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I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility. ↗

— Don Young

#convince #cookies #diabetic #down #drink

You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already. ↗

— Ana Gasteyer

#about #already #being #know #knows

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical. ↗

— Bill Gates

#fanatical #i #less #little #never

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth. ↗

— Bill Gates

#going #i #issues #largely #public

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position. ↗

— Bill Gates

#dad #estate #estate tax #me #popular

In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#america #ancestry #black #brazil #drop

I think that the implication of King's assassination has not been fully appreciated. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#assassination #been #fully #i #i think

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#american president #any #capacity #growth #had

There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#family #just #many #stories #trees

You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#canon #come #explode #generation #next