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Search for what is good and strong and beautiful in your society and elaborate from there. Push outward. Always create from what you already have. Then you will know what to do.

Oct 01, 2017

Michel Foucault, City Paper
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I'm not a sailing or mountaineering expert; I'm just an ordinary guy, a guy who happened to choose these challenges in order to reach my own potential.

Apr 17, 2016

Martin Frey, CNN
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I do not believe - and I know this is a horrible thing to say - but I do not believe that the president loves America. He doesn’t love you, and he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up, through love of this country…with all our flaws, we’re the most exceptional country in the world. I’m looking for a presidential candidate who can express that, do that, and carry it out.

Feb 18, 2015

Rudy Giuliani, Speaking at a private dinner at the 21 Club in Manhattan
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I was sent a picture to share on social for Fallon that was altered without me knowing to make my arms look smaller. I won't say by who - I know it was done with severely misplaced positive intentions - but this goes against everything I believe.

Feb 17, 2016

Rhonda Rousey, Instagram
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Listen to yourself, and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

May 23, 2014

Maya Angelou, Twitter
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I thought that when I was on the floor, that if I survived this, I would be better than before, be someone worthy of life. Life is hard enough, but it is made easier with human connection. The world needs more love. It’s that simple.

Dec 14, 2015

Isobel Bowdery, Vanity Fair
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Dec 15, 2015

Daniel Boorstin, Famous historian
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Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.

Mar 09, 2015

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Educational TV series Cosmos
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I’m surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are, and how quickly we lose courage.

Dec 10, 2015

Angela Merkel, Time magazine
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That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.

Oct 08, 2008

John Green, Paper Towns
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