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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
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"The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican."

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Tracy Morgan Comedian, Actor
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"Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit."

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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
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"The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit."

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Robert Henri Artist
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"Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it."

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Robert Henri Artist
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"All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent."

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Sylvester Stallone Actor, Filmmaker
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"With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for."

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