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"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."Source: 80 million United States Postage stamps | Author: Maya Angelou
"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement."Source: Henry Ford's Marketing Team | Speaker: Henry Ford
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."Source: Not verified | Speaker: Thomas Edison
"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."Source: Misquoted | Speaker: Winston Churchill
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."Source: The Origin of the Species | Speaker: Charles Darwin
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast."Source: The Mourning Bride | Author: William Congreve