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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    George Eliot
    “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown
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  • #4
    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
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  • #5
    Albert Einstein
    “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, simplicity, understand
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    I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
    “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
    ― Jorge Luis Borges
    tags: books, library
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: chocolate, food, humor
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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  • #9
    Ayn Rand
    “[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

    [Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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  • #11
    Mark Twain
    “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: attributed-no-source, education
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  • #12
    It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
    “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
    ― E.E. Cummings
    tags: attributed-no-source, courage
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  • #13
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success
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  • #14
    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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    Théophile Gautier
    “Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”
    ― Théophile Gautier
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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  • #17
    “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
    ― Nicholas Klein
    tags: conflict, fighting, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, trial
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    George V. Higgins
    “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
    ― George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle
    tags: humor, life, misattributed-john-wayne
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    Gregory Maguire
    “People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
    ― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
    tags: evil, good
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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  • #21
    Dorothy Parker
    “What fresh hell is this?”
    ― Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker
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    Thomas A. Edison
    “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
    ― Thomas A. Edison
    tags: inspirational, perseverance, tenacity
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  • #23
    Confucius
    “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: complexity, philosophy, simplicity
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  • #24
    Agatha Christie
    “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
    ― Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
    tags: impossible
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  • #25
    Haruki Murakami
    “Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
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  • #26
    Haruki Murakami
    “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: books, thought
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    Oscar Wilde
    “There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: blame, guilt
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  • #28
    Martha Graham
    “The only sin is mediocrity.


    (While widely attributed to Martha Graham she attributed this to her father)”
    ― Martha Graham
    tags: bourgeoise, mediocrity, sin
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  • #29
    Anthony de Mello
    “When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.”
    ― Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom
    tags: guilt, sin
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  • #30
    Thomas Watson
    “The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.”
    ― Thomas Watson
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