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EBERHARD WEBER There is something original in every one of us SUNDAY ADELAJA To have people spending 55 minutes online is fascinating, because they are not doing something else.... MARC ANDREESSEN There are only two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand that this is a ... RUPAUL I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER There are no original ideas. There are only original people. BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISON Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it become... AUDREY HEPBURN I think when I look out and I see there's so much negativity in the world and a lot of people ar... CHRIS HARDWICK There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line; there are large numbers of people... AMITABH BACHCHAN These are the people who think, 'Yeah, I know Arizona.' Our goal is to show them there is more to Ar... JACKI MIELER There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, There you are and th... ABIGAIL VAN BUREN There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, "There you are" and ... ABIGAIL VAN BUREN There is one in the world who feels for him who is sad a keener pang than he feels for himself; ther... WASHINGTON IRVING Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets; for there are few wants more urgent for the mome... SIR HENRY TAYLOR Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets: for there are few wants more urgent for the mom... HENRY TAYLOR That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than the small... LAWRENCE EAGLEBURGER There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that wh... GERALDINE BROOKS Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those peo... 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