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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: change, deep-thoughts, thinking, world
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    Albert Einstein
    “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.

    —"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: 1955, curiosity, mystery
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  • #4
    Albert Einstein
    “Never memorize something that you can look up.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor, science
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  • #5
    Albert Einstein
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, simile
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  • #6
    Albert Einstein
    “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: dangerous, evil, people, world
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  • #7
    Albert Einstein
    “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: force, peace
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  • #8
    Albert Einstein
    “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: dissent, freedom-of-thought, independent-thought, skepticism
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  • #9
    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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  • #10
    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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  • #11
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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  • #12
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: advice, apology
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  • #13
    Benjamin Franklin
    “...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin, The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D ...: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects ...
    tags: 1789, certainty, taxes
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  • #14
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: death, life, wordplay
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  • #15
    Benjamin Franklin
    “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: dissent, duty, independent-thought
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  • #16
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
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  • #17
    Benjamin Franklin
    “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin
    tags: freedom, liberty, privacy, safety, security
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  • #18
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: carpe-diem, enjoy-life, indolence, live-in-the-moment
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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  • #20
    Marilyn Manson
    “Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.”
    ― Marilyn Manson
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    Charles Manson
    “I can't judge any of you. I have no malice against you and no ribbons for you. But I think that it is high time that you all start looking at yourselves, and judging the lie that you live in.”
    ― Charles Manson
    tags: true
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  • #22
    Bram Stoker
    “Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”
    ― Bram Stoker, Dracula
    tags: entrapment, supernatural, welcome
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  • #23
    “When I was a child I spoke like a child, thought like a child, acted as a child. But now that I am and adult i put my childish ways behind me.”
    ― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version
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  • #24
    Walt Disney Company
    “Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
    ― Walt Disney Company
    tags: creativity, curiosity, inspirational
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  • #25
    Chuck Palahniuk
    “The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
    tags: life, love
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  • #26
    Chuck Palahniuk
    “It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
    tags: loss
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  • #27
    Chuck Palahniuk
    “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
    tags: identity, originality
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  • #28
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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  • #29
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “Ability without honor is useless.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: ability
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