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#1

“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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#2

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: humour, telekinetics

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#3

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

tags: creativity, invention, quip, wings, writing

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#4

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

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#5

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― John Wooden

tags: advice-for-daily-living, character, inspirational, self-image

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#6

“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ”
― John R Wooden

tags: inspirational, success

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#7

“You can’t live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
― John Wooden

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#8

“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
― John Wooden

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#9

“Don't mistake activity with achievement.”
― John Wooden

tags: achievement, acquirement, act, action, activity, attainment, completion, conclusion, deed, doing, energy, enterprise, exertion, feat, fulfullment, labor, occurence, perfection, performance, production, service, success, undertaking, venture, work

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#10

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
― Calvin Coolidge

tags: attitude, attributed-no-source, determination, persistence

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#11

“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”
― Jon Stewart

tags: absurd, humor, thanksgiving

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#12

“You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena.”
― Jon Stewart

tags: democracy, government, humor, politics, public-opinion

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#13

“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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#14

“The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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