Popular quotes
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“I know my race. I just look in the mirror. I know I'm black.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (9 July 2002)

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“So many books, so little time.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
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“In quella parte del libro de la mia memoria… si trova una rubrica la quale dice: Incipit vita nova.”

In that book which is
My memory...
On the first page
That is the chapter when
I first met you
Appear the words...
Here begins a new life.
Source: La Vita Nuova (1293), Chapter I, opening lines (as reported in The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time by Leslie Pockell)

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“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

Source: P.S. I Love You

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“If anyone want to become a socialist in a hurry, he should come to the United States.”

Maxim Gorky (1868–1936) Russian and Soviet writer

American Sketches

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“I shall never stop fighting. I mean this country to survive, to prosper and to be free”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

Speech to Federation of Conservative Students Conference (24 March 1975) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102663
Leader of the Opposition
Context: I shall never stop fighting. I mean this country to survive, to prosper and to be free... I haven't fought the destructive forces of socialism for more than twenty years in order to stop now, when the critical phase of the struggle is upon us.

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“Be curious, not judgmental.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist

While consistently attributed to Whitman, this popular motivational quote has no source. It is occasionally listed as occurring in Leaves of Grass, but the closest phrase found in that collection is "Be not curious about God."
Disputed
Variant: Be curious, not judgmental.

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“I wish to go on living even after my death.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

Source: The Diary of a Young Girl

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“[his answer to 'do you have a twin sister?] He’s quite influential, that Rodger. He’s done a couple of songs on the new album. He’s off fishing today.”

Zayn Malik (1993) British singer

As 'guy who has a twin sister' on 2017-03-20, https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/zayn-malik-interview-the-times-quotes

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