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Van Morrison Singer-Songwriter
Inspiration

"When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through."

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T. S. Eliot Poet, Playwright
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"No place of grace for those who avoid the Face. No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the Voice."

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Voltaire Philosopher, Writer
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"Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God."

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Sigmund Freud Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
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"As everyone knows, the ancients before Aristotle did not consider the dream a product of the dreaming mind, but a divine inspiration, and in ancient times the two antagonistic streams, which one finds throughout in the estimates of dream life, were already noticeable. They distinguished between true and valuable dreams, sent to the dreamer to warn him or to foretell the future, and vain, fraudulent, and empty dreams, the object of which was to misguide or lead him to destruction."

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Socrates Philosopher
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"I soon realized that poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before."

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Meg Whitman Business Executive
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"Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world."

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Mooji Spiritual Teacher
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"Something is aware of even the energy of confusion inside of you. There is no need to get unconfused. Leave it - it will pass."

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