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JB
Judith Butler Philosopher, Gender Theorist
Wise

“The important thing is to think about theory in life in that way. And I think we don't have to be theorists, we don't have to have gone to the academy, or to the university to learn theory and to be a theorist of gender.”

Johnny Cash Musician, Singer-songwriter
Creative

“When I finally stopped [singing], he had been saying, like, the last day or so, he'd been saying, now, I think we should put this one in the album. So without him saying I want to record you and release an album, he kept - he started saying, let's put this one in the album. So the album, this big question, you know, began to take form, take shape. And Rick [Rubin] and I would weed out the songs.”

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Johnny Cash Musician, Singer-songwriter
Calm

“I think in my world of religion, you're called to preach or you don't preach. Called by God to preach. I never been ordained by God to preach the gospel. I have a calling, it's called to perform and sing.”

John Green Author, YouTuber
Funny

“I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and worship you for all my days if you just this once provide me with an invisibility cloak, come on, come on, please please invisibility cloak now now now-. It's very possible that Jane is thinking the same thing, I have no idea, because she's not talking either, and I can't look at her on account of how I'm blinded by embarrassment.”

JR
Jimmy Reed Musician
Funny

“If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, thats what you expect to gain.”

JS
Jim Shaw Artist, Painter
Lonely

“I'm getting more and more isolated as I get on in years. I think people's insanity starts to slowly take over.”

JL
Jerry Lewis Comedian, Actor, Singer
Angry

“People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they didn't see the work. I have seen critics print stuff about stuff I cut out of the film before we ran it. So don't tell me about critics.”

LG
Lindsey Graham Politician
Courageous

“I think comprehensive immigration reform while securing your border and dealing rationale with 11 million is the only way we're going to solve this problem.”

LG
Lindsey Graham Politician
Angry

“I think I've done more right than wrong on foreign policy. I've criticized the president for being weak and indecisive. I've been a problem solver in Washington and I think I've got something to offer the party and nation.”

Confident

“Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
Spiritual

“It's very easy for one talking about violence and hatred for the white man to appeal to [Negro from ghetto]. I have never thought of this, but I think this is quite true, that if, even if you talk to them about nonviolence from a tactical point of view, they can't quite see it because they don't even know they're outnumbered.”

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Martin Luther Theologian
Melancholic

“Our suffering is not worthy the name of suffering. When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to death, thinking what are they in comparison of the sufferings of my blessed Savior Christ Jesus.”

Martin Luther Theologian
Spiritual

“What are the things we should pray for? First, our personal troubles...The greatest trouble we can ever know is thinking that we have no trouble for we can become hard-hearted and insensible to what is inside of us.”

Martin Luther Theologian
Courageous

“For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.”