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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
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"But women do not say 'We', except at some congress of feminists or similar formal demonstration; men say 'women', and women use the same word in referring to themselves."

Men Use Feminist
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Socrates Philosopher
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"A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle."

Men Use Horse
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Sri Aurobindo Philosopher, Poet, Politician
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"To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use."

Mind Use Helpful
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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
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"You know, it's not more knowledge, it's not more education, it's not more facts that we need. It's a better use of what we already have that we need to have. You have each and every one of you, within your potential power right now to do a wonderful job in your chosen field - if you would only embrace it and use it."

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Jack Kerouac Novelist, Poet
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"It’s a sort of furtiveness … Like we were a generation of furtive. You know, with an inner knowledge there’s no use flaunting on that level, the level of the ‘public’, a kind of beatness – I mean, being right down to it, to ourselves, because we all really know where we are – and a weariness with all the forms, all the conventions of the world … It’s something like that. So I guess you might say we’re a beat generation."

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"The finite mind of man can never grasp the mysteries of the infinite. It is the highest wisdom, as it is our great happiness, to accept our limitations, to use what we have, and leave the rest to God."

Men Mind Use
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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity."

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Linda Stone Businesswoman
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"Untethered technology gives us the freedom to do nearly anything, anytime, anywhere. It can also enslave us - we feel compelled to use it where ever it is. Technology is neutral. How, when and where we use it is up to us."

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Michelangelo Antonioni Film Director, Screenwriter
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"Take Einstein; wasn't he looking for something stable and changeless in this enormous, constantly changing melting pot that is the universe? He sought fixed rules. Today, instead, it would be helpful to find all those rules that show how and why the universe is not fixed - how this dynamism develops and acts. Then maybe we will be able to explain many things, perhaps even art, because the old instruments of judgment, the old aesthetics, are no longer of any use to us - so much so that we no longer know what's beautiful and what isn't."

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Louisa May Alcott Novelist, Poet
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"Marmee: Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent. Tho’ I don’t know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it."

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Pablo Picasso Painter, Sculptor
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"How often have I found that wanting to use blue, I didn't have it so I used a red instead of the blue."

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