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It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are. Far more then our abilities.

J.K. Rowling : Gaia Explorer
J.K. Rowling
Source: Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter
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"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history,
whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."

Thomas Jefferson : American statesman (3rd US President: 1801-09), wrote Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Source: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/quotes/govt.html
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Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.

Thomas Jefferson : American statesman (3rd US President: 1801-09), wrote Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
 
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I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.

Mother Teresa : Macedonian Catholic nun, founder of Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950
Mother Teresa (1910 - 1998)
 
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Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.

Albert Einstein : German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, famous for his theories of relativity.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Source: On Science.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.

Confucius : Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism
Confucius (c. 551 - c. 479 BC)
 
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