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A great man is always willing to be little. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. ↗

— Dave Barry

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I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models. ↗

— Charles Barkley

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I'm no role model. ↗

— Charles Barkley

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I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre. ↗

— Samantha Barks

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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro. ↗

— Dave Barry

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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