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Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Television Host
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"I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner parties. It was very blousy."

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"The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy."

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Epictetus Philosopher
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"There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose."

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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher
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"Fairness means not to use fraud and trickery in the exchange of commodities and services and the exchange of feelings."

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Evan Parker Saxophonist
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"Of course I knew the work of Roland Kirk and Harry Carney and the specific uses they would make of circular breathing, so I knew it was physically possible."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
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"It is very difficult to have a free, fair and honest press anywhere in the world. In the first place, as a rule, papers are largely supported by advertising, and that immediately gives the advertisers a certain hold over the medium they use."

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Dan Wells Author
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"It's just one thing after another. Cars that won't run. Planes that will never fly again. Computer systems we can barely use, let alone re-create. It's like...time is flowing backward. We're caveman archeologists in the ruins of the future."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
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"Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know."

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Ben Harper Musician, Singer-Songwriter
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"When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone - it's possible. But creatively, it's more like painting: you can't just use the same colours in every painting. It's just not an option. You can't take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences."

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Dar Williams Singer-songwriter
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"Why wouldn't you want to be the envy of your neighbors by being so good and so generous and so smart in how you use the power that you obviously have? That's my patriotism."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"The reason that I proposed health savings accounts for everybody starting at birth, is because you very quickly accumulate an amount of money that you can use for your interactions with those health care providers."

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