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John Eliot Philosopher
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"If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious."

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Lucian Freud Painter
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"I don't want any colour to be noticeable... I don't want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour, something independent... Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy."

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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher
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"Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want."

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Debbie Reynolds Actress, Singer
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"I've always put my own money into my own shows because today, if you want to stay in the business, you have to produce your own product because there is not enough production and enough people that create today so if you wanna work you produce it or you stay home."

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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
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"Somewhere between psychotic and iconic/ Somewhere between I want it and I got it/ Somewhere between I’m sober and I’m lifted/ Somewhere between a mistress and commitment"

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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you're enumerate, you're going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don't have to know any higher math."

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