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A random selection of fabulous
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Quotations from Famous People - 67
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Mother Teresa
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless.
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George Crabbe
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
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Henry David Thoreau
In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high.
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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Fashion changes, style remains.
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Oscar Wilde
Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.
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William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 5 scene 1
This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.
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Igor Stravinsky
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'
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Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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Albert Einstein
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Charles Kingsley
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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H. G. Mendelson
Silence will not betray your thoughts but the expression on your face will. Humor has a hundred faces tragedy only a few.
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