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    Walt Disney Company
    “Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”
    ― Walt Disney
    tags: confidence, constancy, courage, curiosity, dreams, inspirational
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    Ayn Rand
    “Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman's tool is values; the bureaucrat's tool is fear.”
    ― Ayn Rand
    tags: businessmen, capitalism, force, government, money, philosophy, profit
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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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    Winston S. Churchill
    “This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: grammar
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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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    Ronald Reagan
    “Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say "But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time.”
    ― Ronald Reagan
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    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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    Roald Dahl
    “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
    ― Roald Dahl
    tags: believe, glittering-eyes, hidden, magic, secrets, unlikely-places, watch, world
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    Jerome K. Jerome
    “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
    ― Jerome K. Jerome
    tags: humor, work
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: chocolate, food, humor
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    Mark Twain
    “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
    ― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
    tags: writing
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: truth
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: humour, telekinetics
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    Groucho Marx
    “From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: books, humor, reading
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    Mark Twain
    “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: living, world
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
    ― Cicero
    tags: books
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    Benjamin Disraeli
    “There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
    ― Benjamin Disraeli
    tags: attributed-no-source, lies, lying, misattributed-mark-twain, statistics, truth
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: drinking
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    Walt Disney Company
    “It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”
    ― Walt Disney
    tags: inspirational
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    Gordon B. Hinckley
    “Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.”
    ― Gordon B. Hinckley
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    W.C. Fields
    “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
    ― W.C. Fields
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: history, humor, writing
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: food, happiness
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    Billy Sunday
    “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
    ― Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ
    tags: automobile, car, funny, humor, religious
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: anti-christian, christianity, christians, jesus-christ
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    “Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just like people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.”
    ― Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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    Ray Bradbury
    “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
    ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
    tags: writing
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  • #28
    “Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
    ― Gene Fowler
    tags: humor-writing-craft
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    Napoléon Bonaparte
    “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
    ― Napoleon Bonaparte
    tags: enemies, mistakes, strategy
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    David Sedaris
    “Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.”
    ― David Sedaris
    tags: humor, perception, retardation
    1416 likes



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