Elizabeth's quotes

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"Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit"
— Oscar Wilde

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"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."
— Benjamin Disraeli

tags: truth
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"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun"
— Katherine Hepburn

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"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken"
— Oscar Wilde

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"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. "
— Oscar Wilde

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"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
— Oscar Wilde

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"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."
— Oscar Wilde

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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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"Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable."
— Oscar Wilde

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"I often wonder whether men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
— Katharine Hepburn

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"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

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— Katherine Hepburn

tags: marriage
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"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, philosophy, wish
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"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor
9,260 people liked it

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, love, opposite, philosophy
7,065 people liked it

"The middle of the road is where the white line is—and that’s the worst place to drive."
— Robert Frost

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"I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way."
— Robert Frost

tags: hell, individualism, libertarianism, rights
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"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
— Mark Twain

tags: humor, procrastination
5,592 people liked it

"'Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read."
— Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading
1,729 people liked it

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it."
— Mark Twain

tags: censorship, food
1,018 people liked it

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
— Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy
959 people liked it

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
— John Lennon

tags: activism, beatles, materialism, peace, society, television
477 people liked it

"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: activism, service
188 people liked it

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."
— Malcolm X

tags: activism, truth
181 people liked it

"A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things."
— Barack Obama

tags: activism, commitment, politics
154 people liked it

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