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"In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man."

"In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Fact, Fool, Man, Witty

41

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

41

"I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?"

"I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?"

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

41

"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."

"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."

Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian Celebrity

President, Talk

41

"We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors."

"We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors."

Anatoly Karpov, Russian Celebrity

41

"Take to every Gallon of Honey, three Gallons of water, and put them both together, and set them over so soft a fire, that you may endure to melt and break the honey with your hands."

"Take to every Gallon of Honey, three Gallons of water, and put them both together, and set them over so soft a fire, that you may endure to melt and break the honey with your hands."

Kenelm Digby, English Celebrity

Fire, May, Water

41

"I'm the kind of person who, if I see a shooting star, I wouldn't stay there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I would want everyone to see it too."

"I'm the kind of person who, if I see a shooting star, I wouldn't stay there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I would want everyone to see it too."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Friendship, Friends, Want

41

"It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum."

"It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum."

Jerry Springer, American Celebrity

Civilization, End

41

"The worst part was waiting around. Sometimes you are ready at 9 a.m. and you don't start until the afternoon. Occupying your time while you wait is the hardest part of the movie."

"The worst part was waiting around. Sometimes you are ready at 9 a.m. and you don't start until the afternoon. Occupying your time while you wait is the hardest part of the movie."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

41

"Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth."

"Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth."

Paul Wolfowitz, American Celebrity

Growth, Country, Entrepreneurs, Help

41

"If only Tammy knew how much I really cared about her. She has nothing to do with any of this mess."

"If only Tammy knew how much I really cared about her. She has nothing to do with any of this mess."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

41

"I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, I'll go onto something else."

"I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, I'll go onto something else."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

Opportunity, Being, Fun, Hollywood

41

"It will work. I am a marketing genius."

"It will work. I am a marketing genius."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Work, Genius, Marketing, Will

41

"Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life."

"Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life."

William Banting, English Celebrity

Life, Progress, Evil

41

"I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church."

"I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

Church, Hurt, Quiet, Want

41

"I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself."

"I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself."

Elizabeth Barton, English Celebrity

Angels, Saints, Satan

41

"Kleenex would have made a mint today."

"Kleenex would have made a mint today."

Larry Harvey, American Celebrity

41

"I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future."

"I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

People, Communication, Conscience, Future

41

"All they need to do is to set up some website somewhere selling some bogus product at twenty percent of the normal market prices and people are going to be tricked into providing their credit card numbers."

"All they need to do is to set up some website somewhere selling some bogus product at twenty percent of the normal market prices and people are going to be tricked into providing their credit card numbers."

Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity

People, Selling, Credit, Numbers

41

"In the book of Colossians, it talks about that because of what Christ did, we are pure. We are without judgment on ourselves. And only through him can we do something like this."

"In the book of Colossians, it talks about that because of what Christ did, we are pure. We are without judgment on ourselves. And only through him can we do something like this."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

Christ, Judgment

41

"I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out."

"I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out."

Red Adair, American Celebrity

41

"On stage, don't go near her. She's the best performer in the world."

"On stage, don't go near her. She's the best performer in the world."

David Gest, American Celebrity

41

"Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful."

"Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Happiness, People, Applause, Nothing

41

"I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy."

"I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

Food, Day, Now, Philosophy

41

"The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces."

"The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces."

Howard Staunton, English Celebrity

41

"No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one."

"No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Reading, Suicide, Trying

41

"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."

"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

Fight, Spirit, Style

41

"Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty."

"Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty."

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

Ceremony, Dress

41

"As an author, I want to write what I'm inspired to write. Not what my readers want me to write. I feel like the books will ultimately be better if my heart is fully into what I'm writing."

"As an author, I want to write what I'm inspired to write. Not what my readers want me to write. I feel like the books will ultimately be better if my heart is fully into what I'm writing."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Creativity, Authenticity, Inspirational, Art

41

"That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race."

"That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

41

"In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone."

"In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone."

Gertrude Jekyll, British Celebrity

Wisdom, Work, Knowledge, Gain

41

"She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him."

"She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him."

David Gest, American Celebrity

Management, Manager, Production

41

"I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid."

"I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Living, Proof, Want

41

"There is less danger in fearing too much than too little."

"There is less danger in fearing too much than too little."

Francis Walsingham, English Celebrity

41

"Because pornography is a tool of Satan that exploits and distorts our God-given sexuality, women - especially Christian women - need to understand the increasing threat of online pornography."

"Because pornography is a tool of Satan that exploits and distorts our God-given sexuality, women - especially Christian women - need to understand the increasing threat of online pornography."

Donna Rice, American Celebrity

Woman, Women, God, Christian, Pornography

41

"My girlfriend claims that her last boyfriend was a better kisser than me and I have to admit, he is pretty good."

"My girlfriend claims that her last boyfriend was a better kisser than me and I have to admit, he is pretty good."

Dwight York, American Celebrity

Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Pretty

41

"Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had heard it months before I printed it."

"Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had heard it months before I printed it."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Beginning, Gossip, Months, News

41

"Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?"

"Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?"

Cynthia Payne, British Celebrity

41

"I want my name back."

"I want my name back."

Richard Jewell, American Celebrity

41

"After Survivor, I was driving across country and moving to San Francisco, going to get a job interning at an ad agency. And then they asked me to read for this movie."

"After Survivor, I was driving across country and moving to San Francisco, going to get a job interning at an ad agency. And then they asked me to read for this movie."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

Country, Driving, Job

41

"I came face to face with death at thirteen years old."

"I came face to face with death at thirteen years old."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Death, Old, Years

41

"It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly."

"It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly."

Joan of Arc, French Celebrity

41

"General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character."

"General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

41

"If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?"

"If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?"

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

41

"And we turned off and 30 miles south they're standing in the middle of our road blocking our way, stopped the car, got out, took us through the path in the woods, where the craft was on the ground."

"And we turned off and 30 miles south they're standing in the middle of our road blocking our way, stopped the car, got out, took us through the path in the woods, where the craft was on the ground."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

41

"There's a difference between regret and questioning your decision. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future."

"There's a difference between regret and questioning your decision. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Wisdom, Regret, Reflection, Choice

41

"My grandfather used to say the placement of a birthmark was the story of how a person lost the battle in their past."

"My grandfather used to say the placement of a birthmark was the story of how a person lost the battle in their past."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Life, Past, Battle, Fate

41

"Spain is not a racist country."

"Spain is not a racist country."

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish Celebrity

41

"You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards."

"You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards."

Heston Blumenthal, English Celebrity

Money, Work, Compromise

41

"I've been fighting my whole life."

"I've been fighting my whole life."

Chuck Zito, American Celebrity

41

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