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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long."

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Rollo May Psychologist, Author
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"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. The capacity to create ourselves, based upon this freedom, is inseparable from consciousness or self-awareness. (p. 100)"

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Elvis Presley Singer, Actor
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"When I started singing, I weighed 153 pounds. I weigh 184 now. I haven't gotten any taller, but I'm putting on a little more weight."

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Dana Gould Comedian
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"My father hauled boxes so I could get an education and earn enough money to pay someone to make me lift weights."

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Carnie Wilson Singer
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"If I'm known as the girl that lost weight and it's been six years later and I've still kept off the 110 pounds, God bless. Because I never kept off 100 pounds before in my life."

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Truman Capote Author, Journalist
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"I think of myself as a stylist, and stylists can become notoriously obsessed with the placing of a comma, the weight of a semicolon."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet."

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Milan Kundera Writer
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"Necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value."

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