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January 18, 2020

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree.
Sleeping
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January 17, 2020

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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
Discovery - Reading
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January 16, 2020

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
God - Physics
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January 15, 2020

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Victor Hugo

Poet, Novelist, Dramatist

Those who live are those who fight.
Fighting - Living
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January 14, 2020

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Woodrow Wilson

Former President of the United States

Movies are like writing history with lightning.
History - Movies
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January 13, 2020

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nothing enters our minds or determines our actions which is not directly or indirectly a response to stimuli beating upon our sense organs from without.
Actions - Machine - Man - Mindset
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January 12, 2020

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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

"All men are born equal and free" is not Nature's law in the literal sense.
Equality - Human - Nature
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January 11, 2020

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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
Discovery - Reading
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January 10, 2020

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Military Officer, Former President of the United States

We reject any idea that one race of people is in any way better than another.
Equality - Inequality - Reject
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January 09, 2020

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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone.
Failing - Illusion - Mistake - Perception - Sometimes
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January 08, 2020

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Benjamin Franklin

Polymath, Founding Father of the United States

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
Mortality
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January 07, 2020

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Paul Dirac

Theoretical Physicist

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.
God - Mathematics
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January 06, 2020

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree.
Sleeping
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January 05, 2020

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Margaret Thatcher

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Countries - Home - Strength - Woman
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January 04, 2020

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H. L. Mencken

Journalist, Cultural Critic

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
Explanation - Knowledge
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January 03, 2020

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

Inventors don't have time for married life.
Inventing - Marriage
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January 02, 2020

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Montesquieu

Judge, Philosopher

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
Achievement - Dependence - Knowledge - Success - Time
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January 01, 2020

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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Lecturer

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
Funny - Reading
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December 31, 2019

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Allen Ginsberg

Poet

A poem is like a radio that can broadcast continuously for thousands of years.
Poetry
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December 30, 2019

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John Milton

Poet, Civil Servant

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
Censorship - Reason
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