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• I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Guitar, Jazz, Turns

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• If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Fall, Knowing, Dancer

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• If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.

  Manolo Blahnik

  Mean, Jewels, Shoes

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• If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.

  Tony Blair

  Decision, Trying, Pros And Cons

  Interview with Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2010.

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• Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

  Tony Blair

  Community, Conflict, Accepting

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  If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "A Memorable Fancy" plate 14 (1790 - 1793). Inspired the title of Aldous Huxley's 1954 book about drug experimentation, The Doors of Perception, which in turn inspired the name of the 1960s rock group The Doors.

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  No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

  William Blake

  Love, Motivational, Cute

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.114, Pearson Education

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• Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.

  Sara Blakely

  Husband, Moving, Validation

  "How to launch a dream business while working full time, by the women who did it" by Sejal Kapadia Pocha, www.stylist.co.uk.

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• Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech.

  Sara Blakely

  Song, Tough Times, Speech

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• If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

  Cate Blanchett

  Disappointment, Perfect, Expectations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

  Cate Blanchett

  Birthday, Soulmate, Brother

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• I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.

  Cate Blanchett

  Drinking, Thinking, Water

  "Cate Blanchett on Philanthropy and Beauty". Interview with Maureen Choi, www.marieclaire.com. April 1, 2011.

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• If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

  Cate Blanchett

  Inspirational, Motivation, Attitude

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

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• One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

  Mary J. Blige

  People, Giving, One Day

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May 2006.

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• God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

  Mary J. Blige

  Firsts, I Can

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• If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

  Mary J. Blige

  Journey, Understanding, Goes On

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• If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story.

  Mary J. Blige

  Journey, Stories, Right Now

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• Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.

  Mary J. Blige

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Doors

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• I cannot save the world, that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.

  Mary J. Blige

  Goal, Trying, Example

  "There's something about Mary". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2008.

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• I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.

  Orlando Bloom

  Rooms, Film, Comfortable

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• If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.

  Orlando Bloom

  Harmony, Humans, Knows

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• Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

  Orlando Bloom

  Character, Mean, Thinking

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• And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Dream, New York, Believe

  Michael Bloomberg's Speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, www.washingtonpost.com. August 30, 2004.

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• We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Hands, Play, Enemy

  Address in Support of Religious Tolerance and New York City Mosque, delivered 3 August 2010, Governors Island, New York

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• And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Thinking, Hands

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