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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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    William Styron
    “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
    ― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
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    Frederick Douglass
    “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
    ― Frederick Douglass
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    Lemony Snicket
    “All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: reading-secrets
    3708 likes

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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
    tags: inspirational
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: conscience, politics, right
    4830 likes

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    Ray Bradbury
    “You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.”
    ― Ray Bradbury
    tags: writing
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    Albert Camus
    “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: civilization, writers, writing
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    Flannery O'Connor
    “I write to discover what I know.”
    ― Flannery O'Connor
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    Albert Einstein
    “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, respect
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  • #13
    Mother Teresa
    “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
    ― Mother Teresa
    tags: misattributed-to-mother-teresa
    2834 likes

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    Andrew Solomon
    “I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.”
    ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
    tags: conversation, depression, fear, life, speaking, words
    1565 likes

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    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
    ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    tags: bravery, fear, perseverence, strength
    1401 likes

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  • #16
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky
    tags: honesty, integerity
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    William Shakespeare
    “Listen to many, speak to a few.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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    William Shakespeare
    “Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: iii-2
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    Harper Lee
    “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
    ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
    tags: better-life-empathy
    18355 likes

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    James Baldwin
    “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
    ― James Baldwin
    8843 likes

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    Ernest Hemingway
    “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: concern, empathy, listening, understanding-others
    3206 likes

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
    tags: empathy, thankful, understanding, understanding-others
    2795 likes

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  • #23
    Veronica Roth
    “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
    tags: inspirational-quotes, strength-and-courage
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    Sarah Dessen
    “Don't think or judge, just listen.”
    ― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
    tags: inspirational-quotes
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: attitude, choice, giving, happiness, inspirational, kindness, life-and-living, life-lessons, motivational, positive-affirmation
    9914 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: inspirational-quotes
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  • #27
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: ecology, inspirational-quotes, nature, trees
    812 likes



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