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  • Magnus Carlsen For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.
    Magnus Carlsen
    Norwegian chess grandmaster (1990 - )
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  • Bernhard von Bulow For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our international policy the same independence that we had secured for our European policy.
    Bernhard von Bulow
    German diplomat and politician (1849 - 1929)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Bettie Page For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides... Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.
    Bettie Page
    American model (1923 - 2008)
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  • Bria Skonberg Fortunately, I have always played a lot of sports, so I keep my lungs in good shape. That translates to singing as well.
    Bria Skonberg
    Canadian jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1983 - )
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  • Beth Grant Frequently over the years, people have thought that they know me. Every character actor has this story, I'm sure. It goes like this: 'Um, do you play soccer?' 'Did you go to such and such church?' 'I knew you when you were with so and so... ' Then I go, 'Well, sorry...' and then they say, 'Wait a minute. Are you an actor?'
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Benazir Bhutto General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Flip Wilson Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
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  • William James Mayo Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
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  • Benjamin Franklin Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Ernest Hemingway God knows people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp following eunuchs of literature. They won't even whore. They're all virtuous and sterile. And how well meaning and high minded. But they're all camp followers.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Vikram Seth God save us from people who mean well.
    Een geschikte jongen (1993) 261
    Vikram Seth
    Indian novelist and poet (1952 - )
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  • A. E. Housman Good literature continually read for pleasure must, let us hope, do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
    The Name and Nature of Poetry
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Carl Hiaasen Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Beth Ditto Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Candace Bushnell Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life. I think it's a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well.
    Candace Bushnell
    American author and journalist (1958 - )
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Gore Vidal Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Jonathan Swift Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Barry Ritholtz Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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