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Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker
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"It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes I walk into a situation where I'm intimidated and I want to be liked and I want to fit in, and I don't choose authenticity. And it's always pretty miserable."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"...he said firmly, "God can help you. All the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of trouble." "Obviously," I replied, "they were at liberty to do so, if they felt like it." I, however, didn’t want to be helped, and I hadn’t time to work up interest for something that didn’t interest me."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"I do not want to found anything on the incomprehensible. I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone."

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Ali Sina Philosopher, Writer
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"The truth is that the terrorists are motivated by an ideology. It has nothing to do with what we do. They will give you all the excused to justify their terrorism. They will blame the victim. But the truth is that they are doing all these killings because they are waging Jihad. They will continue killing us until we submit and surrender. What they want is establishment of Khalifat worldwide."

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Ali Vincent Reality TV Star, Author
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"The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives."

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Allan Ray Artist
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"Congress wants to keep "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Washington politicians are united in their faith. Most worship the same reelection."

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Allen Tate Poet, Critic
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"So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman."

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Alton Brown Chef, Television Personality
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"Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing you really want to see licking at your food while it's on a grill is an actual flame."

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Amartya Sen Economist, Philosopher
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"There's absolutely no reason why at the level of basic schooling that there should be any inequity whatsoever. And [that's] the first direction to go, [but] that need not prevent you from doing all the other equalities that you want."

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Amos Lee Musician
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"I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something."

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Anais Nin Writer, Diarist
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"I often see how you sob over what you destroy, how you want to stop and just worship; and you do stop, and then a moment later you are at it again with a knife, like a surgeon."

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