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		Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mary Astell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Kruger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, I happen to believe all business is female business. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Bernice Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Origen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bashar al-Assad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a senior editor at Tor Books and the manager of our science fiction and fantasy line, I rarely blog to promote specific projects I'm involved with, for reasons that probably don't need a lot of explanation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Nielsen Hayden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		You know, I lose patience really easily; I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gail Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Asner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harrison Ford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Indra Nooyi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we can put together a Mexican businessman and a U.S. businessman, they will find a way to do more business. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vicente Fox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the body is the ultimate thing. The soul and mind are part of the body. I don't think there is anything outside of that. Your physical self is who you are. Some people feel that that is reductionist, but I don't think it is. It's just true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates