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Tom Waits Singer-songwriter, Actor
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"That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who knows you, knows who you are and doesn't let you get away with anything."

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Tom Waits Singer-songwriter, Actor
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"It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it."

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Renee Watson Author, Activist
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"One important thing I take away daily is that for all the talk about what youth are not doing - especially young people of color - I know there are many who do care about their future, who are striving to affect their world in a positive way."

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Serena Williams Tennis Player
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"I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost."

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Seth Musician
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"You know something is important when you're willing to let someone else take the credit if that's what it takes to get it done."

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Seth Musician
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"It is very important that you express your idealism actively, to what ever extent you can, for this increases your sense of worth and power."

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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
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"Which are you?...competen t, inspiring, passionate, obsessed, provocative, impatient, hungry, driven, adoring, inspired, an artist, a genius, someone who cares...? With all these remarkable, powerful, important options available to each of us, why do so many of us default to competent?"

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