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Nicolas Cage Actor, Producer
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"Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"It is important to realize that a large percentage of what we hear or see on the news focuses on those places where there is violent conflict...It gives us a slightly or very distorted view of what is going on because there are many other parts of the planet where there is no violent conflict, but that is not on the news."

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Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
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"Friendship is anything that you get something out of that is very, very important to you. And that's why there are those people who are so close to you that you don't know how you'd live without them. And they are the ones that, even if they do something terrible, you have to keep. Otherwise, you're just going to be lost without them."

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Les Brown Motivational Speaker, Author
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"At the end of the day, it's important to know what really matters most in life...your sanity, your health, your family, and the ability to start anew."

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Jane Goodall Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
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"The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environment and on society. That's key, and that underlies everything else."

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Jerry Garcia Musician
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"In folk music, I've always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don't know anything about the characters, you don't know what they're doing, but they're doing something important. I love that. I'm really a sucker for that kind of song."

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Paul Desmond Musician
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"The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity."

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