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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"What the heart most wants, the mind finds reasonable, the will finds doable, and the emotions find desirable."

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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I want to be a friend."

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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'"

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"It's a new medium, it's a universal medium and it's not itself a medium which inherently makes people do good things, or bad things. It allows people to do what they want to do more efficiently."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want."

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Scott Walker Politician
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"About 70 percent of everything is really sketched out on my keyboard beforehand, because I do want accidents to happen in the studio."

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Scott Thompson Business Executive
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"When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me."

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Rene Marie Singer
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"I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't get to where I want to go while I'm in that getup."

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Sean Young Actress
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"If you're hit with a lawsuit that's untrue and the reasons you're hit with it aren't clear to you, there's a very big inclination on people's part to want to take responsibility for it - that this must be happening because I'm a terrible person, I did something, and I'm getting repaid for it."

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Rich Fulcher Actor, Comedian
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"When I just want to be free, I'll wear the Banderas outfit and the mask and touch myself. On the chest. Only on the chest. I just want to feel the silky silks."

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