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    Indira Gandhi
    “My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people; those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.”
    ― Indira Gandhi
    tags: dichotomy, good-advice
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    Oscar Wilde
    “There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: humor
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    Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
    “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: inspirational
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    Bil Keane
    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
    ― Bill Keane
    tags: attributed-no-source, hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed
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    Gautama Buddha
    “There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”
    ― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni
    tags: inspirational
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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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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: attributed-no-source, happiness
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Whatever you are, be a good one.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational
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  • #9
    Abraham Lincoln
    “I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: emnity, understanding-others
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational
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  • #11
    Abraham Lincoln
    “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: abe, enemies, enemy, friend, friends, friendship, life, lincoln
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  • #12
    Sanai
    “This too shall pass.”
    ― Hakim Sanai
    tags: endurance, proverbs
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  • #13
    Abraham Lincoln
    “Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: on-writing
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: ancient-wisdom, impermanence
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: friendship
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  • #16
    Abraham Lincoln
    “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: clemency, forgiveness, justice, legal-system, mandatory-sentences, mercy
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
    tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “And so it goes...”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
    tags: classics
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: disillusionment, growing-up, humor
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
    tags: college, semicolons, writing
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: fact
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    Ursula K. Le Guin
    “What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?”
    ― Ursula K. LeGuin
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: humor, politics
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
    tags: life, love
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake
    tags: not-alone
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “Control doesn't validate love; it validates the nonexistence of trust and the painful unwillingness to accept the truth.”
    ― Shannon L. Alder
    tags: abandonment-issues, acceptance, control, fear, interactions, lack-of-trust, love, relationships, relationships-101, truth
    15 likes



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