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• The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When something's wrong, it's government's job to fix it, it must be government that's responsible for causing it.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Government, House

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.

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• Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

  Judy Blume

  Children, Freedom, Philosophy

  FaceBook post by Judy Blume from Apr 16, 2013

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• If you're in America a lot, it's easy to get into playing American. All of it, the sounds, the energies, all very different. But it's really hard to do the accent. I tend to try and stay in it all day, which is the only way I can manage it.

  Emily Blunt

  America, Trying, Energy

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• If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a difference. You can raise awareness just of the simple humanity.

  Emily Blunt

  Struggle, Simple, Differences

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• If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

  Franz Boas

  Intelligent, Equality, Emotional

  Franz Boas (2014). “Anthropology and Modern Life (Routledge Revivals)”, p.75, Routledge

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• Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Singing, Wonderful, Feels

  "Andrea Bocelli: 'Only preparation helps my stagefright'". www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2009.

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• A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Challenges, Mind, Whole

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• I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Italian, Japan, Talking

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• What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  People, Trying, Different

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• If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Dollars, Would Be, Tonight

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• My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

  Wade Boggs

  Sports, Monday, Yankees

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• I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it can go to your head.

  Andrew Bogut

  Years, Normal, Persons

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.

  Niels Bohr

  Inspirational, Life, Science

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• Here you have a new technology, and if that technology is going to work, you must allow people to provide central indexes of the data. It's just like a newspaper that publishes classified ads.

  David Boies

  Technology, Data, People

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• If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Believe, Land, Earth

  1924 The Gift of Black Folk, ch.9.

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• If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

  Derek Bok

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  Attributed in Paul Dickson, The Official Rules (1978). An earlier occurrence, without attribution to any individual, was in Wash. Post, 6 Oct. 1975.

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• If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.

  Usain Bolt

  Goal, Legends

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.

  Usain Bolt

  Queens, Nice, Sound

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.

  Usain Bolt

  Years, Waiting, Champion

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

  John Bolton

  New York, Differences, Stories

  "Rand Paul Warns Donald Trump Not To Choose ‘Menace’ John Bolton As Secretary Of State" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2016.

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• When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Mothers Day, Mom

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• My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Block, Fire

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• Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.

  Erma Bombeck

  Lazy, Literature, Housework

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• If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Life, Strong Women

  Time Magazine (1984), later quoted in Jonathon Lazear and Wendy Lazear "Meditations for Parents Who Do Too Much" (p. 22), 1993.

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• What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

  Erma Bombeck

  Men, Hair, Growing

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