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Russell Lynes Photographer, Writer
People

"The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
People

"It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn't the whole population."

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Octavia Butler Author, Novelist
People

"No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities."

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Ibtihaj Muhammad Fencer, Athlete
People

"For those people who fail to see the injustices that are occurring, in particular with the Muslim community, I think it's because you've sat in a seat of privilege for a long time, and you kind of choose to be myopic and not think of those people around you."

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Ibtihaj Muhammad Fencer, Athlete
People

"I think that we will come out on top as women, as people of color, as Muslims, as transgender people, as people who are part of the disabled community - I think that we'll come out on top."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
People

"Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort."

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Larry Elder Political Commentator, Author, Radio Host
People

"People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
People

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
People

"The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality."

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