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Jess Lair-author

Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded. - Jess Lair

Jess Lair (1927-2000) was a former Montana State University professor. He who wrote a bestselling book considered the forerunner of the self-help movement.

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William Blake-Poet

A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake

William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. - Wikipedia

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Jiddu Krishnamurti-Philosopher

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man. - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the organization behind it. - Wikipedia

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Arthur Conan Doyle-Writer

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. - Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. - Wikipedia

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Richard Branson-Business magnate

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.  -  Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 1950) is an English business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies. - Wikipedia

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Bidhan Chandra Roy-Physician

If we exert ourselves with determination, no obstacle, however formidable, can stop our progress. - B.C. Roy

Bidhan Chandra Roy, MRCP, FRCS (1882-1962) was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as an Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. -  Wikipedia

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J. R. R. Tolkien-Writer

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. - J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL, known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, (1892-1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor. - Wikipedia

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Baba Amte-Social activist

I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown. - Baba Amte

Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte (1914-20080 was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of poor people suffering from leprosy. - Wikipedia

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Raja Ramanna-Physicist

Rajamma, my aunt, often told me stories from the Puranas. That was the best education I ever received. - Raja Ramanna

Raja Ramanna (1925-2004) was an Indian physicist who is best known for his role in India's nuclear program during its early stages. - Wikipedia

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Joan Collins-Actress

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine. - Joan Collins

Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBE (born 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. - Wikipedia

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Nicholas Murray Butler-Diplomat

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. -Nicholas Murray Butler

Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. - Wikipedia

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Harold Geneen-Businessman

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.  -  Harold Geneen

Harold "Hal" Sydney Geneen (1910-1997) was an American businessman most famous for serving as president of the ITT Corporation. - Wikipedia

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Eckhart Tolle-Author

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. - Eckart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle (born 1948) is a German-born resident of Canada, best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose. In 2011, he was listed by Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. - Wikipedia

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Oliver Wendell Holmes-Physician

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, his peers acclaimed him as one of the best writers of the day. - Wikipedia

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Arthur Wing Pinero-Actor

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. - Arthur Wing Pinero

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director. - Wikipedia

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Faith Baldwin-Author

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. - Faith Baldwin

Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women juggling career and family. - Wikipedia

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John Lubbock-Banker

To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being. - Sir John Lubbock

The Right Honourable John Lubbock, known as Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913) was a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. - Wikipedia

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Saki-Writer

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. - Saki

Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki (1870-1916) was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. - Wikipedia

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Rainer Maria Rilke-Poet

If we could surrender to Earth's intelligence, we would rise up rooted, like trees. - Rainer Maria Rilke

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke —better known as Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. - Wikipedia

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Annie Besant-Theosophist

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act. - Annie Besant

Annie Besant (1847-1933) was a prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule. - Wikipedia

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Duane Elgin-Author

Satisfactions are fulfillment of the heart. Dissatisfactions are the rumblings of the mind. - Duane Elgin

Duane Elgin (born 1943) is an American author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. - Wikipedia

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Kamala Markandaya-Novelist

Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand. - Kamala Markandaya

Kamala Markandaya (1924-2004) was a pseudonym used by Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, an Indian novelist and journalist. A native of Mysore, India, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in Indian newspapers. - Wikipedia

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Dan Pallotta-Entrepreneur

What we fear most is that we will be denied the opportunity to fulfill our true potential. - Dan Pallotta

Daniel M. "Dan" Pallotta (born 1961) is an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist. He is best known for his involvement in multi-day charitable events with the long-distance Breast Cancer 3-Day walks, AIDS Rides bicycle journeys, and Out of the Darkness suicide prevention night walks. - Wikipedia

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Bharati Mukherjee-Writer

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire? - Bharati Mukherjee

Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940) is an Indian American writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. - Wikipedia

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Elizabeth Gilbert-Author

The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. - Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth M. Gilbert (born 1969) is an American author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, novelist, and memoirist. - Wikipedia

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Amelia Earhart-Aviator

The most effective way to do it, is to do it. - Amelia Earhart 

Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. - Wikipedia

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Mencius-Philosopher

Sincerity is the way of Heaven.- Mencius

Mencius or Mengzi (372 BC-289 BC) was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself. - Wikipedia

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Tom Stoppard-Playwright

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older. - Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL (Born 1937) is a British playwright and screenwriter, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage. - Wikipedia

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Seán O'Casey-Dramatist

All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. - Seán O'Casey

Seán O'Casey (1880-1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. - Wikipedia

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Pierre Corneille-Tragedian

The greater the effort, the greater the glory. - Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine. -Wikipedia