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    Matsuo Bashō
    “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
    ― Matsuo Bashō
    tags: wisdom
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    Owen Jones
    “She was crushed by society like a mosquito fending for its unborn young”
    ― Owen Jones
    tags: behind-the-smile, mosquitoes, quote
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    Owen Jones
    “We are like the RCMP, we are Mountees and we always get our man to come, just not always quietly.”
    ― Owen Jones
    tags: behind-the-smile, lek, mounties, rcmp
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    Yevgeny Yevtushenko
    “When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.”
    ― Yevgeny Yevtushenko
    tags: censorship, lies, lying, silence, truth
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: good, writing
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    E.M. Forster
    “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”
    ― E.M. Forster
    tags: advice, e-m-forster, essay, fiction, writing
    672 likes

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    Benjamin Disraeli
    “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”
    ― Benjamin Disraeli
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    “I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind.”
    ― Spencer Reid
    tags: criminal-minds-quotes, dr-spencer-reid
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    Henry Ford
    “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
    ― Henry Ford
    tags: thinking
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    Mae West
    “There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: women
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    Kathryn Stockett
    “I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.”
    ― Kathryn Stockett, The Help
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    Vanna B.
    “You can't truly appreciate the top if you've never hit rock bottom.”
    ― Vanna B.
    tags: appreciation, bottom, inspiration, motivational, struggle, top, vanna-b
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    Douglas Adams
    “The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
    tags: flight, flying, hg2g, humor
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    Brian Rathbone
    “Procrastination robs the world of countless treasures.”
    ― Brian Rathbone, The Dawning of Power
    tags: fantasy, ya
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    Melissa Foster
    “Enjoy each and every day. No one else will do it you.”
    ― Melissa Foster
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: history, humor, writing
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    Henry James
    “Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
    ― Henry James
    tags: kindness
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    Albert Einstein
    “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: 1929, viereck-interview
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    Suzanne Collins
    “Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am not young enough to know everything.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: age
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
    tags: fitzgerald
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    Socrates
    “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
    ― Socrates
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130565 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!
    “I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: humor, mankind, people
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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    James R. Paddock
    “What some people call a nightmare, a writer calls a plot.”
    ― James Paddock
    tags: novelist-quotes
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    Albert Einstein
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, simile
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