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Marilyn Monroe Actress, Model
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"A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself."

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George Santayana Philosopher, Poet
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"The line between what is known scientifically and what has to be assumed in order to support knowledge is impossible to draw. Memory itself is an internal rumour."

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which is necessary to support a proper command."

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Gordon Brown Politician
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"I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"For a while, after the Second World War, when there was strong support for labor, this was done subtly."

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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor
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"The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change the costs to support their legacy infrastructure and costs will keep them from getting there."

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"Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself."

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Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer
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"The writer is committed when he plunges to the very depths of himself with the intent to disclose, not his individuality, but his person in the complex society that conditions and supports him."

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Jennifer Grant Actress
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"I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I'm sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that."

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Hugo Black Justice
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"When the power, prestige and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain."

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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
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"That's where Time magazine lives ... way out there on the puzzled, masturbating edge, peering through the keyhole and selling what they see to the big wide world of chamber of commerce voyeurs who support the public prints."

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Ban Ki-moon Diplomat
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"Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate change consequences so it is morally and politically correct that the developed world who made this climate change be responsible by providing financial support and technological support to these people."

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Calvin Coolidge Politician
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"The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases."

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Abigail Disney Filmmaker
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"It's powerfully important for me as a pro-choice person and person who supports Planned Parenthood to have Rob accept me as not a baby-killing horrible person. That's actually a massive step away from his original position, and he's taking a lot of heat in his world just for being my friend, just for hanging around with me."

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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
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"Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups."

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