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Cary Grant Actor
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"It`s important to know where you`ve come from so that you can know where you`re going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking approval, adulation, admiration and affection."

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
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"Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle."

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Stephen Covey Author, Speaker
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"Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it."

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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"The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of the backer; or, what is most important of all, the banker of the backer."

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Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher, Speaker
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"To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem."

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Denis Waitley Author, Motivational Speaker
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"The five most important words a leader can speak are - 'I am proud of you' The four most important are - 'What is your opinion?' The three most important are - 'If you please' The two most important are - 'Thank You' And the most important single word of all is - 'You'"

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Bryan Stevenson Lawyer, Author
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"Lynching is an important aspect of racial history and racial inequality in America, because it was visible, it was so public, it was so dramatic, and it was so violent."

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Yves Saint Laurent Fashion Designer
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"I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it's worth I did it."

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Kadir Nelson Illustrator
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"I think it's important to have confidence, but then it's also important to try to try something new, to leave your comfort zone to try to grow. That's why I'm trying to grow as an artist and trying to figure out what kind of artist I want to be."

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