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Ricky Martin Singer, Actor
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"I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive."

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist
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"This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion."

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Jenny McCarthy Actress, Model, Television Host
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"Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"If Nietzsche is correct, that to shame a man is to kill him, then any honest attempt at autobiography will be an act of self-destruction."

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Augusten Burroughs Author, Memoirist
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"People generally like happy endings, which is something I learned from my years in advertising. I like happy endings myself, but only if they're honest. I'm just as happy with a terrible, hopeless ending."

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