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John Adams

"Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding and softens the heart."

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Ryan Lochte

“It felt good to actually have a decent swim.”

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Richard Viguerie

“McCain ran an aggressive, hard-hitting campaign against former Congressman J. D. Hayworth. If he had taken this same kind of principled conservative and 'take no prisoners' campaign against Barack Obama in 2008, he'd now be in the second year of his presidency.”

- Richard Viguerie

Source/Notes: Richard Viguerie: McCain beats Hayworth; Tea Party wins; Welcome back to the GOP, Senator McCain

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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

“Habits form a second nature.”

- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Source/Notes: Philosophie Zoologique pt. 2, (1809), Chapter 7

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Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

“My mum had me brought up by nannies and governesses. I didn't have much to do with my parents until I was 21.”

- Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

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Aaron Peirsol

“Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do.”

- Aaron Peirsol

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Joshua Logan

“His music was direct from his heart and brain in the purest form possible.”

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New England Primer

“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my Soul to keep. If I should die before I 'wake, I pray the Lord my Soul to take.”

- New England Primer

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Addison Mizner

“Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.”

- Addison Mizner

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Janelle Monae

“You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation.”

- Janelle Monae

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Westbrook Pegler

“I am a member of the rabble in good standing.”

- Westbrook Pegler

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Jennifer Gilmore

“It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn't seriously grieving.”

- Jennifer Gilmore

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Thomas R. Cech

“There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it.”

- Thomas R. Cech

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Donald Dunn

“If you've got a good song, it's easy to play. But you can't make a bad song sound good no matter who you have to play on it.”

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Arthur Guiterman

“We are coming we, the young men, Strong of heart and millions strong; We shall work where you have trifled, Cleanse the temple, right the wrong, Till the land our fathers visioned Shall be spread before our ken, We are through with politicians; Give us Men! Give us Men!”

- Arthur Guiterman

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Larry King

“I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?”

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Mauricio Macri

“If you have a problem, you have to recognize it and solve it.”

- Mauricio Macri

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A. R. Ammons

“Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.”

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