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Jules Verne Novelist, Playwright
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"Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!" My over-excitement was beyond all description."

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Julian Barnes Author
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"If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty."

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Julie James Author
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"You came along and changed everything. I don’t want to be some guy you’re fooling around with anymore, Rylann. I want to be with you all the way."

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Juliette Lewis Actress, Producer
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"I know what I'm doing. And I even know when I don't know what I'm doing. Then there are people who don't want to know that you know what you're doing."

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Justin Adams Musician
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"I don't want to copy the people I admire - I'd rather find out what inspired them and try to find my own way through it."

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Judith Butler Philosopher, Gender Theorist
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"I want to say that the way in which we understand gender actually changes the way we live gender."

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Jonathan Davis Musician
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"It started when I woke up, all I wanted to do is jump out of the window. I didn't want to eat anymore, because I was afraid that I might poison myself somehow."

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Johnny Carson Television Host
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"Entertainment is like any other major industry; it's cold, big business. The business end wants to know one thing: Can you do the job? If you can, you're in, you're made; if you can't, you're out."

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John Green Author, YouTuber
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"I don't really want to be the costar of anyone's life."

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