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Heath Ledger-Actor

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow. - Heath Ledger 

Heath Andrew Ledger (1979-2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. 

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Xunzi-Chinese philosopher

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. - Xunzi

Xun Kuang, also widely known as Xunzi, was a Chinese Confucian philosopher and writer who lived during the Warring States period and contributed to the Hundred Schools of Thought. A book known as the Xunzi is traditionally attributed to him. 

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James Matthew Barrie-Novelist

Always be a little kinder than necessary. - James Matthew Barrie

James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. 

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Corrie ten Boom-Watchmaker

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie Ten Boom

Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (1892-1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a writer who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in her home. 

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Moshé Feldenkrais-Physicist

People confound, misuse, interchange thinking and speaking, not realizing that speaking is for communication and thinking is for action. - Moshe Feldenkrais

Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais (1904-1984) was a Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist, known as the founder of the Feldenkrais Method. It is a system of physical exercise that aims to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness through movement. 

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Neil Barringham-Social Worker

The grass is greener where you water it. - Neil Barringham

Neil Barringham is an Australian social worker. His focus is on the areas of Working in Complexity: Ethics and Boundaries in Community Work and Mental Health.

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Tupac Shakur-Rapper

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem. - Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996) also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. 

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William Bernbach-Ad Guru

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. - William Bernbach

William "Bill" Bernbach (1911-1982) was an American advertising creative director. 

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Suzy Kassem-Writer

Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge. - Suzy Kassem

Suzy Kassem (born 1975) is an American writer, poet, philosopher, and multi-faceted artist of Egyptian origin. The granddaughter of a well-known sage in 19th century Cairo, mysticism and wisdom run through her blood just as the water of the Nile flows through her veins.

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Viola Davis-Actress

You can't be hesitant about who you are. - Viola Davis

Viola Davis (born 1965) is an American actress and producer. Having won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the first black actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. 

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Krista Tippett-Journalist

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues. - Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett (born 1960) is a journalist, author, and entrepreneur. She created and hosts the public radio program and podcast On Being. 

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Scott Adams-Author

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams

Scott Raymond Adams (born 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. 

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William Carlos Williams-Poet

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages. - William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practising both paediatrics and general medicine. 

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Moooji-Guru

Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go. - Mooji

Mooji (born Anthony Paul Moo-Young on 29 January 1954) is a spiritual teacher originally from Jamaica. Mooji is a disciple of Papaji, a devotee of the Advaita and non-dual master Ramana Maharshi.

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Charlie Chaplin-Actor

A day without laughter is a day wasted. - Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. 

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Julio Cortazar-Novelist

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons. - Julio Cortazar

Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist. 

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach-Writer

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) was an Austrian writer. Noted for her excellent psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century. 

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Harvey Fierstein-Actor

To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky. - Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. 

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Allen Klein-Gelotologist

Our attitudes are the crayons that colour our world. - Allen Klein

Allen Klein (born 1938) is a pioneer in gelotology and the therapeutic humour movement.

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Neale Donald Walsch-Author

My perspective will create my perception. - Neale Donald Walsch

Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943) is an American author of the series Conversations with God. He is also an actor, screenwriter, and speaker. 

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B. R. Ambedkar-Jurist

We are Indians, firstly and lastly. - B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar (1891-1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer.

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O. Henry-Writer

Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.  -  O. Henry

William Sydney Porter(1862-1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. 

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Louis Sullivan-Architect

To teach is to touch the heart and impel it to action. - Louis Sullivan

Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". 

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Mary Renault-Writer

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river. - Mary Renault

Mary Renault (1905-1983) was an English and South African writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. In addition to vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato, and Alexander the Great, she wrote a non-fiction biography of Alexander. 

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Theologian

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a German theologian, anti-Nazi dissident.

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Anne Lamott-Novelist

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. - Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott (born 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. 

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Bernard Baruch-Statesman

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter. - Bernard Baruch

Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965) was an American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters and became a philanthropist. 

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Pema Chödrön-Acharya

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh. - Pema Chodron

Pema Chödrön (born 1936) is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön has written several dozen books and audiobooks. 

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Charles Kettering-Inventor

The whole fun of living is trying to make something better. - Charles Kettering

Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) was an inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder of Delco and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. 

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Maurice Maeterlinck-Playwright

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence. - Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (1862-1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French.