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Johannes Kepler Astronomer, Mathematician
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"We find, therefore, under this orderly arrangement, a wonderful symmetry in the universe, and a definite relation of harmony in the motion and magnitude of the orbs, of a kind that is not possible to obtain in any other way."

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Adam Young Musician
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"For me, it's always best to just push everything out and just disappear by myself alone somewhere - and it's kind of like a need of mine."

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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
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"The business of a seer is to see; and if he involves himself in the kind of God-eclipsing activities which make seeing impossible, he betrays the trust which his fellows have tacitly placed in him."

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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist
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"I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even to me who knew what was intended."

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Tom Hanks Actor, Producer
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"I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all."

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Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
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"Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it."

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
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"I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without."

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Immanuel Wallerstein Sociologist
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"We must distinguish between the kind of structural transformation that would leave in place (even increase) the realities of the exploitation of labor, and one that would undo this kind of exploitation or at least radically reduce it"

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
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"When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer."

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