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December 7, 2022
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Historian, Novelist

A man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential.
Essence - Having - Man - Sacrifice
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December 6, 2022
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George Soros

Investor, Hedge Fund Manager, Author

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.
Democracy - Discussion
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December 5, 2022
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Marlene Dietrich

Actress, Singer

If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
Crazy - God
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December 4, 2022
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Charles Dickens

Writer, Social Critic

We need never be ashamed of our tears.
Emotions - Shame - Tears
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December 3, 2022
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Margaret Atwood

Poet, Writer, Environmental Activist

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
Divorce
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December 2, 2022
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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

Peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for.
Peace
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December 1, 2022
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Winston Churchill

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Growing - Solitude - Strength
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November 30, 2022
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LeBron James

Basketball Player

As a parent, if you have multiple kids, you can't teach them all the same thing because they all have different personalities. They're their own person.
Children - Parents - Personality - Teaching
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November 29, 2022
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Anne Frank

Author

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
Laziness - Satisfaction - Work
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November 28, 2022
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John F. Kennedy

Former President of the United States

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
Ignorance - Knowledge
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November 27, 2022
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George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, Critic, Political Activist

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
Alcohol - Anesthesia - Endurance - Life
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November 26, 2022
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Steve Jobs

Business Magnate, Investor

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.
Change - Innovation - Opportunity
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November 25, 2022
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Matthew Arnold

Poet, Cultural Critic

Miracles do not happen.
Miracle
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November 24, 2022
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Melinda Gates

Businesswoman, Philanthropist

As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she's only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.
Decision - Difference - Earning - Opportunity
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November 23, 2022
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Jane Fonda

Actress, Writer, Political Activist

Empower girls and everything changes.
Change - Empowerment - Women
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November 22, 2022
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Robert H. Goddard

Engineer, Professor, Physicist, Inventor

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.
Barrier - Development - Ignorance
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November 21, 2022
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Buddha

Founder of Buddhism

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
Buddhism - Permanence - Suffering - Wisdom
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November 20, 2022
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Jane Austen

Writer, Novelist

It is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.
Reading - Torment - Worthwile
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November 19, 2022
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Benjamin Franklin

Polymath, Founding Father of the United States

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Expenses - Finance
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November 18, 2022
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Aaron Copland

Composer

You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.
Atmosphere - Music - Sound
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November 17, 2022
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Alexandre Dumas

Novelist, playwright

Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
Truth
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November 16, 2022
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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Lecturer

Use the right word, not its second cousin.
Right - Word
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November 15, 2022
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Francis Bacon

Philosopher

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue
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November 14, 2022
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Theodore Roosevelt

Former President of the United States

No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows; in no way can the success of evil be made surer or quicker.
Bad - Evil - Good - Mercy
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November 13, 2022
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Katharine Hepburn

Actress

"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
Ageing
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November 12, 2022
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Charles Dickens

Writer, Social Critic

We forge the chains we wear in life.
Chains - Life
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November 11, 2022
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George Soros

Investor, Hedge Fund Manager, Author

A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to.
Damage - Evil - Finance - Intention
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November 10, 2022
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Attila the Hun

Ruler of the Huns

Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.
Enemy - Power
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November 9, 2022
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Margaret Atwood

Poet, Writer, Environmental Activist

A man is just a woman's strategy for making other women.
Man - Woman
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November 8, 2022
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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, even during a bloody civil war.
Thanks - Thanksgiving - Traditions
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November 7, 2022
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LeBron James

Basketball Player

A team can't work when a guy puts himself in front of a team.
Team - Teamwork
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November 6, 2022
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Albert Einstein

Theoretical Physicist

One does people the best service by giving them some elevating work to do and thus indirectly elevating them.
Elevating - Work
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