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There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside. - Upton Sinclair, 1878 - 1968

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  10. Benjamin Disraeli
  11. Lord Byron
  12. Ayn Rand
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  14. William James
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  24. Francis Bacon
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