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Tupac Shakur154
rapper and actor 1971–1996Barack Obama1158
44th President of the United States of America 1961William Shakespeare699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616George Orwell473
English author and journalist 1903–1950Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Recommended quotes
“I will either find a way, or make one.”
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
Hannibal (-247–-183 BC) military commander of Carthage during the Second Punic War
Latin proverb, most commonly attributed to Hannibal in response to his generals who had declared it impossible to cross the Alps with elephants; English translation as quoted in Salesmanship and Business Efficiency (1922) by James Samuel Knox, p. 27.
Justin Bieber (1994) Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor
You just have to laugh at yourself. It's funny.
Interview on The Ellen Show, "Ellen Chats With Justin Bieber", 3 November, 2010
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
Source: Longing
Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter
Source: Thank You and You're Welcome (2009), p.22
“George Bush doesn't care about black people.”
Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter
Live on NBC’s “A Concert for Hurricane Relief“ on September 2 2005
“If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.”
Taisen Deshimaru (1914–1982) Japanese Buddhist monk
As quoted in The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) by John Cook, Steve Deger and Leslie Ann Gibson, p. 279
“You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Variant: You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.
Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden
Source: Black Blood
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Part I: Man and Nature, Ch. 1: Current Perplexities, p. 10
1950s, New Hopes for a Changing World (1951)
“You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.”
Willie Nelson (1933) American country music singer-songwriter.
Source: The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
Cameron Diaz (1972) American actress
Human the movie: Cameron's interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-HvL3TSf-8 ( New York Post http://nypost.com/2015/12/17/cameron-diaz-fame-will-never-make-you-happy/)
Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist
Source: "Intuitions" (October 1932), published in Youthful Writings (1976)
Marvin Bower (1903–2003) American business theorist
Marvin Bower (1949) The development of executive leadership. Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. p. v
Marvin Bower (1903–2003) American business theorist
Source: The Will to Manage (1966), p. 24 cited in: Rodney B. Plimpton (1976) Top management leadership and organizational performance. p. 52