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Rainn Wilson Actor
People

"I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
People

"Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
People

"Everything Changes. The only thing that remains immovable across the centuries and fixes the character of a people is cooking."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"I can't promise you that you'll ever live in a world where people don't hurt your feelings. But I can promise you that if you keep on moving and taking one day at a time, the opinions and words of people who hurt you will matter less and less to you."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"I want to make people feel things when they hear my music I want to give a song to someone who is going through a break up, I want to give a song to someone who loves someone and can't tell them. A song for someone who has just fallen in love and a song for just people who are living their lives."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'"

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
People

"It's one of the craziest feelings to be on stage and know that you were sitting on your bedroom floor when that song came to be and now there's an arena full of people singing it."

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Ted Allen Chef
People

"Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party."

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Samuel Adams Politician
People

"The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both deserve and enjoy it. While on the other hand, if we are universally vicious and debauched in our manners, though the form of our Constitution carries the face of the most exalted freedom, we shall in reality be the most abject slaves."

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