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Sigmund Freud Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
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"Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be of the greatest importance to us and which have the task of solving the riddles of the universe and of reconciling us to the sufferings of life -- it is precisely those elements that are the least well authenticated of any."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
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"I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing."

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Stella Adler Actress, Director
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"By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in your personal life."

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James Taylor Singer-Songwriter
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"To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life."

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Jean Piaget Psychologist, Philosopher
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"The child is a realist in every domain of thought, and it is therefore natural that in the moral sphere he should lay more stress on the external, tangible element than on the hidden motive."

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Paul Simon Musician, Songwriter
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"I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives."

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Aristotle Philosopher
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"There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle."

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Rachel Carson Biologist, Conservationist, Author
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"When we go down to the low-tide line, we enter a world that is as old as the earth itself - the primeval meeting place of the elements of earth and water, a place of compromise and conflit and eternal change."

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Tupac Shakur Rapper, Actor, Activist
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"I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power."

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D. H. Lawrence Novelist, Poet
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"When all comes to all, the most precious element in life is wonder. Love is a great emotion, and power is power. But both love and power are based on wonder."

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Anais Nin Writer, Diarist
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"The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements."

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Johannes Kepler Astronomer, Mathematician
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"When things are in order, if the cause of the orderliness cannot be deduced from the motion of the elements or from the composition of matter, it is quite possibly a cause possessing a mind."

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