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I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
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Probably the most dangerous thing about college education, at least in my own case, is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
God pity us indeed, for we are human, And do not always see, The vision when it comes, the shining change, Or,… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
Pretty early on in making the first movie I realized that this is what I wanted to do. I felt like by… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
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