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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"The arrows of malevolence ... however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me; though, whilst I am up as a mark, they will be continually aimed."

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Joseph Joubert Essayist, Moralist
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"Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark."

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Megan Young Beauty Queen
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"I wanted to leave a mark on the world. Doesnt matter how big. I just wanted to make a mark in peoples lives."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
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"The time is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs. (on being 36 yrs old)"

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Edward Abbey Author, Environmentalist
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"The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them never even went to college."

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic
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"A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than dislike; for man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid."

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