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Eras

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Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
Eras

"What was created by the era of the proper gentleman was excellent table manners and genocide over most of the surface of the planet."

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Tom Ford Fashion Designer
Eras

"I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable."

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Gautama Buddha Spiritual Teacher
Eras

"The whole secret of era is to specific no nervousness. Never nervousness what fortitude become of you, depend on no one. Free the twinkling you annul all help are you unrestricting."

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Lennox Lewis Professional Boxer
Eras

"Every era that comes along has a superstar that emerges. Once we are out of the game, there will be a superstar who will emerge that everyone will notice."

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Gunter Grass Novelist
Eras

"Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives."

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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
Eras

"The genuine remains of Ossian, or those ancient poems which bear his name, though of less fame and extent, are, in many respects,of the same stamp with the Iliad itself. He asserts the dignity of the bard no less than Homer, and in his era, we hear of no other priest than he."

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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
Eras

"Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me."

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Jose James Musician, Singer
Eras

"I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era of it."

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