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March 09, 2021

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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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March 08, 2021

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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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March 07, 2021

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Margaret Thatcher

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.
Failing - Man
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March 06, 2021

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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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March 05, 2021

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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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March 04, 2021

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Margaret Thatcher

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.
Crowd - Jobs - Leadership - Loneliness
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March 03, 2021

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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
Help - Selfishness
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March 02, 2021

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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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March 01, 2021

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Margaret Thatcher

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Business success isn't just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity.
Business - Jobs - Profit - Prosperity - Success
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February 28, 2021

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John Milton

Poet, Civil Servant

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
Censorship - Reason
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February 27, 2021

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Victor Hugo

Poet, Novelist, Dramatist

Those who live are those who fight.
Fighting - Living
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February 26, 2021

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

Inventors don't have time for married life.
Inventing - Marriage
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February 25, 2021

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Paul Dirac

Theoretical Physicist

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.
God - Mathematics
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February 24, 2021

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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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February 23, 2021

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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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February 22, 2021

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Aristotle

Philosopher

The quality of life is determined by its activities.
Activity - Existence - Life - Quality
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February 21, 2021

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Margaret Thatcher

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
Plan - Work
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February 20, 2021

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Pope Francis

Head of the Catholic Church, Sovereign of the Vatican City State

Mary is more important than the apostles.
Apostle - Bible
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February 19, 2021

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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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February 18, 2021

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Francis Bacon

Philosopher

In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.
Enemy - Revenge - Transgression
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