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James Young Artist, Musician
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"I guess I should be more ambitious about practicing, but when I'm out on the road, that's about all I do."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms."

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Lily Cole Model, Actress
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"I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good."

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Jane Austen Novelist
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"Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. My dear, did you change your stockings?"

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Jane Austen Novelist
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"It was a gloomy prospect, and all that she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away, she should see something else."

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Jean Cocteau Poet, Novelist, Playwright
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"one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started"

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Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer
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"That of War and Peace or of Almagestes. All are satisfactory. The only criterion of a work is its validity: that it should grip and that it should last."

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"All of you, leave," Vlad responded curtly. "That's not nice," I mumbled. "You should talk to them before you bite them, too. Common curtesy."

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Jim Doyle Politician
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"Going forward, my mind will be open to every solution - except one. We should not - we must not - and I will not - raise taxes."

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