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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time"

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Le Corbusier Architect, Designer, Urban Planner
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"Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms."

Eye Play Light
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Albert Einstein Physicist
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"We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music."

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DJ Khaled Music Producer
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"If you think of something negative and you keep it in your head, you are going to actually live that. Now, if you think of something great and positive and joyful, you're going to actually live that. You've got to be careful what you put in your head. Basically, I'll call that: "Don't ever play yourself.""

Thinking Play Negative
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Miles Davis Musician
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"It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong."

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Pele Professional Footballer
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"Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose."

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Maria Montessori Educator, Physician
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"He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence."

Men Play Hands
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Otto von Bismarck Statesman, Chancellor
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"Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play."

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Johnny Cash Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"The Master of Lifes been good to me. He has given me strength to face past illnesses, and victory in the face of defeat. He has given me life and joy where other saw oblivion. He Has given new purpose to live for, new services to render and old wounds to heal. Life and love go on, let the music play."

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Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Singer
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"I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it."

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"It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"Don't just buy a new video game, make one. Don't just download the latest app, help design it. Don't just play on your phone, program it."

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