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“I think from my experience in war and life and science, it all has made me believe that we have one life on this planet. We have one chance to live it and to contribute to the future of society and the future of life. The only "afterlife" is what other people remember of you.”
Source : "J. Craig Venter sees change from genomics". Interview with Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. June 11, 2009. 
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“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
Source : Beatrix Potter (1982). “Beatrix Potter's Americans: selected letters”
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“One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.”
Source : "Food Stamps At The Heart Of Farm Bill Political Drama". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. July 29, 2013.
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“I know I will have to come to forgiveness and acceptance of what has happened for me to go on and be happy in the future. And I know I will get there eventually. I wish him all the best in the future, as a person and as an athlete ... I feel privileged to have witnessed a part of his golfing career.”
Source : "Elin Nordegren Breaks Silence: The Word 'Betrayal' Isn't Strong Enough", www.foxnews.com. August 25, 2010.
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“And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment.”
Source : Bill Brandt (1948). “Camera in London”
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“I pride myself on being a Legend Killer.”
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“We need to stop comparing ourselves to others, and stop patting ourselves on the back for attaining artificial measurements of spirituality. We need to take care that we do not think we are something we are not, or else we may deceive ourselves, setting ourselves up for rebuke in the future when we see Christ face to face”
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“We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone.”
