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Edward de Bono Psychologist
May

"I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it."

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Edward Young Poet, Playwright
May

"Youth is not rich in time; it may be poor; Part with it as with money, sparing; pay No moment but in purchase of its worth, And what it's worth, ask death-beds; they can tell."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
May

"About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome."

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
May

"No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions."

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Emily Bronte Poet, Novelist
May

"I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself."

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Erma Bombeck Humorist, Writer
May

"Authorities say brain cells may shrink, but they don't necessarily die. Frankly, I am cheered by the fact that something is shrinking. I'd be even more thrilled if what was shrinking affected my dress size, but you can't have everything."

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