avi Arad
    Israeli-American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Bobby Seale On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • Boris Spassky On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • George Orwell On the whole human beings want to be good, but not to good and not quite all the time.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • George Orwell On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Ban Ki-moon On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Paracelsus Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
    Paracelsus
    Swiss doctor and alchemist, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541)
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  • Simeon Strunsky Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach, but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.
    Simeon Strunsky
    American journalist (1879 - 1948)
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  • Joan Didion Once I get over maybe a hundred pages, I won't go back to page one, but I might go back to page fifty-five, or twenty, even. But then every once in a while I feel the need to go to page one again and start rewriting.
    Source:  (2006)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Bruno Tonioli Once I moved to London I thought it was unbeatable. I work a lot in L.A. and love it, but would never give up London. It's a true world city, with an energy that's unique.
    Bruno Tonioli
    Italian choreographer and dancer (1955 - )
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