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I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

-- Elle Macpherson

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When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life.

-- Leah Ward Sears

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People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.

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But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music.

-- Barry McGuire

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That was the most terrible thing that a woman could to a decent man: look vulnerable and ask him for mercy. If he refused her he'd be denying all his instincts as a provider and protector.

-- Orson Scott Card

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More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now.

-- Carol Vorderman

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Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others.

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I can't get my head around the fact that the technology of the first two movies, which are forty years prior to Star Wars, is so much better than any technology they had in Star Wars!

-- David Prowse

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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.

-- Swami Vivekananda

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I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.

-- James Cash Penney

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