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Lewis Black Comedian, Actor, Author
Accomplishment

"I never thought that Bill Clinton should be the president. When he was running to be the president of the United States, he said on over a hundred occasions, he said the following: He said, 'One of the great accomplishments while I was the governor of Arkansas, was to take my state in education from 50th to 49th.' And I thought, ' you know, Bill, you should keep that a secret."

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Jimi Hendrix Musician, Guitarist
Accomplishment

"I was thinking too fast. It seems like a person has the tendency to get bored, because he always wants to try to do all these accomplishments."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Accomplishment

"We are seeing smarter philanthropy, more philanthropy, and that's true world wide. So it's kind of a movement that has a lot of accomplishments, even though as a percentage of the economy, it's still only a few per cent."

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Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
Accomplishment

"A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive."

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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
Accomplishment

"Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments."

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Aeschylus Playwright
Accomplishment

"Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been."

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