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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
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"I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand."

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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
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"What we want to do is make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been, and super-easy to use. This is what iPhone is. OK? So, we're going to reinvent the phone."

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Seth Green Actor
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"I really love animation as a storytelling medium, whether it's traditional, cel animation, or CG, or stop motion, which is more our studio's area of focus. But I find that the creatives behind any kind of animation are typically very similar, and so regardless of what aesthetic they use to realize their vision, I'm usually pretty into it."

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Laozi Philosopher
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"When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head."

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Laozi Philosopher
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"The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being."

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Zora Neale Hurston Novelist, Anthropologist
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"Tain't no use in you cryin' . . . But folks is meant to cry 'bout somethin' or other. Better leave things de way dey is. Youse young yet. No tellin' whut mout happen befo' you die."

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
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"The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood."

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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist
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"We cannot tell by looking at the diamond that it is a commodity. When it serves as a use-value, asthetic or mechanical, on the breast of a harlot, or in the hand of a glasscutter, it is a diamond and not a commodity."

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