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Michael Grant Author
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"I've never been able to grow an organ back," Lana said. "Last time I tried... Let's just hope you don't end up with whip eyes."

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Lisa Gardner Author
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"Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?"

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Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
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"The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security Council. Because the world was changing, and is changing very fast, and I felt the UN was holding on to old arrangements. Most governments felt that it has such a narrow power base, based on the results of the second world war."

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Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
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"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Answering why he had not implemented organizational reforms after five months when 'God created the universe in seven day"

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Hoodie Allen Rapper
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"I'm only concerned with making music that I love and that my fans will respond to. I am happy to see other really good young artists able to flourish and pursue their careers."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
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"I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say."

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Huey Lewis Musician
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"In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period."

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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
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"By the time I got to high school I knew what I was gonna do. Mainly because I looked around and saw there wasn't much else I was able to do. I was a criminal. I was a juvenile delinquent."

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