"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."
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"I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do."
"Nothing happens until something moves."
"Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow."
"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."
"Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first."
"The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration."
"To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it."
"You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness."
"Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself."
"No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones."
"I like criticism. It makes you strong."
"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
"I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
"Well, all I know is what I read in the papers."
"Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time."
"I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring."
"From its earliest days, the Cuban Revolution has also been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people. We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence and sovereignty in the face of the vicious imperialist-orquestrated campaign to destroy the impressive gain made in the Cuban Revolution. Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro."
"It was very important, and I felt like music ran through my blood lines, with my father being a deejay and teaching me about records. I always thought vinyl was just intriguing. A black piece of wax that spins on a turntable and nothing but good sound comes from it. So that inspiration just keeps me going in hip-hop."
"No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ."