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Tupac Shakur Rapper, Actor, Activist
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"Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it has soul to it, hip hop can live on."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
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"As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as there have been philosophers and they have thought, most of them have tried to mask it."

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Soren Kierkegaard Philosopher, Theologian
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"I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away - yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself."

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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
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"We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we're going to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young."

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J. Cole Rapper, songwriter
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"I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it."

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Haile Selassie Emperor
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"Like twentieth-century Iran, the remnant of the Persian Empire, Ethiopia under Haile Selassie attempted to preserve the absolutist state throught an accommodation with modernizing forces in his own terms without completely subduing traditionalists. This was not a strategy of Haile Selassie's own choosing. Instead, he was overtaken by events and forced to deal with contradictions that were from the very beginning too formidable to be managed in the long term."

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Gautama Buddha Spiritual Teacher
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"Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?"

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Margaret Thatcher Politician
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"History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality."

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Khaled Mashal Political Leader
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"Resistance will continue as long as the occupation and aggression continues. There is no recognition of Israel, no matter what the cost is."

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John Dean Politician
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"Americans like to give their President the benefit of the doubt. If you look at the poll numbers, people knew Nixon was deeply involved in Watergate and stayed with him for a long time. It's a natural tendency."

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Jean Baudrillard Philosopher, Sociologist
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"The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty."

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