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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
Moments

"There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
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"Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself."

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Ti West Filmmaker
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"That's what's interesting about people. It can be funny, but when [John] Travolta got there and did [comic moments] you're like, "Oh! This is really funny." Or when Karen [Gillan] and Taissa [Farmiga] do something, I'm like, "This came out so much funnier.""

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Tracy Hickman Author, Game Designer
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"I will do this. Nothing in my life matters except this. No moment of my life exists except this moment. I am born in this moment, and if I fail, I will die in this moment."

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Richard Ford Novelist
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"For, how else to seize such an instant? How to shout out into the empty air just the right words, and on cue? Frame a moment to last a lifetime?"

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Shirley Geok-lin Lim Poet, Novelist
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"When I spoke at the 2012 Contemporary Women Writers' Conference in Taipei, I thought it offered an appropriate moment and site to announce my new manifesto10 and profession - to be a writer."

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Simone Weil Philosopher, Activist
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"I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do not read, I eat."

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"I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was a wee moment for me when I sang."

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Sri Chinmoy Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician
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"When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves."

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Robert Reed Actor
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"I can't point to a moment or incident that made me see that this business, this putting down words on paper, was what I would do for the rest of my lucid life. But apparently, that is my calling."

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