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  • Dick Gregory And we love to dance - especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
    Dick Gregory
    African-American comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, writer and entrepreneur (1932 - 2017)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • T. S. Eliot And what the dead had no speech for, when living, they can tell you, being dead: the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Peter Ackroyd And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever.
    First Light (1996) 50
    Peter Ackroyd
    English biographer, novelist and critic (1949 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes And when you stick on conversation's burrs, don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Benjamin Franklin And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Bruce Springsteen And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Cassandra Clare And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.
    Cassandra Clare
    American author of young adult fiction (1973 - )
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  • Bernard Cornwell And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • Arthur Laffer And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can't be done.
    Arthur Laffer
    American economist and author (1940 - )
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  • Billy Ocean And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It's not scientific. It's spiritual - a good feeling. And although you don't know them personally, the audience are like your friends.
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  • Alma Guillermoprieto And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican.
    Alma Guillermoprieto
    Mexican journalist
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  • Dave Barry And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople Get Ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a really sharp-looking report.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Buddy Rich And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Sri Swami Sivananda Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
    Sri Swami Sivananda
    Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1887 - 1963)
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  • Terry Pratchett Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going.
    Terry Pratchett
    English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works (1948 - 2015)
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  • Aaron Carter Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
    Aaron Carter
    American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor (1987 - )
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  • Bruce Greenwood Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want.
    Bruce Greenwood
    Canadian actor and producer (1956 - )
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  • Brad Bird Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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