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  • Al Sharpton I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • A. J. Foyt I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.
    A. J. Foyt
    American auto racing driver (1935 - )
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  • Bryce Courtenay I guess my use-by date is just about up but if I could come back as a storyteller now, I would be jumping over the moon because wow, just think what's available.
    Bryce Courtenay
    South African-Australian advertising director and novelist (1933 - 2012)
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  • Anthony Doerr I guess whatever maturity is there may be there because I've been keeping a journal forever. In high school my friends would make fun of me - you're doing your man diary again. So I was always trying to translate experience into words.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Anne Campbell I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer.
    Anne Campbell
    English politician (1940 - )
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  • Buffalo Bill I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Bud Grant I happened to be in a position in Superior where I could play three sports, and when I came to Minnesota, I had the understanding they would allow me to play three sports. Kids now don't have the same amount of time. You have coaches that think baseball is 10 months a year. Hockey is 11 or 12 months a year.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Jean Paul Getty I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Beck I have a fear of heights, so falling off something very tall. But I've conquered a good amount of my fears. I guess most people would have the fear of getting up in front of a large audience of people and making a fool of themselves. I've gotten over that.
    Source: On the Couch, NME
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Umberto Eco I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe that memory is our soul. If we lose our memory completely, we are without a soul.
    Source:  (2015)
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Thomas Mann I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.
    Thomas Mann
    German author, critic and Nobel laureate in literature (1929) (1875 - 1955)
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  • Germaine Greer I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Kurt Vonnegut I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled ''Science Fiction'' and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Astrid Lindgren I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.
    Astrid Lindgren
    Swedish children's book and novelist (1907 - 2002)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Andrew Young I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.
    Andrew Young
    Amercan activisit and minister (1932 - )
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  • Edward VIII I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. I now quit altogether public affairs, and I lay down my burden.
    Edward VIII
     
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  • Angela Merkel I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • François Rabelais I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
    François Rabelais
    French writer (1483 - 1553)
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  • Agatha Christie I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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