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May 06, 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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May 05, 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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May 04, 2021

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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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May 03, 2021

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.
Future - Robots - Slavery
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May 02, 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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May 01, 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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April 30, 2021

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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Lecturer

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
Cowardice - Lie - Truth
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April 29, 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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April 28, 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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April 27, 2021

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Paul Dirac

Theoretical Physicist

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.
God - Mathematics
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April 26, 2021

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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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April 25, 2021

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Montesquieu

Judge, Philosopher

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.
Giving - God - Gods - Having
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April 24, 2021

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Aristotle

Philosopher

The quality of life is determined by its activities.
Activity - Existence - Life - Quality
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April 23, 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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April 22, 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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April 21, 2021

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Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.
Reading
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April 20, 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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April 19, 2021

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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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April 18, 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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April 17, 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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