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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
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"I idolized Superman when I was younger. I thought he and I had a lot in common. He was always going into phonebooths and taking off all his clothes."

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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
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"Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors."

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Anita Hill Law Professor and Activist
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"We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone."

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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
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"The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman."

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Pythagoras Philosopher, Mathematician
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"When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life."

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Benjamin Graham Investor, Author
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"The distinction between investment and speculation in common stocks has always been a useful one and its disappearance is cause for concern."

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