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"Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater."

"Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater."

Mary Manin Morrissey, American Celebrity

21

"There is always a time to move on."

"There is always a time to move on."

Jock Stein, Scottish Celebrity

20

"And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again."

"And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again."

Samantha Smith, American Celebrity

20

"I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible."

"I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible."

Wally George, American Celebrity

Business, Help, Kids, Students

20

"We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture."

"We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture."

David Elliott, British Celebrity

Art, Experience, Time, People

20

"The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems."

"The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems."

Michael Fish, English Celebrity

Influence, Weather, World

20

"A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they're dead. So they keep walking around and thinking that you're inhabiting their - let's say, their domain. So they're aggravated with you."

"A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they're dead. So they keep walking around and thinking that you're inhabiting their - let's say, their domain. So they're aggravated with you."

Sylvia Browne, American Celebrity

Thinking, Walking, Words

20

"Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art."

"Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art."

David Elliott, British Celebrity

20

"There's only one thing that can guarantee our failure, and that's if we quit."

"There's only one thing that can guarantee our failure, and that's if we quit."

Craig Breedlove, American Celebrity

20

"If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'."

"If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'."

Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity

Death, Life, Sacrifice, Idea

20

"Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart."

"Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart."

Raisa Gorbachyova, Russian Celebrity

20

"Must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules."

"Must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules."

John Graham Chambers, Welsh Celebrity

20

"I did not know what my future was going to hold."

"I did not know what my future was going to hold."

Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity

20

"It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded."

"It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded."

Rodney King, American Celebrity

Being, Film, Now, Right

20

"A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it."

"A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it."

Joan Lunden, American Celebrity

Work, Attitude, Positive

20

"You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy."

"You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy."

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

Love, Clothes, Personality

20

"No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'."

"No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'."

Danielle Berry, American Celebrity

20

"There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations."

"There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations."

Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity

History, Mistakes, Nothing

19

"The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves."

"The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves."

Jack Hanna, American Celebrity

People, Animals, World

19

"I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen."

"I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen."

Jock Stein, Scottish Celebrity

19

"To betray, you must first belong."

"To betray, you must first belong."

Kim Philby, British Celebrity

19

"I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms."

"I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms."

Cale Yarborough, American Celebrity

People, Attention, Living

19

"I got a phone call saying we are from the News of the World, and we're exposing you and David Beckham. My heart did not beat for a minute."

"I got a phone call saying we are from the News of the World, and we're exposing you and David Beckham. My heart did not beat for a minute."

Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity

Heart, News, Saying, World

19

"What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime."

"What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime."

Frank Abagnale, American Celebrity

Technology, Crime, Today, Youth

19

"We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace."

"We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace."

Thomas R. Kelly, American Celebrity

Nature, Peace, Soul, Thought

19

"To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering."

"To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering."

Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity

Life, Idea, Fact, Living

19

"Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual."

"Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual."

Richard M. Helms, American Celebrity

Intelligence, May

19

"The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God."

"The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God."

Thomas R. Kelly, American Celebrity

19

"People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared."

"People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared."

Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese Celebrity

Food, People, Appetite

19

"I hid myself in food."

"I hid myself in food."

Gordon Ramsay, Scottish Celebrity

19

"Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?"

"Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?"

Bindi Irwin, Australian Celebrity

Time, Losing, Pretty

18

"You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God."

"You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God."

Tammy Faye Bakker, American Celebrity

18

"I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown."

"I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Courage, Love, Adventure, Trust

18

"I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them."

"I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them."

Bindi Irwin, Australian Celebrity

Nothing, Stars, Wildlife

18

"Cloning will enable mankind to reach eternal life."

"Cloning will enable mankind to reach eternal life."

Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity

Life, Mankind, Will

18

"Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils."

"Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils."

McGeorge Bundy, American Celebrity

18

"Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!"

"Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!"

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

Work, Hard work, Laziness, Man

18

"Naked truths aren't always pretty."

"Naked truths aren't always pretty."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Truth, Reality, Emotion, Sensitivity

18

"I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself."

"I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself."

Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity

18

"It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes."

"It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes."

Svetlana Alliluyeva, American Celebrity

Nature, Human nature, Rules, World

18

"Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease, death and the sweat of labor."

"Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease, death and the sweat of labor."

Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity

Age, Death, Science, God

18

"I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me."

"I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me."

Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity

18

"As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness."

"As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness."

Svetlana Alliluyeva, American Celebrity

People, Belief, Kindness, Result

18

"God hears a mother's prayer."

"God hears a mother's prayer."

Victoria Gotti, American Celebrity

God, Mother, Prayer

18

"All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor."

"All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor."

Graham Kerr, English Celebrity

Food, Humor, Business, People

18

"The internet has become such a great tool not just for chefs but for everyone. The net has given everyone the tools to see and almost experience new and different ideas."

"The internet has become such a great tool not just for chefs but for everyone. The net has given everyone the tools to see and almost experience new and different ideas."

Graham Kerr, English Celebrity

Experience, Ideas, Internet, Tools

17

"Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba."

"Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba."

Elian Gonzalez, Cuban Celebrity

17

"Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart."

"Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart."

Ruth Graham, American Celebrity

17

"When someone close to you dies, the memories and recollections of them are painful."

"When someone close to you dies, the memories and recollections of them are painful."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Loss, Death, Memory, Pain

17

"I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was."

"I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was."

Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity

17

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