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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you."

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Dante Alighieri Poet, Philosopher
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"I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason."

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Debbie Allen Actress, Choreographer, Director
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"As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them."

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Denis Waitley Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each."

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Denzel Washington Actor, Director
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"[Rose from "Fences"] couldn't just jump out there. Not just because of economic reasons but because how she was looked at in society at the time. There were a lot of factors that made you stay I guess."

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Charlotte Bronte Novelist, Poet
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"When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again."

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Clint Eastwood Actor, Director, Producer
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"Scott's Eastwood movie Snowden sounds fascinating. I want to see it because it's about deserting your country ... for whatever reasons you have. Edward Snowden became famous for the wrong reasons, as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger became famous for doing something spectacular."

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Charlotte Bronte Novelist, Poet
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"There are not unfrequently substantial reasons underneath for customs that appear to us absurd; and if I were ever again to find myself amongst strangers, I should be solicitous to examine before I condemned."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
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"It is for this reason that rationality is of supreme importance to the well-being of the human species...even more, in those less fortunate times in which it is despised and rejected as the vain dream of men who lack the virility to kill where they cannot agree."

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