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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally valuable to us. They are a currency that we find particularly precious, a language that delivers the message of love to our hearts with the most power. Some types of love are more thrilling and fulfilling to us when we receive them."

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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
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"Marketers want to get their messages in front of you. They must get their messages in front of you, just to survive. The only problem is-do you really want more marketing messages?"

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Russell Baker Writer
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"It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to the public to claim credit for it."

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Lewis Thomas Physician, Author
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"I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection."

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Joyce Brothers Psychologist
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"Strong families use the word "we" a lot, but "I" is never forgotten. Family members know they have the freedom to go off on their own, even if the direction is one that "we" have never followed before. The family message is, "We're behind you, so you can be you.""

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Paul McCartney Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John."

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
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"Often I say to myself "Really, what are we doing on this planet?" We are passing the message as well as we can, communicating our fears, our hopes ... Day in day out, week after week and year after year, people kill each other."

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Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Television Host
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"When the message out there is so horrible that, to be gay, you can get killed for it... we need to change the message!!"

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park."

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Chinua Achebe Novelist, Poet
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"I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is an important statement; it's not a novel."

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