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Luciano Pavarotti-Music performer

You don't need any brains to listen to music.- Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. – Wikipedia

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Louis-Ferdinand Céline-Novelist

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it. - Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961) was the pen name of Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, a French novelist, pamphleteer and physician. He developed a new style of writing that modernized French literature. –Wikipedia

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Philibert Commerson-Naturalist

Women distrust men too much in general, and too little in particular. - Philibert Commerson

Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769. – Wikipedia

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Sofia Kovalevskaya-Mathematician

It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. - Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) was the first major Russian female mathematician. She was responsible for some important original contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. – Wikipedia

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Christian Nestell Bovee-Writer

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. - Christine Bovee

Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) was an epigrammatic New York City writer. He was born in New York City. Bovee wrote two books that were widely quoted in contemporaneous compilations. - Wikipedia

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Isabelle Eberhardt-Writer

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. - Isabelle Eberhardt

Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was a Swiss explorer and writer. She was educated in Switzerland by her father, who was a tutor, and published short stories under a male pseudonym as a teenager. - Wikipedia

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Benjamin Disraeli-Politician

Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. - Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was a British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. - Wikipedia

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Ovid-Poet

Habits change into character. Nothing is stronger than habit. - Ovid

Pulius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, (43BCE-17CE) was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. – Wikipedia

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Mabel Collins-Author

When the student is ready the teacher will appear. - Mabel Collins

Mabel Collins (1851-1927) was a theosophist and author of over 46 books. – Wikipedia

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Alfred Whitehead-Mathematician

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. - Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead OM FRS (1861-1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy. – Wikipedia

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Paul Klee -Artist

A line is a dot that went for a walk. - Paul Klee

Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a Swiss-German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. – Wikipedia

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Edgar Rice Burroughs-Writer

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one. - Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter. – Wikipedia

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Robert Breault-Musical Artist

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.  - Robert Breault

Robert Breault (born 1963) is an American operatic tenor. Born in Michigan, he holds a B.M. degree from St. Norbert College from which he received a distinguished alumni award in 1997.  - Wikipedia

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Alfred de Musset-Dramatist

Memory is what makes us young or old. - Alfred de Musset

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset (1810-1857)  was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle. -Wikipedia

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John Kenneth Galbraith-Economist

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC (1908-20006) was a Canadian economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. – Wikipedia

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Edvard Munch- Painter

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul. - Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century. - Wikipedia

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John Steinbeck- Author

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.  - John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902-1968) was an American author of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. - Wikipedia

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Mark Nepo-Poet

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased. - Mark Nepo

Mark Nepo (born 1951)  is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 30 years. Nepo is best known for his New York Times #1 bestseller, The Book of Awakening. -Wikipedia

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Søren Kierkegaard-Philosopher

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. - Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. - Wikipedia

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Mika Waltari-Writer

A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul. - Mika Waltari

Mika Toimi Waltari (1908-1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive and wrote in addition to novels also poetry, short stories, and criminal novels. - Wikipedia

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Mary Oliver-Poet

I simply do not distinguish between work and play. - Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver (born 1935) is an American poet. She has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's best-selling poet." - Wikipedia

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Malcolm Gladwell-Journalist

Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. - Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Timothy Gladwell CM (born 1963) is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. – Wikipedia

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Aldo Leopold-Author

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. - Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) was an American author, philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. –Wikipedia

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Amrita Pritam-Writer

Peace is not just the absence of violence; peace is when the flowers bloom. - Amrita Pritam

Amrita Pritam (1919-2005) was an Indian writer and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. She is considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist. - Wikipedia

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Khushwant Singh-Novelist

Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion. -Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh(1915-2014)  was an Indian novelist, lawyer, journalist and politician. Born and raised in Hadali, Punjab, he studied law at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and King's College London. – Wikipedia

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan-Political leader

If you wish to know how civilized a culture is, look at how they treat its women. - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khān Abdul Ghaffār Khān (1890-1988) was a Pashtun independence activist against the rule of the British Raj. – Wikipedia

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau-Philosopher

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. – Wikipedia.

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Will Durant-Writer

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. - Will Durant

William James "Will" Durant (1885-1981) was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. – Wikipedia

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Azim Premji-Business tycoon

Success is achieved twice. Once in the mind and the second time in the real world. - Azim Premji

Azim Hashim Premji (born 1945) is an Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist. who is the chairman of Wipro Limited. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. - Wikipedia

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Annie Dillard-Author

You can't test courage cautiously. - Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard (born 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. - Wikipedia

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Nandan Nilekani-Entrepreneur

Slowly, ideas lead to ideology, lead to policies that lead to actions. - Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani (born 1955) is an Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician. He was the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India. After a successful career at Infosys, he headed the Government of India's technology committee, TAGUP. - Wikipedia

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Ken Blanchard-Author

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. - Kenneth Blanchard

Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born 1939) is an American author and management expert. His extensive writing career includes over 60 published books, most of which are co-authored books. - Wikipedia

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Vandana Shiva-Author

In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life. - Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva (born 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist and anti-globalization author. Shiva, currently based in Delhi, has authored more than twenty books. - Wikipedia

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Theodor W. Adorno-Philosopher

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.  - Theodor W. Adorno

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, and composer known for his critical theory of society. - Wikipedia

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Henri Bergson-Philosopher

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. - Henri Bergson

Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1041) was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. - Wikipedia

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Novelist

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher.  - Wikipedia

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William Shenstone-Poet

A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.  - William Shenstone

William Shenstone (1714-1763) was an English poet. - Wikipedia

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Tim Fargo-Author

Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored. - Tim Fargo

Tim Fargo is an American author, keynote speaker, angel investor, and entrepreneur. -Wikipedia

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Theodroe Roethke-Poet

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.  - Theodore Roethke

Theodore Huebner Roethke (1908-1963) was an American poet. He published several volumes of award-winning and critically acclaimed poetry. Roethke is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation. - Wikipedia

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Alan Watts-Philosopher

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. – Wikipedia

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Kevin M. Kruse-Professor

Life is about making an impact, not making an income.  - Kevin Kruse

Kevin M. Kruse is a professor of history at Princeton University. He served as the David L. Rike University Preceptor of History from 2003 to 2006. - Wikipedia

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Paul Harvey-Radio Broadcaster

In times like these it helps to recall there have always been times like these.  –  Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey Aurandt, better known as Paul Harvey (1918-2009) was a radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. - Wikipedia

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Carlos Fuentes-Novelist

Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me. - Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. - Wikipedia

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Donald Trump- US President-elect 

Without passion, you don't have energy, without energy you have nothing. - Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born 1946) is an American businessman, reality television personality, politician, and President-elect of the United States. -  Wikipedia

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William Osler-Physician

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. - William Osler

Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRCP (1849-1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. - Wikipedia

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Helen Hollick-Author

Change has to come for life to struggle forward. - Helen Hollick

Helen Hollick is a British author of historical fiction. She is the author of the Arthurian trilogy Pendragon's Banner, and the novels Harold the King and A Hollow Crown.  - Wikipedia

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Natalie Clifford Barney-Playwright

Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. - Natalie Clifford Barney

Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) was an American playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris. - Wikipedia

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Leonard Cohen-Singer/songwriter

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. - Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen (1934-2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. - Wikipedia

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Patti Page-Singer

Your voice dries up if you don't use it. - Patti Page

Clara Ann Fowler, known by her professional name Patti Page, (1927-2013) was an American singer of traditional pop music. - Wikipedia

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David Sedaris-Humorist

You can’t brace yourself for famine if you’ve never known hunger. - David Sedaris

David Raymond Sedaris (born 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries".  - Wikipedia

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