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Willa Cather Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world."

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Tariq Ali Author, Political Activist
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"The U.S. should come out openly and say to the world, "We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it.""

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Socrates Philosopher
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"It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself."

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Stendhal Novelist
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"In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way."

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L. Frank Baum Author
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"It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders."

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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
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"Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
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"If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you."

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