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  • Calvin Trillin As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • Boris Pasternak As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Boz Scaggs As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.
    Boz Scaggs
    American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944 - )
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  • Billy Joel As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Bryan Greenberg As I get older, I find myself way more into sports. I'm in a basketball league. You maybe know some of the people in it. They're real people, not fake ones like me.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • William Blake As I was walking among the fires of Hell,
    delighted with the enjoyments of Genius;
    which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
    I collected some of their Proverbs.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Cameron Bright As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.
    Cameron Bright
    Canadian actor (1993 - )
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  • Betsy Beers As much as I was encouraged by the number of female-centric shows being bandied about, it feels like we're being treated like a trend or a quota to be filled.
    Betsy Beers
    American television and film producer (1957 - )
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  • Candice Millard As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Babe Ruth As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Barry McGee As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
    Barry McGee
    American artist
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  • Adam Smith As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Bill Richardson As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Ben Gibbard As the flashbulbs burst she holds a smile
    Like someone would hold a crying child Soon everybody will ask what became of you
    Your heart was dying fast and you didn't know what to do.
    Narrow Stairs
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Christopher Hampton Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
    Christopher Hampton
    British playwright (1946 - )
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  • Richard Dawkins Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • Carlos Slim At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.
    Carlos Slim
    Mexican business magnate, investor and philanthropist (1940 - )
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  • Albert Camus At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Maya Angelou At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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