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Mischa Barton Actress
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"I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want."

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Moliere Playwright, Actor
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"You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want."

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Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun
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"The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her."

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Moon Bloodgood Actress
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"I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing."

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Howard Gardner Psychologist, Educator
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"Hitler didn't travel. Stalin didn't travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. They didn't want to have their orthodoxy challenged."

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Kurt Cobain Musician, Singer-Songwriter
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"I just don't like to get intimate. I don't want anyone to know what I feel and what I think, and if they can't get some kind of an idea of what sort of person I am through my music, then that's too bad."

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Kurt Cobain Musician, Singer-Songwriter
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"Wearing a dress shows I can be as feminine as I want. I'm a heterosexual...big deal, but if I was a homosexual, it wouldn't matter, either."

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