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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
People

"What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we all have agents - then Web years could slip by before human beings can notice."

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Scott Walker Politician
People

"Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people."

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Sean Parker Entrepreneur
People

"Your biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is not concealing your idea from others or keeping your idea a secret, it is actually convincing people that you're not crazy and that you can pull this off."

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Sean Young Actress
People

"Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume."

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Rich Burlew Cartoonist
People

"It turns out I had this huge geeky safety net out there that I didn’t know about this whole time, made up of people who have been reading my comic for nine years but never contacted me."

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Rich Lowry Political Commentator
People

"Yes, this is 21st-century America. Where we have better means to treat mental illness than ever before, but choose to let the insane people decide to get it or not."

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Seneca the Younger Philosopher, Statesman
People

"There are more people abusive to others than lie open to abuse themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow."

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Seth Musician
People

"Marketing by interrupting people isn’t cost-effective anymore. You can’t afford to seek out people and send them unwanted marketing messages, in large groups, and hope that some will send you money. Instead, the future belongs to marketers who establish a foundation and process where interested people can market to each other. Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk."

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Richard Bach Author
People

"Whatever it is that calls us, that's our path. And as we walk that path, we have a chance to shine forth who we are. It affects other people around us."

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Richard Bach Author
People

"Reputation is what people think you are. Character is who you really are. Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself. The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work."

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Richard Bach Author
People

"Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the priest or whoever the religious leader is. And that's what surprises me, that some people who find a huge value in these kinds of systems also seem to enjoy ILLUSIONS. I can't figure it out."

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"The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation."

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