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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent."

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Jonathan Swift Satirist, Writer
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"There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them."

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Homer Poet
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"A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. Six feet tall, 300 pounds...it makes ice."

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Debbie Reynolds Actress, Singer
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"A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
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"To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten times ten."

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Kevin Starr Historian, Author
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"If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here!"

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Jerry Reed Musician, Songwriter, Actor
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"When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show."

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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist
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"It took a lot of courage to take the high road, but I would rather be significant with six million people watching a show with meaning, than everyone watching a show with no meaning."

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Fran Lebowitz Author, Essayist
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"Instead of writing it wrong six times and then writing it right, I think it wrong six times and then write it right the seventh time."

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