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Bill Murray Actor, Comedian
People

"My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood. I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are."

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Billy Graham Evangelist, Author
People

"The conscience of America seems to be paralyzed... We seem to be insensible to the things that are now taking place on motion picture screens and on the news stands that are constantly stimulating our young people."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
People

"It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
People

"Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible."

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Bill Johnson Athlete
People

"There's something about valuing people not because they value you, but because you can see God in them."

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Albert Einstein Physicist
People

"While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people."

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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
People

"The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information."

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Allen Ginsberg Poet, Activist
People

"You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism."

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Amartya Sen Economist, Philosopher
People

"There are some people who say that they’re concerned only with poverty but not inequality. But I don’t think that is a sustainable thought. A lot of poverty is, in fact, inequality because of the connection between income and capability—having adequate resources to take part in the life of the community."

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Anita Hill Law Professor and Activist
People

"We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone."

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Anne Campbell Activist
People

"Quite a few people have commented during the campaign that more help is required for small businesses. SMEs need support and encouragement in their early stages, and in Cambridge the links to the University and the huge pool of expertise here helps that."

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Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher
People

"What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them."

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
People

"You can't expect to draw people into your life who are kind, confident, and generous if you're thinking and acting in cruel, weak, and selfish ways. You must be what it is that you're seeking- that is, you need to put forth what you want to attract."

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