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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Funny

“The only people that a bank will loan money to is the very people who don't need it.”

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Wise

“The two Testaments are interesting, each in its own way. The Old one gives us a picture of these people's Deity as he was before he got religion, the other one gives us a picture of him as he appeared afterward.”

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Philosophical

“It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't.”

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Spiritual

“My mind changes often ... People who have no mind can easily be steadfast and firm, but when a man is loaded down to the guards with it, as I am, every heavy sea of foreboding or inclination, maybe of indolence, shifts the cargo.”

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Nostalgic

“I am aware that I am very old now; but I am also aware that I have never been so young as I am now, in spirit, since I was fourteen and entertained Jim Wolf with the wasps. I am only able to perceive that I am old by a mental process; I am altogether unable to feel old in spirit. It is a pity, too, for my lapses from gravity must surely often be a reproach to me. When I am in the company of very young people I always feel that I am one of them, and they probably privately resent it.”

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KR
Kid Rock Musician, Actor
Confident

“I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.”

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Kim Harrison Author
Philosophical

“Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.”

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Kim Harrison Author
Angry

“I won’t snatch, harm, or scare to death people with you or use checking up on you as an excuse to cause trouble. You’re worse than my mother, Rachel.” “Mine, too,” Jenks muttered.”

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Kim Harrison Author
Love

“Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her.”

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Jane Austen Novelist
Hopeful

“I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.”

Jane Austen Novelist
Spiritual

“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.”

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Jane Goodall Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
Compassionate

“If a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much more should we help the animals - and other people for that matter - in their time of need?”

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Jane Goodall Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
Creative

“I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize!”

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Jarryd James Singer-Songwriter
Creative

“I've learnt so much from the people I've worked with, about how to listen to stuff as it's coming together and not force anything.”

Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Courageous

“[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being.”

Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Angry

“People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap and it's good water. But they're okay paying for it. It's just the mindset right now.”

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Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Creative

“I love that because that's what I'm supposed to be doing - whether it's accepted b everybody or not. I'm supposed to be pushing that envelope and trying new things. And people are supposed to say, Hov, you might have went too far.”

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher, Writer, Composer
Courageous

“The strength of the people is effective only if it is concentrated; it evaporates and is lost when it is dispersed, just as gunpowder scattered on the ground ignites only grain by grain.”