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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
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"I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it."

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Jose Saramago Writer
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"The ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words."

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Mayer Hawthorne Singer-songwriter, Producer
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"I didn't appreciate Mick Jagger until I got older, and mainly because of the Mick Jagger swagger. He defined that for the world. He was bold and adventurous with it, too - just the ultimate rock star."

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D.E. Stevenson Novelist
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"It was curious that when we had been able to buy new clothes when we wanted we had never really appreciated them nor enjoyed them. You have to be in the position of needing things very badly indeed before you can appreciate possessing them."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"Today we face many problems. Some are created essentially by ourselves based on divisions due to ideology, religion, race, economic status, or other factors. Therefore, the time has come for us to think on a deeper level, on the human level, and from that level we should appreciate and respect the sameness of others as human beings."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"So really what it comes down to, it's God. Wherever you look, it's God appearing as this, that, that...and what you really love and appreciate in each form is the divine formless out of which each form comes. But to be able to sense that you have to sense it in yourself first. And that is seeing the beauty in everything, that's really what it means."

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Paul McCartney Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me."

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Prince Philip Royalty
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"And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
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"Whatever you're thinking about is literally like planning a future event. When you're worrying, you are planning. When you are appreciating, you are planning...What are you planning?"

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Dana Hill Actress
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"Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more aware of my body. Since I've chosen acting as my career, I have to keep my weight down anyway-I've been used to it for years, so it's no problem. And there's nothing I can't do."

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David Bowie Musician, Actor
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"You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking."

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Chris Sharma Rock Climber
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"I had a bad knee injury when I was about seventeen. I wasn't able to climb for about six months. It was kind of like a transformative time for me, because it was really hard for me not to be able to climb. It forced me to appreciate things without just climbing."

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