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Emily Brontë-Novelist

Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us. - Emily Bronte

Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only  novel, Wuthering Heights. - Wikipedia

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Han Suyin-Physician

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. - Han Suyin

Han Suyin (1916-2012) was the pen name of Elizabeth Comber. She was a China-born Eurasian, a physician, and author of books in English and French. - Wikipedia

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Erica Jong-Novelist

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. - Erica Jong

Erica Jong is an American novelist and poet. - Wikipedia

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B. F. Skinner-Psychologist

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten - B. F. Skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. - Wikipedia

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Grace Paley-Writer

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. - Grace Paley

Grace Paley (1922-2007) was an American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist. - Wikipedia

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Thomas Sowell-Economist

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. - Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (born 1930) is an American economist. He later became a social theorist, political philosopher, and author. - Wikipedia 

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Eugene Fitch Ware-Author

All glory comes from daring to begin. - Eugene F. Ware

Eugene Fitch Ware (1841-1911) is an American author.

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Alan Simpson-Scriptwriter

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. - Alan Simpson

Alan Francis Simpson, OBE (1929-2017) was an English scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton. - Wikipedia

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Sun Tzu-Philosopher

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu was a Chinese general, military strategist, and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. - Wikipedia

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John Neal-Author

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. - John Neal

John Neal (1793-1876) was an author and art/literary critic. He was a man of diverse talents and objectives, many of which were pioneering in his day. - Wikipedia

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Carlos Santana-Musician

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision. - Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana (born 1947) pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. - Wikipedia

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Agatha Christie-Novelist

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late. - Agatha Christie 

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890-1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. - Wikipedia

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L. Frank Baum-Author

Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge. -  L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author. He is known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. - Wikipedia

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Edith Wharton-Novelist

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton 

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. - Wikipedia

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Angela Duckworth-Academician

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint. - Angela Duckworth

Angela Lee Duckworth is an academic, psychologist and popular science author. - Wikipedia

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Northrop Frye-Critic

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model. - Northrop Frye

Herman Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. - Wikipedia

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Jon Kabat-Zinn-Professor

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing. - Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn (born 1944) is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. - Wikipedia

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Carl Rogers-Psychologist

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. - Carl Rogers

Carl Ransom Rogers (1902-1987) was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology. - Wikipedia

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Arthur Helps-Writer

Experience is the extract of suffering. - Arthur Helps

Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875) was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council. He was a Cambridge Apostle. - Wikipedia

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Marshall Rosenberg-Psychologist

Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another. - Marshall Rosenberg

Marshall Rosenberg (1934-2015) was an American psychologist, mediator, author and teacher. He developed non-violent communication. - Wikipedia

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Nikola Tesla-Inventor

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. - Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. -Wikipedia

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Lewis Thomas-Physician

Mistakes are at the very base of human thought, feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with the knack of being wrong, we could never get anything useful done. - Lewis Thomas

Lewis Thomas (1913-1993) was an American physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.

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Joseph Joubert-Essayist

Never cut what you can untie. - Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously. - Wikipedia

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Robert A. Heinlein-Writer

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. - Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", his controversial works continue to have an influential effect on the genre, and on modern culture more generally. - Wikipedia

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Robert Southey-Poet

It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. - Robert Southey

Robert Southey (1774-1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 until his death in 1843. - Wikipedia

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Jean Cocteau-Writer

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? - Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889-1963) was a French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. - Wikipedia

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Nathaniel Hawthorne-Novelist

Easy reading is damn hard writing. - Nathaniel Hawthorne 

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. - Wikipedia

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Heinrich Heine-Poet

When words leave off, music begins. - Heinrich Heine

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. - Wikipedia

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Salma Hayek-Actress

Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it. - Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek (born 1966) is a Mexican and American film actress, producer, and former model. - Wikipedia

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Juan Ramón Jiménez-Poet

The greatest assassin of life is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time which means overreaching them. - Juan Ramon Jimenez

Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. -Wikipedia

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Michael Phelps-Swimmer

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. - Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps (born 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. - Wikipedia