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Alan Watts Philosopher, Writer
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"In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself."

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Writer, Aviator
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"To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"Governors being accustomed to hear of more crimes than they can punish, and more wrongs than they can redress, set themselves at ease by indiscriminate negligence, and presently forget the request when they lose sight of the petitioner."

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Steven Wright Comedian
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"So I got off the plane and I forget to take off my seat-belt and I'm dragging the plane through the terminal... The wings are knocking people over."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"I know what you are known as . . . but to me, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings."

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Indira Gandhi Politician
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"By now even the word socialism has so many meanings and interpretations. The Russians call themselves socialists, the Swedes call themselves. And let's not forget that in Germany there was also a national socialism."

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Ovid Poet
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"The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own."

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