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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"Human love serves to love those dear to us but to love one's enemies we need divine love."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich."

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Kim Campbell Politician
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"There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research on what works, what doesn't, and what really has an impact, recognizing you're never going to do away entirely with gun violence"

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Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
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"The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden."

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Joseph Campbell Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer
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"Myths are stories for our search through the ages for truth, for meaning, for significance. We all need to tell our story and to understand our story. We all need to understand death and to cope with death, and we all need help in our passages from birth to live and then to death. We need for life to signify, to touch the eternal, to understand the mysterious, to find out who we are."

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Maya Lin Architect, Artist
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"My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight."

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