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Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

Lactantius

Recitation: by Male by Female

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  • Birth: 240 - 320

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Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.

Melanie Fiona

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I'd say I'm really, really good for a 16-year-old, which is where I peaked. I'm impressive, but not classically trained, not a concert pianist.

Simon Helberg

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I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get my record and listen to it for free than 500,000 that I coerced to pay $15 for it, you know?

Trent Reznor

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You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.'

Trevor Phillips

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Nuclear countries are those countries that are big and powerful. It is difficult to criticize them and try to lead them onto a humanitarian path. But we can only do what we can and appeal to their sense of reason.

Masatoshi Koshiba

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I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

Martin Sheen

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The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.

Mike Greenberg

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I let the song guide me. I move through the space that I'm given rather than trying to make an impression on the material. I'm curious to learn from the music.

Lizz Wright

MusicCuriousSpaceMeSongLearn

That's me, I'm emotional.

David Wells

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I'm visually stimulated, so I watch TV, movies, even Pinterest. A song could come from something as simple as being words splashed across a billboard or changing everyday turns of phrases.

Bonnie McKee

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As a child, I was spoilt by my parents as an only son. They indulged my every whim, and I grew up in luxury.

Asif Ali Zardari

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When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.

William Nicholson

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