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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
Should

"Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."

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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
Should

"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!"

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Diogenes Philosopher
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"We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?"

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
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"There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath."

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