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    Noam Chomsky
    “If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.”
    ― Noam Chomsky
    tags: expression, free-speech, freedom-of-expression, freedom-of-speech, rights, speech
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Gabrielle Zevin
    “Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.”
    ― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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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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    Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
    “Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
    ― Roald Dahl
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.”
    ― Ghandi
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: inspirational
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow
    tags: sherlock-holmes
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    Walter Cronkite
    “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
    ― Walter Cronkite
    tags: education, ignorance, intelligence, libraries
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    Toni Morrison
    “Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.”
    ― Toni Morrison, Beloved
    tags: babyghosts, insanity, misunderstandings, sisters
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    Richelle E. Goodrich
    “A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.”
    ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
    tags: dreams, healing, heart, imaginary-friend, imagination, inspirational, pretending, richelle, richelle-goodrich, soothing, soul, strength
    168 likes

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    Epictetus
    “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
    ― Epictetus
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    Epictetus
    “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
    ― Epictetus
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    Epictetus
    “What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.”
    ― Epictetus
    tags: ethics, philosophy, stoicism
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
    ― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    tags: inspirational, running
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    Georges Bataille
    “The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.”
    ― Georges Bataille
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    Benjamin Hoff
    “The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.”
    ― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
    tags: time
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