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Thaddeus Stevens Politician
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"I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom."

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
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"Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring."

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Franklin P. Adams Writer, Journalist
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"Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
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"O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire."

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Lauren Oliver Author
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"Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future."

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Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician
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"I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t."

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Damon Hill Racing Driver
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"If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas."

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