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“I wasn't really dead.”

Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer

"The Chris Farley Show" sketch on Saturday Night Live, regarding the Paul is Dead hoax.

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“Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know
'Cause here I go again…”

Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer

"Silly Love Songs", 1976
Lyrics, Wings
Context: You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs
I look around me and I see it isn't so
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know
'Cause here I go again...
I love you.

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Paul McCartney photo
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“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996

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“The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!”

Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) German computer scientist and engineer

Attributed to Zuse in: Ra L Rojas, Ulf Hashagen (2002) The First Computers: History and Architectures. p. 270

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“The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.”

Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) German computer scientist and engineer

Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen.
Attributed in Konrad Zuse http://www.dpma.de/ponline/erfindergalerie/bio_zuse.html on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008

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“The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.”

Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) German computer scientist and engineer

Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.
Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.

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Yasser Arafat photo
Yasser Arafat photo

“This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.”

Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) former Palestinian President, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

On Palestinian Authority Television (15 January 2002).
2000s

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“Today I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. I repeat, do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”

Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) former Palestinian President, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

1970s, Speech to UN General Assembly (1974)

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“All religious wars are about people arguing over who has the biggest invisible friend.”

Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) former Palestinian President, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Many unsourced variations are attributed to Arafat.[citation needed] The actual origin is Richard Jeni.
Misattributed
Source: http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/QuotesReligion.html

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“This is my homeland; no one can kick me out.”

Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) former Palestinian President, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

As quoted in The Daily Iowan (11 September 2003), Yasser Arafat's reply to Ariel Sharon's threat to expel him from the occupied territories.
2000s

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“It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.”

Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) French mathematician, physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science
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“Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.”

Natalie Portman (1981) Israeli-American actress

On vegetarianism. Interview with The New Zealand Herald (5 May 2011), quoted in “Natalie Portman: 'Eating For Me Is How You Proclaim Your Beliefs'”, in ecorazzi.com http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/05/05/natalie-portman-my-beliefs-are-reflected-in-how-i-eat/.

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“It was wonderful playing a young queen with so much power. I think it will be good for young women to see a strong woman of action who is also smart and a leader.”

Natalie Portman (1981) Israeli-American actress

Natalie Portman, quoted in The Phantom Menace "Production Notes". I wear a diaper in lucy in the sky