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Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie - father of the future Alex Dumas - was born on February 26, 1714, in the Norman province of Caux, a region of rolling dairy farms that hung above great chalk cliffs on the northwest coast of France.

Tom Reiss

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Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often.

John Burroughs

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I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit.

Andrea Bocelli

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My parents were the only people to go to South Africa from Australia in a single engine plane... the two of them, no radio... you had to fly down low to see the street signs to know which city you were in... most people couldn't speak English.

Maye Musk

ParentsPeopleCityFlySpeakYou

Al Davis was the first to know about my decision to retire, and Mom was second.

John Matuszak

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I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Robert Redford

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A big part of green tech will be organisms that eat waste.

Steve Jurvetson

GreenWillEatBigTechWaste

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Simone Weil

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'X-Force' #1 sold 5 million copies. By default, the second issue dipped and did 1.3 million copies. But the cover of 'X-Force' #2 is Deadpool. It's not X-Force, It's Deadpool.

Rob Liefeld

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Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

Mary Martin

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I don't care what your religion is, as long as it doesn't chastise anybody that's not part of it.

Jon Gries

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Jack Lemmon always said you can't learn how to act without doing theatre, and I agree with that. Because anyone can do a character for a take, but can you do one for 40 minutes at a time?

Chris Doubek

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My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy.

Claes Oldenburg

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