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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your planet."

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Akhil Sharma Author
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"When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: Why did success pass me by?"

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
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"Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue."

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Anna Kendrick Actress, Singer
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"There have definitely been more than a few moments in my life where I'm wondering where the next paycheck will come from and how I'm gonna pay rent."

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Alan Ball Screenwriter, Director, Producer
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"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about."

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Veronica Roth Author
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"I'm sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what's wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again."

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Socrates Philosopher
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"How can you wonder your travels do you no good, when you carry yourself around with you?"

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