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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter
World

"There's hard lessons in this world. What's the hardest? I dont know. Maybe it's just that when things are gone they're gone. They aint comin back."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
World

"We are seeing smarter philanthropy, more philanthropy, and that's true world wide. So it's kind of a movement that has a lot of accomplishments, even though as a percentage of the economy, it's still only a few per cent."

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Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
World

"I was always 'awake'...Some part of me clamoring for NEW insights and NEW ways to make the world a better place."

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Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
World

"You want a better world...? Legalize pot right now. ...end the deficit? Legalize pot right now...biggest cash crop in America."

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Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
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"We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six persons immediately around us is enough to amuse and satisfy us."

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Bruce Barton Author, advertising executive
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"As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, Let there be light, constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse."

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Byron Katie Author, Speaker
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"The apparent craziness of the world, like everything else, is a gift that we can use to set our minds free."

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