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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."

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Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director
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"People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb."

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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
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"I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for"

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Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director
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"In Alien, Sigourney Weaver's role was written for a man. In Salt, Angelina Jolie's role was written for Tom Cruise. These things, when reversed, do prove to be just as exciting and entertaining with women in leading roles."

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Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director
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"I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not apologize for beauty."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"Some banks won’t make it. Other banks are going to make sure that we strengthen. All deposits are going to be safe for ordinary people, but we’re going to have to bring out some of these bad assets."

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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
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"I got a lot of friends that come up off the strip for me. The same ones that'll come up off the hip for me."

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Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director
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"Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome!"

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Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director
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"I don't think anyone should apologize for being sexy if it comes from a genuine place, if they're not being forced into an objectifying situation."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
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"'As a fraction of your tax dollar today, what is the total cost of all spaceborne telescopes, planetary probes, the rovers on Mars, the International Space Station, the space shuttle, telescopes yet to orbit, and missions yet to fly?' Answer: one-half of one percent of each tax dollar. Half a penny. I'd prefer it were more: perhaps two cents on the dollar. Even during the storied Apollo era, peak NASA spending amounted to little more than four cents on the tax dollar."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
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"Let us not fool ourselves into thinking we went to the Moon because we are pioneers, or discoverers, or adventurers. We went to the Moon because it was the militaristically expedient thing to do."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
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"In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs... we are treated to her view of this Hollywood sky-one where the stars on the right half of the scene trace the mirror image of the stars in the left half. How lazy can you get?"

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