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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
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Alice Walker
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“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
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Isaac Asimov,
Foundation
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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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George Orwell
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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
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George Orwell,
1984
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#5
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
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George Orwell,
Animal Farm
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#6
“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”
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Clifford Irving,
Trial
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#7
“Sometimes I wonder how normal normal people are, and I wonder that most in the grocery store.”
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Elizabeth Moon,
The Speed of Dark
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#8
“It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life”
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Henrik Ibsen,
Ghosts
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#9
“Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!”
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Nnedi Okorafor,
Who Fears Death
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#10
“Be who you are. / Give what you have.”
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Rose Ausländer
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#11
“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
―
Yasunari Kawabata
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#12
“My life is like tofu—it's what gets added that makes it interesting.”
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Angela Johnson,
A Certain October
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#13
“There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.”
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S. M. Stirling
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#14
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
―
Alan Alda
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#15
“A house is not a home until it has a dog.”
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Gerald Durrell
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