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Alan Paton-Author

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. - Alan Paton

Alan Stewart Paton (1903-1988) was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist. - Wikipedia

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Antonio Porchia-Poet

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory. - Antonio Porchia

Antonio Porchia (1885-1968) was an Argentinian poet. He was born in Conflenti, Italy, but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina. He wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces, a book of aphorisms. - Wikipedia

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Thomas Fuller-Historian

All things are difficult before they are easy. - Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) was an English historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662 after his death. - Wikipedia

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James Truslow Adams-Writer

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. - James Truslow Adams

James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) was an American writer and historian. - Wikipedia

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J. M. Barrie-Novelist

Life is a long lesson in humility. - James Matthew Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (1860-1909) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. - Wikipedia

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Francis Bacon-Lord Chancellor

Words, when written, crystallize history; their very structure gives permanence to the unchangeable past. - Francis Bacon 

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC KC (1561-1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. - Wikipedia

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Rollo May-Psychologist

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. - Rollo May

Rollo Reece May (1909-1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will. - Wikipedia

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Morrie Schwartz-Professor

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. - Morrie Schwartz

Morris "Morrie" S. Schwartz (1916-1995) was a sociology professor at Brandeis University and an author. - Wikipedia.

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Alfred Austin-Poet

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. - Alfred Austin 

Alfred Austin (1835-1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson. - Wikipedia

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Ernest Hemingway-Novelist

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. -Ernest Hemingway  

Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. - Wikipedia

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Charles Buxton-Writer

You will never find time for anything. If you want the time, you must make it. - Charles Buxton

Charles Buxton (1823-1871) was an English brewer, philanthropist, writer, and member of Parliament. Buxton was born in Cobham, Surrey, the third son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet, a notable brewer, MP and social reformer. - Wikipedia

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Alexander Pope-Poet

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound

Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. - Alexander Pope 

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. - Wikipedia

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Wendell Berry-Novelist

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. - Wendell Berry

Wendell E. Berry (born 1934) is an American novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. A prolific author, he has written many novels, short stories, poems, and essays. - Wikipedia

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Lauryn Hill-Singer

We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it. - Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill (born 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress. She is best known for being a member of the Fugees. - Wikipedia

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John Keats-Poet

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth. - John Keats

John Keats (1795-1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work having been in publication for only four years before his death. - Wikipedia

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E. E. Cummings-Poet

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. - E. E. Cummings

Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. - Wikipedia

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Rembrandt-Painter

Choose only one master-Nature. - Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history. - Wikipedia

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Bob Marley-Singer

Love the life you live. live the life you love. - Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (1945-1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. - Wikipedia

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Gloria Borger-journalist

For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news. - Gloria Borger

Gloria Anne Borger (born 1952) is an American political pundit, journalist, and columnist. Borger was previously a contributing editor and columnist for U.S. News & World Report magazine and is now chief political analyst at CNN. - Wikipedia

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Laurence Olivier-Actor

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. - Sir Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, Kt (1907-1989) was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. - Wikipedia

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Isaac Bashevis Singer-Author

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. - Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991) was a Polish-born Jewish author in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.  - Wikipedia

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Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina-Poet

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.  -  Gian Vincenzo Gravina 

Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (1664-1718) was an Italian man of letters and jurist. He was born at Roggiano Gravina, a small town near Cosenza, in Calabria. - Wikipedia

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Amritananda Natha Saraswati- Spiritual Guru

You are not powerless. You don’t have to be what others tell you to be. - Amritananda Natha Saraswati

Amrita (Dr. N. Prahalada Sastry) started his spiritual quest at a very young age. Blessed with divine experiences early in his childhood, his young mind was teeming with questions, searching for the truth. The stage was set for his spiritual inclination that was to intensify later in life.- gurujiamrita.tripod.com

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Brendan Francis-Writer

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. - Brendan Francis

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (1923-1964) was an Irish Republican, poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish writers and poets of all time. He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army. - Wikipedia

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Thomas Henry Huxley-Biologist

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom. - Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was a British biologist. A prominent defender of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, he was the grandfather of Julian, Aldous and Andrew Huxley. He was a critic of organised religion and devised the words "agnostic" and "agnosticism" to describe his own views. - Wikipedia

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Michel de Montaigne-Philosopher

The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness. - Michel de Montaigne 

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. -Wikipedia

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John G. Shedd-Merchant

Many people have too much will power. It's won't power they lack. - John Shedd 

John Graves Shedd (1850-1926) was the second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field & Company. Born on a New Hampshire farm, Shedd arrived in Chicago, Illinois in 1871 and began working as a stock clerk for Marshall Field. - Wikipedia

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Henry James-Writer

Act like what you do makes a difference. It does. - Henry James 

Henry James (1843-1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. - Wikipedia

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Percy Ross-Philanthropist

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds. - Percy Ross

Percy Ross (1916-2001) was an American self-made multi-millionaire. He arrived in St. Louis Park, Minnesota around 1946-1947. He was associated with Ross and Ross Auctioneers. In 1959 he purchased a company called Poly-Tech, which made polyethylene plastic bags. - Wikipedia

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Art of Jameson Frank

Our greatest battles are with our own minds. - Jameson Frank

Frank Jameson (1899-1968) was born in London and later moved to Birmingham where he attended evening classes in drawing and painting at Birmingham Art School. - falmouthartgallery

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Ram Dass-Teacher

The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Ram Dass

Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; 1931) is an American spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba.- Wikipedia.

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Matthew Sanford-Yoga Teacher

Connecting the mind and body is not just a health strategy. It is a movement of consciousness that can change the world. - Matthew Sanford

He's a renowned teacher of yoga. And he's been paralyzed from the chest down since a car accident in 1978, when he was 13. He teaches yoga to the able-bodied. He also adapts yoga for people with ailments and disabilities, including military veterans. - DailyGood.org