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Novelist, Scholar, Broadcaster

Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even in an age so ferociously anti-romantic as our own, to write fantastic stories for adults: though you will usually need to have made a name in some more fashionable kind of literature before anyone will publish them.

Adulthood - Kindness - Making - Publishing - Story

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leader, Civil rights activist

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

History - Influence - Making

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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

We are made of star-stuff. Our bodies are made of star-stuff. There are pieces of star within us all.

Making

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Novelist, Scientist, Astrophysicist

We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most of it.

Earth - Living - Making - Thinking

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Charles Spurgeon

Pastor, Author

But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have a long, happy, and holy day before them in which they may serve God with all then hearts. Who knows what glory God may have of them? Heathen lands may call them blessed. Whole nations may be enlightened by them. O brethren and sisters, let us estimate children at their true valuation, and we shall not keep them back, but we shall be eager to lead them to Jesus at once.

Blessing - Boy - Children - Enlightenment - Girl - Glory - Heathen - Holiness - Making - Nations - Value - Whole - Yielding

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Desmond Tutu

Cleric, Theologian, Human Rights Activist

It was relatively easy, we now realize, to categorize countries and nations. You knew who your enemies were and whom you could count on as collaborators and friends. And even more importantly, you had ready-made scapegoats to take the blame when things were going wrong.

Collaboration - Countries - Making - Realization

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Writer

Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence.

Essence - Godliness - Making - Offence

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William Shakespeare

Poet, Playwright, Actor

You are made Rather to wonder at the things you hear Than to work any.

Making

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Jimmy Carter

Former President of the United States

At the beginning of this year also, I called upon the North Korean side to open dialog between the responsible authorities of the South and the North at any place, at any time, and at any level, in order to prevent a recurrence of war and to cooperate to speed up the peaceful unification of our fatherland. However, no sincere response has yet been made by North Korea.

Korea - Making

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Oscar Wilde

Poet, Playwright

Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shillyshallying with the question is absurd.

Death - Making - Mindset - Wellness

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher, Philologist, Cultural Critic, Scholar

It was Christianity, with its heartfelt resentment against life, that first made something unclean of sexuality: it threw filth on the origin, on the essential fact of our life.

Essence - Making

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Desmond Tutu

Cleric, Theologian, Human Rights Activist

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

Making

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William Butler Yeats

Clergyman, Poet, Poet

Death and life were not Till man made up the whole, Made lock, stock and barrel Out of his bitter soul

Bitterness - Life - Making - Man - Soul - Whole

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Stephen King

Writer

A critical assumption is sometimes made that [Grisham, Clancey, Crichton & myself] have access to some mystical vulgate that other (and often better) writers cannot find or will not deign to use. I doubt if this is true. Nor do I believe the contention of some popular novelists... that thier success is based on literary merit -- that the public understands true greatness in ways the tight-a**ed, consumed-by-jealousy literary establishment cannot. This idea is ridiculous, a product of vanity and insecurity.

Belief - Consumer - Making - Mysticism - Novel - Product

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Gloria Steinem

Journalist, Social Activist

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. The majority consciousness has changed, and often that has made very clear, practical changes in our daily lives, but the centers of power are still not occupied, for the most part, by this new consciousness.

Change - Making - Voting

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made. This is one of the reasons why I feel certain that of all my inventions, the Magnifying Transmitter will prove most important and valuable to future generations. I am prompted to this prediction not so much by thoughts of the commercial and industrial revolution which it will surely bring about, but of the humanitarian consequences of the many achievements it makes possible. Considerations of mere utility weigh little in the balance against the higher benefits of civilization.

Certainty - Feelings - Humane - Making - Prediction - Proof - Reward - Value

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Eckhart Tolle

Spiritual Teacher, Author

Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned by the past.

Making - Mindset - Oneself - Past - People

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George Santayana

Philosopher, Writer, Poet

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.

Facts - Making - Mastering - Philosophy - Pleasure - Possibility - Simple - Truth

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Warren Buffett

Business Magnate, Investor, Speaker

Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she insisted on a one word answer. He had a speech prepared that would have gone on for several hours. But when forced to boil it down to one word, he said that was "rational". You know, he comes equipped for rationality, and he applies it in business. He doesn't always apply it elsewhere, but he applies it in business and that has made him a huge business success.

Attraction - Investment - Making - Preparedness - Rational - Speaking - Wellness

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Alexis de Tocqueville

Diplomat, Political Scientist, Historian

He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.

Making - Oneself - Slavery

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