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Matt Smith Actor
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"I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level."

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Michel de Montaigne Philosopher, Writer
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"For me, who only desire to become wise, not more learned or eloquent, these logical or Aristotelian dispositions of parts are of no use."

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Mike Tyson Professional Boxer
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"Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use. If not, you'll get burned."

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Miles Davis Musician
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"When I went in there, we used drum machine on "Time After Time" and "Human Nature".We don't use the drum machine to play a pattern. You play the pattern by being consistent."

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Michael Grant Author
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"The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or something that eats something up. I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say I don't think something that calls itself a 'world eater' is a good thing."

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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Every single thought I have and every sentence I speak is an affirmation. It is either positive or negative. Positive affirmations create positive experiences, and negative affirmations create negative experiences. My new affirmation habit is to only speak of the good I want in my life. Then, only good will come to me. I use my affirmations wisely."

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Henry George Economist, Journalist
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"It is as to whether its services or uses are to be exchanged or not which makes a tool an article of capital or merely an article of wealth. Thus, the lathe of a manufacturer used in making things which are to be exchanged is capital, while the lathe kept by a gentleman for his own amusement is not."

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e. e. cummings Poet, Painter
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"it's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than thesquarerootofminusone. You and I are human beings; mostpeople are snobs."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don't forget the importance of warmheartedness."

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Pharrell Williams Musician, Producer
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"Sometimes when you're listening to a neuroscientist, they have a tendency to use a particular type of jargon that works in their world perfectly but that would lose the average layman."

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