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Orson Welles Director, Actor, Producer
Philosophical

“[The movies] make the sort of comment only a novel can make, an allusion to the world in which people live, the psychological and economic motivations, the influences of the period in which they lived.”

Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
Determined

“Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.”

Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
Courageous

“People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.”

Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
Love

“People who take everything to heart trivia - the most capable of genuinely love.”

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Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
Creative

“If you're a person and care about other people - I don't think I have any sort of special understanding or anything, I think any feeling person would experience similar things if given the same opportunities to see the things I've been lucky enough to see and meet the people I've been lucky enough to meet.”

Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author
Philosophical

“There are some people, who I'll charitably call snobs, who are dismissive of any conversation that doesn't begin with the full level of complexity. That's just not how the world works.”

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Courageous

“White people whom I have met, who have accepted Islam, they don't regard themselves as white but as human beings.”

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Courageous

“People involved in a revolution don't become part of the system; they destroy the system... The Negro revolution is no revolution because it condemns the system and then asks the system it has condemned to accept them.”

Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Love

“[My half-sister] Ella and I always were much closer as basic types; we're dominant people, and [my other half-sister] Mary has always been mild and quiet, almost shy.”

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Love

“The black people in this country are taught that their religion and the best religion is the religion of Islam, and when one accepts the religion of Islam, he's known as a Muslim.”

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Larry Ellison Businessman
Wise

“We have been doing things that are contrary; the things that people tell us won't work from the beginning. In fact, the only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.”

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Larry Ellison Businessman
Inspired

“I'd prefer people read about Churchill and how he wasn't overwhelmed by Nazi Germany. Amazing; that the morale of a country rested on one person's shoulders. Extraordinary people carried that country through its darkest hours; truly inspirational. I suppose that's my theme. Whether it's a biography or a movie; whether it's fictional or true, I'm inspired by people doing great things.”

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
Creative

“I'm rather pro-prostitution, I admire people who do it. It can't be much fun. Thank goodness for it. People need relief or they become murderers.”

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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
Creative

“I like chocolate. I don’t eat it, but I like the smell of it. People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose. I would love to have a perfume based on chocolate.”

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