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    Lemony Snicket
    “If everyone fought fire with fire, the entire world would go up in smoke.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Slippery Slope
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    George Orwell
    “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: inspirational
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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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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    Steven Wright
    “If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.”
    ― Steven Wright
    tags: failure, humor, success
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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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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    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
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    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
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  • #12
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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  • #13
    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: cats, humor, women
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    Lemony Snicket
    “At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: bad, courage, good, lemony-snicket, series-of-unforunate-events
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally.
    "No," Sunny answered.
    "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator
    tags: courage, ersatz-elevator, lemony-snicket, waiting
    425 likes

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    Lemony Snicket
    “Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
    tags: dying, lemony-snicket, reminding, the-austere-academy
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Literature doesn’t exactly have a strong mental-health track record.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: funny, humor, lemony-snicket
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    Lemony Snicket
    “You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
    tags: all-the-wrong-questions, books, bookworm, lemony-snicket, libraries, reading, shouldn-t-you-be-in-school
    142 likes

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    Lemony Snicket
    “Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword
    Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)”
    ― Lemony Snicket
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: fate, humor, simile
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  • #23
    Lemony Snicket
    “Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that it's nonsense.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Slippery Slope
    tags: sunny
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  • #24
    Lemony Snicket
    “In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
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    Lemony Snicket
    “...bravery often demands a price.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
    tags: austere-academy, bravery, lemony-snicket, series-of-unfortunate-events
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    Lemony Snicket
    “How did you do that?” Mr. Poe asked. “Nice girls shouldn’t know how to do such things.”
    “My sister is a nice girl,” Klaus said, “and she knows how to do all sorts of things.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Reptile Room
    tags: feminism
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    Lemony Snicket
    “It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to begin with.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
    tags: humor
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  • #29
    Lemony Snicket
    “Mr. Poe meant well, but a jar of mustard probably also means well and would do a better job of keeping the Baudelaires out of danger.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill
    tags: appearance
    35 likes



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