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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
Grateful

“I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.”

Alicia Keys Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Grateful

“My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.”

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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
Philosophical

“I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favour of the people.”

W. Somerset Maugham Novelist, Playwright
Funny

“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn.”

Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
Creative

“I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how natural it is for people to want to go to music - a study of rhythm, the dance - the various rhythms enter into our lives every day.”

Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
Grateful

“When I'm dead I don't want a funeral. I want people to remember me alive.”

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Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
Confident

“To some people, I am a kind of Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes.”

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Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
Happy

“My business is making people, especially children, happy. I have dedicated much of my time to a study of the problems of children.”

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Walter Russell Artist, Author, Philosopher
Spiritual

“When one trusts this inner universal power, it automatically draws forth the trust of the people one deals with.”

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
Optimistic

“Our system works. Over time, people will live better and better. We have a system that unleashes human potential, and now China has a system that unleashes human potential. We will have interruptions. We overshoot and undershoot sometimes, but your kids and grandkids will live better than you. Over time, we move ahead at a pretty damn rapid rate.”

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
Love

“When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.”

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
Optimistic

“It's quite clear that stocks are cheaper than bonds. I can't imagine anybody having bonds in their portfolio when they can own equities, a diversified group of equities. But people do because they, the lack of confidence. But that's what makes for the attractive prices. If they had their confidence back, they wouldn't be selling at these prices. And believe me, it will come back over time.”

Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
Wise

“Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum.”

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Warryn Campbell Music Producer
Creative

“I'm usually writing or producing for other people. I'm like Burger King most of the time; I let people have it their way like "You want it like this? I'll give it to you like this."”

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WM Wise

“I think what you learn, working on a film or TV set, is how to tune certain things out. You've got 60-100 people swirling around you, each of them with a very important job to do.”

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