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Pablo Picasso Painter, Sculptor
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"Manifesting takes place from Spirit. It doesn't take place from form, from the physical world. You've got to know that what you want to manifest will occur."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
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"Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat."

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Andy Warhol Artist, Filmmaker
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"When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them."

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John Lennon Musician, Activist
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"The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you."

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Ban Ki-moon Diplomat
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"In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime."

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Bryan Stevenson Lawyer, Author
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"You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity."

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Jack Kerouac Novelist, Poet
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"I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else."

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Allen Iverson Basketball Player
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"I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet."

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D. A. Carson Theologian
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"If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross."

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