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		The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
	
	  Rafael Palmeiro Rafael Palmeiro
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		Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
	
	  Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson
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		The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
	
	  Pankaj Mishra Pankaj Mishra
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		When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
	
	  Park Shin-hye Park Shin-hye
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		Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
	
	  Harold Bloom Harold Bloom
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		If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
	
	  Dan Pink Dan Pink
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		I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
	
	  Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson
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		The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
	
	  Federico Fellini Federico Fellini
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		It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
	
	  J. R. Martinez J. R. Martinez
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		Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
	
	  Aaron Neville Aaron Neville
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		As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
	
	  Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey
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		Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.
	
	  Rafael dos Anjos Rafael dos Anjos
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		No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.
	
	  Christopher Walken Christopher Walken
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		In my everyday life, I just wear jeans, t-shirts and trainers - if I can go barefoot, that's even better. But for the events I have a stylist, and in two hours we have selected a whole outfit.
	
	  Penelope Cruz Penelope Cruz
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		I have had my share of choices and temptations, too; I would not lie about that. And I would also like to confess that had it not been for my mother, I would probably have never been able to make the right decisions during those formative years of my life.
	
	  Karan Patel Karan Patel
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		If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.
	
	  Amy Poehler Amy Poehler
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		It's very important that when you have a designer like Marc Jacobs, who is a genius, you give him complete freedom.
	
	  Bernard Arnault Bernard Arnault
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		A planned life is a dead life.
	
	  Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall