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• The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.

  Nikola Tesla

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Creativity

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• A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

  James A. Garfield

  Law, Coercion, Behinds

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• His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Ignorance, Literature, Study

  Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). “Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories”, p.15, Wordsworth Editions

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• The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Jesus, Atheist

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1970, Library of America

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• I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.

  Gemma Arterton

  Eclectic Style, Strange, My Favorite

  "Gemma Arterton: Damsel No More". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 8, 2010.

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• Let us then, be up and doing.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 9 (1838)

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• I have the world's best job. I get paid to hang out in my imagination all day.

  Stephen King

  Jobs, Best Job, Imagination

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• I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Presidential, Political, Storm

  Letter to James Madison, 30 Jan. 1787

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• Guard your good mood.

  Meryl Streep

  Good Mood, Mood

  "Grad Speakers Mix Politics With Pomp", www.foxnews.com. May 28, 2003.

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• Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

  Patrick Henry

  Giving Up, 4th Of July, Jealous

  Virginia's U.S. Constitution ratification convention, June 5, 1788.

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• Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Memories, Philosophical, Guardian

  "On the Orator". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 5, 55 BCE.

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• Find something you love to do. If you don't make money at it, at least you love going to work.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspiration, Winning, Making Money

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• In that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--like a brother, really--I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again.

  Albert Camus

  Brother, Stars, Night

  Albert Camus (2002). “The Stranger”, Spark Notes

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• The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities.

  Julian Baggini

  Technology, Ideas, Mind

  "I think, therefore iPod" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2008.

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• I find it most intriguing to contemplate the fact that while men are considering what place to give Jesus Christ in history, He has already decided what place to give them in eternity.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Jesus, Men, Giving

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• One of the most intriguing things in management and in business is the role of storytelling - people need the anecdotes to do the work that they do.

  Anita Roddick

  People, Anecdotes, Needs

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• The price of liberty is, always has been, and always will be blood. The person who is not willing to die for his liberty has already lost it to the first scoundrel who is willing to risk dying to violate that person's liberty. Are you free?

  Andrew W. Ford

  Blood, Risk, Dying

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• An intriguing mind is a powerful aphrodisiac.

  Becky Freeman

  Powerful, Mind, Aphrodisiac

  Becky Freeman, Becky Freeman Johnson (1996). “Marriage 911”, B & H Publishing Group

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• For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

  Cyril Connolly

  Freedom, Liberty, Action

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• If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from.

  Arsene Wenger

  Wine, Giving, Taste

  "Quotes of the Week". news.bbc.co.uk. February 20, 2007.

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• Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.

  Arsene Wenger

  Home, Thinking, Wife

  "Wenger wins mind games" by Phil McNulty, news.bbc.co.uk. May 8, 2002.

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• I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Athlete, Medicine

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• When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.

  Arsene Wenger

  Stupid, Intelligent, People

  "Mourinho reveals Wenger dossier". news.bbc.co.uk. November 2, 2005.

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• I've gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too f**king curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Kings, Men, Trying

  "Michelle Rodriguez, Cara Delevingne Get Very Cuddly At New York Knicks Game", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 8, 2014.

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• It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

  Sofia Coppola

  Distance, Imagination, Use

  "INTERVIEW: Like Father, Like Daughter? Sofia Coppola’s Coming Out with 'Virgin Suicides'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. April 24, 2000.

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