Marie Curie
Physicist, Chemist
"A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales."
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Nina Simone
Singer, Songwriter, Pianist
"I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep"
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Politician, Lawyer
"I am not going to respect... gray hairs unless there is wisdom beneath them."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair."
Billie Holiday
Singer
"You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation."
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"A hair divides what is false and true."
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"Goose pimples rose all over me, my hair stood on end, my eyes filled with tears of love and gratitude for this greatest of all conquerors of human misery and shame, and my breath came in little gasps. If I had not known that the Leader would have scorned such adulation, I might have fallen to my knees in unashamed worship, but instead I drew myself to attention, raised my arm in the eternal salute of the ancient Roman Legions and repeated the holy words, "Heil Hitler!""
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"He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie."
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"How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!"
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"If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same."
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"I'm a big woman. I need big hair."
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"My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses."
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"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."
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"Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair"
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"I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied."
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"I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection."
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"Racism is very characteristic of imperialism and capitalism. Hate against me has a lot to do with racism. Because of my big mouth and curly hair. And I'm so proud to have this mouth and this hair, because it is African."
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"You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded."
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"There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living people. She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice with her hair blown back; she was about to grasp something that just evaded her. There must be another life, here and now, she repeated. This is too short, too broken. We know nothing, even about ourselves."
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"I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted."
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"It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy."
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"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."
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"Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all."
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"Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut."
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"Shall I part my hair behind Do I dare to eat a peach I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me."
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