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Ray Charles Musician, Singer
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"I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am."

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James Thurber Cartoonist, Author
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"The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess."

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John Steinbeck Novelist, Journalist
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"And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed."

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Benjamin Graham Investor, Author
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"Knowledge is only one ingredient on arriving at a stock's proper price. The other ingredient, fully as important as information, is sound judgment."

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"Of course, like all the informal inhabitants of the University the roaches were a little unusual, but there was something particularly unpleasant about the sound of billions of very small feet hitting the stones in perfect time. Rincewind stepped gingerly over the marching column. The Librarian jumped it. The Luggage, of course, followed them with a noise like someone tapdancing over a bag of crisps."

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
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"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn."

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