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    Mark Twain
    “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
    ― Mark Twain
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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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    Henry David Thoreau
    “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    tags: industriousness, inspirational, purpose
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    James Schannep
    “It’s not the early bird that gets the worm, it's the one who knows to go outside after a rainstorm.”
    ― James Schannep, Superpowered: Are You a Superhero or Supervillain?
    tags: aphorisms, cliche, humor, inspirational, leadership, twist
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    Mark Twain
    “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
    ― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
    tags: books, truth
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    James Schannep
    “So you see, I already have everything I want. And what do you get the man who has everything? Why, you get on your knees.”
    ― James Schannep, SUPERPOWERED: Are YOU a Superhero or Supervillain?
    tags: confidence, conqueror, supervillain, victory, winning
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    James Schannep
    “And on the eighth day, Satan laughed.”
    ― James Schannep, Infected
    tags: apocalypse, devil, religion-and-philosophy, religious, zombie
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton, Heretics
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    James Schannep
    “Money’ll always end up bad. Man’s greed and man’s killer instinct go hand-in-hand. Watch a barracuda attack something shiny and you’ll see what our fascination with gold is. Think about it. We give actually valuable things like food and shelter for stones. We kill for it. Make no mistake, behind every man who seeks his fortune is a predator.”
    ― James Schannep, Infected
    tags: capitalism, fortune, greed, man, money, predator
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    James Schannep
    “Like Mardi Gras and Halloween rolled into a public party at the Playboy mansion, Rio during Carnaval is like no other place on earth. And the freak-flags fly like the color guard of an invading army.”
    ― James Schannep, Murdered: Can You Solve the Mystery?
    tags: brasil, brazil, carnaval, carnival, nightlife, party, samba, sambadrome
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    Pablo Picasso
    “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: art, creativity, motivational, picasso, rules, writing
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    Euripides
    “When one with honeyed words but evil mind
    Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”
    ― Euripides, Orestes
    tags: administration, deceit, deception, elections, evil, false-promises, falsehood, government, power, seduction, tyranny
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    Homer
    “A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
    ― Homer, The Odyssey
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    Homer
    “Each man delights in the work that suits him best.”
    ― Homer, The Odyssey
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    Yuval Noah Harari
    “A pirate who loots a Spanish treasure fleet and buries a chest full of glittering coins on the beach of some Caribbean island is not a capitalist.”
    ― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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    Yuval Noah Harari
    “As Nietzsche put it, if you have a why to live, you can bear almost any how. A meaningful life can be extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is. Though”
    ― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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    James Schannep
    “They may be the water, but you are the boulder that guides their path, and in return they too, shape you.”
    ― James Schannep, Pathogens: Who Will Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
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    John Adams
    “Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .”
    ― John Adams, The works of John Adams,: Second President of the United States
    tags: cherish, knowledge, read, think
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    Joseph Heller
    “Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
    ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
    tags: misattributed-kurt-cobain
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