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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Allen Saunders
    “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
    ― Allen Saunders
    tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans
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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: failure, fearless, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, never-give-up, optimism, optimistic, persistence, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, trying
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: paraphrased, strength
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: lies, lying, trust
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    Toni Morrison
    “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
    ― Toni Morrison
    tags: books, writing
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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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    Katherine Mansfield
    “The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
    ― Katherine Mansfield
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    Gustave Flaubert
    “Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
    ― Gustave Flaubert
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    Irwin Shaw
    “I make it a point to look as healthy and attractive as I can at all times,” Boylan had explained to Rudolph. “Even if I don’t see anybody for weeks on end. It’s a form of self-respect.”
    ― Irwin Shaw, Rich Man, Poor Man
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    An intelligent person can rationalize anything; a wise person doesn't try.
    “An intelligent person can rationalize anything; a wise person doesn't try.”
    ― Jen Knox, Chaos Magic
    tags: fiction-writer, flash-fiction, intelligence, jen-knox, philosphy-of-life, psychology, wisdom
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    Abraham H. Maslow
    “It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
    ― Abraham Harold Maslow
    tags: desire, psychology, self-awareness, understanding
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: inspirational, life, yourself
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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