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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence."

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Lewis Hamilton Formula One Driver
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"I think grooming is definitely undervalued by men. We all expect women to be fully groomed, which they do. But I also think it's just as important for a man to look fresh and clean."

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Herbie Mann Jazz Musician
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"When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now."

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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
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"As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so."

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Ban Ki-moon Diplomat
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"National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end."

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Pele Professional Footballer
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"Love is more important than what we can take...Please say with me three times-Love! Love! Love!"

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Emma Watson Actress, Activist
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"People sometimes talk about me as being a brand, having a strategy and whatever else. I wish. Seriously. I wish I had it together enough to have a strategy. But it's so instinctual. It usually comes down to two things: the person I'm working with - the director is really important to me - and a line in a script."

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Edward Abbey Author, Environmentalist
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"Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people."

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Deshaun Watson Professional American Football Player
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"Every day, you always have to be cognizant of your brand. I know it can cost you [future] money, but there are a lot of things more important than money that affect your brand."

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Blake Mycoskie Entrepreneur
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"Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way."

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Brian Johnson Musician
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"Perhaps the most important ingredient in my work... is my brain - particularly the right brain... the free spontaneous side, and the left brain, which is careful and methodical."

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