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Chinua Achebe Novelist, Poet
Inspiration

"In America there is really very little knowledge of the literature of the rest of the world. Of the literature of Latin America, yes, But that's not all that different in inspiration from that of America, or of Europe. One must go further. You don't even have to go too far in terms of geography - you can start with the Native Americans and listen to their poetry."

Inspiration Latin Native American
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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Inspiration

"A top-quartile teacher will increase the performance of their class - based on test scores - by over 10 percent in a single year. ... That means that if the entire U.S., for two years, had top-quartile teachers, the entire difference between us and Asia would go away."

Teacher Inspiration Motivation
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Woodrow Wilson Politician
Inspiration

"They do not need our praise. They do not need that our admiration should sustain them. There is no immortality that is safer than theirs. We come not for their sakes but for our own, in order that we may drink at the same springs of inspiration from which they themselves drank."

Inspiration Spring Memorial Day
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Woodrow Wilson Politician
Inspiration

"The spirit of [William] Penn will not be stayed. You cannot set limits to such knightly adventurers. After their own day is gone their spirits stalk the world, carrying inspiration everywhere that they go and reminding men of the lineage, the fine lineage, of those who have sought justice and right."

Men Inspiration Justice
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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
Inspiration

"Now the Apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, "Knowledge inflates: but love edifies." The only correct inerpretation of this saying is that knowledge is valuable when charity informs it. Without charity, knowledge inflates; that is, it exalts man to an arrogance which is nothing but a kind of windy emptiness."

Men Inspiration Arrogance
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Torrie Wilson Wrestler
Inspiration

"Showing that you can be sexy, strong and independent is the best thing about being a Diva. It's a great inspiration for other people."

Strong Inspiration Sexy
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Inspiration

"They say I'm young, but my purpose is the inspiration of a nation, innovation 'till I change the talk into a conversation. I'm like a doctor and my patients are anxiously waiting; healing all the hatin' that fakin' in the paper chasing. It's hard to live up to these expectations that I'm facing, and gain the admiration of an older generation. That's why I'm pacing back and forth, contemplatin' mediatatin', how to use what I've been taught is a positive force."

Inspiration Doctors Healing
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Sheena Iyengar Psychologist
Inspiration

"[Americans] think that choice, as seen through the American lens, best fulfills an innate and universal desire for choice in all humans. Unfortunately, these beliefs are based on assumptions that don't always hold true in many countries, in many cultures."

Country Inspiration Motivation
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