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Robert Kiyosaki Businessman, Author
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"Once again, the 90/10 rule of money applies - 10% of the borrowers in the world use debt to get richer - 90% use debt to get poorer."

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Golda Meir Politician
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"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."

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Lewis Carroll Author, Mathematician
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"Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer meant."

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Adam West Actor
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"Be very careful about your care. Don't use it for sexual high jinks. It can get ugly - trust me. Also be careful when flushing."

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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist
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"There is no use indicting words, they are no shoddier than what they peddle."

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
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"When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
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"Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use your time. It is yours. Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it."

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