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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather confusing."

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
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"Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on."

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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer
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"No murmur arose from its bed, and so gently it wandered along, that the pearly pebbles upon which we loved to gaze, far down within its bosom, stirred not at all, but lay in a motionless content, each in its own old station, shining on gloriously forever."

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"To see her is a picture- To hear her is a tune- To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June- To know her not-Affliction- To own her for a Friend A warmth as near as if the the Sun Were shining in your Hand."

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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
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"If that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine, I'm a break that birdie's neck."

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means."

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Charles Churchill Poet, Playwright
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"Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail."

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Ali MacGraw Actress
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"If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut."

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Anne Lamott Author, Essayist
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"He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are."

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W. Somerset Maugham Novelist, Playwright
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"The spirit is often most free when the body is satiated with pleasure; indeed, sometimes the stars shine more brightly seen from the gutter than from the hilltop."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed."

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Theodore Parker Transcendentalist, Minister
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"The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul."

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