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    Gilles Deleuze
    “A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
    ― Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
    tags: anarchy, freedom, inspirational, lateral-thinking, philosophy, rationalism
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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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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    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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    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: dreams, life
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    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
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    John Green
    “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
    tags: love
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    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends
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    Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
    “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: books, reading
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    Shel Silverstein
    “Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
    ― Shel Silverstein
    tags: anything-can-be, hope, impossible, inspirational, musn-t, possibilities, shouldn-t, won-t
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    A.A. Milne
    “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
    "Pooh!" he whispered.
    "Yes, Piglet?"
    "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
    ― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
    tags: friendship, piglet, pooh, reassurance
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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    John Green
    “Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
    ― John Green
    tags: humor, nerdfighters
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