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Harold Wilson Politician
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"There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
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"A company's ability to respond to an unplanned event, good or bad is a prime indicator of its ability to compete."

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Aristotle Philosopher
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"1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. All other natural primes cannot be unnatural primes."

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Joseph Campbell Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer
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"It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward."

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Thomas Aquinas Philosopher, Theologian
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"The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God."

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Laurent Lamothe Politician
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"The diiference is that in the private sector you work for yourself, and as Prime Minister I work for every single Haitian - inside Haiti and outside - and for all those who love Haiti as well."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
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"3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is a paradox; as is a paradox why the number 1 is not prime if it has no other divisors besides himself."

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Indira Gandhi Politician
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"People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong."

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