"I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?"
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"What Britain needs is an iron lady."
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"To be successful in life what you need is education."
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"I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered."
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"No mind is so good that it does not need another mind to counter and equal it, and to save it from conceit and bigotry and folly"
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"The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution."
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"A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest."
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"I'm never offered any sort of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles."
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"A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls."
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"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse."
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"Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!"
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"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."
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"The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed or subordinated to any consideration whatsoever. It demands total independence in function and in motive."
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"You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs."
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"There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled."
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"How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally."
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"We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult."
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"I do want someone, need someone. You're right. And, when I'm with you, I feel like I'm a better person. I feel happier. Less alone, less lonely. But it's not as simple as that, is it? Being with someone?"
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"We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it."
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"We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help."
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