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“Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.”
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“Beauty feeds us. Anarchy is beauty. We are against the grey people. We want to decorate, like those fantastic Indian lorries which are covered with flowers. Beauty must conquer the lust for order; order is ugliness.”
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“When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive”
Source : "Austrian daredevil breaks sound barrier jumping from space". "7.30" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. October 15, 2012.
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“Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.”
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“The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be proud of. They're just a sacred trust... Having been given, I must give. Man shall not live by bread alone, and what the farmer does I must do. I must feed the people - with my songs.”
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“Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.”
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“At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community.”
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“Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a single skeleton.”
Source : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.