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John F. Kennedy Politician
People

"Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance."

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Judah Smith Pastor
People

"Don't allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out."

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Michelangelo Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Poet
People

"Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt themselves with the useless conversation of idle people, and debase the intellect from the lofty imaginations in which they are always absorbed."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
People

"About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm."

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D. A. Carson Theologian
People

"...sometimes God chooses to bless us and make us people of integrity in the midst of abominable circumstances, rather than change our circumstances."

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Barack Obama Politician
People

"The thing I know for sure is that at the end of my life, what I'm going to remember is the love I felt for my family and my friends, and whatever good I did for other people."

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author
People

"There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't."

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Ezra Pound Poet, Critic
People

"The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people."

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Charles Dickens Novelist
People

"Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people."

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Anne Frank Diaries Writer
People

"Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!"

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Angelina Jolie Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian
People

"In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees."

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People

"...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves."

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Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist
People

"My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat."

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Fred Thompson Politician
People

"Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists."

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Freddie Mercury Musician, Singer
People

"Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!"

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