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    Anatole France
    “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
    ― Anatole France, Works of Anatole France
    tags: achievement, aspirations, belief, dreams
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
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    Margaret Mead
    “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world
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    Anaïs Nin
    “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
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    Milton Berle
    “I'd rather be a 'could-be' if I cannot be an 'are' because a 'could-be' is a 'maybe' who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a 'has-been' than a 'might-have-been' by far; for a 'might-have-been' has never been, but a 'has' was once an 'are.”
    ― Milton Berle
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, 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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    Ann Richards
    “After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”
    ― Ann Richards
    tags: dance, dancing, politics, texas, women
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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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    Albert Schweitzer
    “There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
    ― Albert Schweitzer
    tags: attributed-no-source, cats, life, music
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    Dan Rather
    “An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. ”
    ― Dan Rather
    tags: elitism, music, scholars, scholarship, snobbery, television
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    John Lennon
    “You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, connection, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, hope, inspirational, peace
    18865 likes

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    Fannie Flagg
    “being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.”
    ― Fannie Flagg, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
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