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• See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

  Frank Lucas

  Two, World, Gangster Movie

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• The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.

  Biz Stone

  Iphone, Air, Two

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• We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

  Mitch Albom

  Two, Who We Are, Matter

  CNN Interactive's Tuesday Book Chat, www.cnn.com.

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• There are two things you need if you are to uncover and communicate what is really happening in the world. One is to free of any dogmatic belief system. The second is not to give a damn what people think and say about you, or, at least, not to let that influence your decisions.

  David Icke

  Thinking, Two, People

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• To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

  William Wordsworth

  Humble, Character, Two

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• What I find very attractive, what I find sexual, are people who are unapologetic for who they are and comfortable with themselves. And I think with those two things sexual energy does come out because you're not hovering or censoring yourself, you're just being who you are. And being who you are is a very attractive quality in a person.

  Katherine Moennig

  Being Yourself, Thinking, Two

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• There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or sentiment of the worshipper.The second-and perhaps even more important- is a good tune..with a simple popular melody.

  John Betjeman

  Simple, Hymns, Two

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• Two things make smart men stupid, beautiful women and sports

  Colin Cowherd

  Beautiful, Sports, Smart

  Colin Cowherd (2013). “You Herd Me!: I'll Say It If Nobody Else Will”, p.10, Crown Archetype

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• There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained.

  Alistair Overeem

  Two, No Fear

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• I'm often asked how I define "success." It's an overused term, but I fundamentally view this elusive beast as a combination of two things - achievement and appreciation. One isn't enough:
  
  Achievement without appreciation makes you ambitious but miserable.
  Appreciation without achievement makes you unambitious but happy.

  Tim Ferriss

  Appreciation, Views, Two

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• Allow me to correct you on two things: number one, the reason John Cena isn't here tonight has nothing to do with you. John Cena isn't here because I destroyed him in our match, this past week, in Pennsylvania. And number two, you're not the leader of the Nexus, I am.

  Wade Barrett

  Past, Wwe, Two

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• At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. but the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where a man's ships can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.

  Richard E. Byrd

  Loyalty, Pride, Men

  Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.179, Island Press

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• I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself.

  John le Carre

  Thinking, Two, Laughing

  Interview with Andrew Ross, www.salon.com. October 28, 1996.

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• I want my images to achieve two things in this regard - to be an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing, to make people see what beauty is disappearing. Also, to try and show that animals are sentient creatures equally as worthy of life as humans.

  Nick Brandt

  Animal, Two, People

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• Put two things together which have never been put together before, and some schmuck will buy it.

  George Carlin

  Two, Together, Schmucks

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• Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Moving, Men, Two

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2003). “Democracy in America”, p.708, Regnery Publishing

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• I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.

  Muriel Spark

  Friendship, Two, Trusted Friends

  Muriel Spark (2011). “Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography”, p.3, New Directions Publishing

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• In my day the schools taught two things, love of country and penmanship-now they don't teach either.

  Cleveland Amory

  Country, School, Two

  Cleveland Amory (1980). “The trouble with nowadays: a curmudgeon strikes back”, G K Hall & Co

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• Positive health requires a knowledge of man's primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known. The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.

  Hippocrates

  Fall, Home, Exercise

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• Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.

  Ann Patchett

  Teenager, Writing, Two

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• Wisdom is the ability to do two things at once, to be in the world and enjoy it and at the same time, to be in the realms of light, to be in samadhi.

  Frederick Lenz

  Wisdom, Buddhism, Two

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• I have a certain sensibility that I bring to my writing that comes from knowing two things: what I as a reader like to read, and what as a writer I am capable of. I know my own limits. I know there are things I cannot do.

  Paullina Simons

  Writing, Two, Knowing

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• I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.

  Joshua Waitzkin

  Art, Eye, Two

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• When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk.

  Samuel West

  Two, Thirds, Can Do

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• If I were to wish for two things, they would be as much bandwidth as possible and ridiculously fast browser engines.

  Matt Mullenweg

  Two, Wish, Would Be

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