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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
People

"If someone gives you $1,000,000 you'd better become a millionaire so you can keep the money. Success doesn't want to hang around incompetent people."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
People

"Network marketing is really the greatest source of grass-roots capitalism, because it teaches people how to take a small bit of capital, that is your time, and build the American dream."

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John Adams Founding Father, Politician
People

"The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than they have it now. They may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty."

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John Dean Politician
People

"Who voted for Trump? Who are these people who, as he famously said, would let him shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and still support him? It's people who want too strong a leader, who would do what that leader tells them. Similar to the Europeans following Mussolini and Hitler. There's a streak in humanity that likes that kind of leader. That's Trump's core. Authoritarianism."

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John Eliot Philosopher
People

"Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic.""

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John F. Kennedy Politician
People

"Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want."

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John Green Author, YouTuber
People

"It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar."

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John Hughes Filmmaker
People

"Maitre D' : I appreciate your understanding. Ferris: Don't think twice. It's understanding that makes it possible for people like us to tolerate a person like yourself."

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John Lennon Musician, Activist
People

"What I'm trying to do is to influence all the people I can influence. All those who are still under the dream and just put a big question mark in their mind. The acid dream is over, that is what I'm trying to tell them."

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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
People

"Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time."

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John Shirley Author, Screenwriter
People

"I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds."

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John Steinbeck Novelist, Journalist
People

"And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great rhythms, spoke in great words because the tales were great, and the listeners became great through them."

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