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Anthony Bourdain Chef, Author, Television Personality
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"I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it immoral to offer or to accept voluntary, non-sacrificial assistance."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way."

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Arthur Conan Doyle Writer, Physician
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"Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story ... Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. The only point in the case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from effects to causes, by which I succeeded in unravelling it.'' —Sherlock Holmes on John Watson's "pamphlet", "A Study in Scarlet"."

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Anne Frank Diaries Writer
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"Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex."

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Angelina Jolie Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian
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"The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?"

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Alicia Keys Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything."

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
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"When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where the facts are ascertainable and clear, and the course of action obvious."

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Enjoy the moment, because that is all you have. You never are going to arrive someplace else. You are in a constant state of living in this moment, and that is the only arrival there is. In fact, you will arrive when you stop trying to get someplace else."

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
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"People talk about things happening and it being "unbelievable," and it's exactly the reverse. It's really believable, but we are so conditioned to believe that these kinds of things are just coincidences, that they're just things that show up arbitrarily in our lives, when the fact is that all of us have this kind of guidance available to us."

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