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“Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

“the less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen. It allows an audience to come into a movie theatre and believe I am that person".”
― Kevin Spacey

“Majority of people prefer a good name to a bad name, but to me, anyone can call me anything, as long as it is not written on my face.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Next morning I awoke, looked out the window and nearly died of fright. My screams brought Atticus from his bathroom half-shaven.
"The world's endin', Atticus! Please do something -!" I dragged him to the window and pointed.
"No it's not," he said. "It's snowing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
― Samuel Johnson

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
― Socrates

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“The Seven Commandments:
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Four legs good, two legs better! All Animals Are Equal. But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Surely, comrades, you don't want Jones back?”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic?" said Malfoy. "And he’s supposed to be our teacher!"
Harry and Ron both made furious moves toward Malfoy, but Hermione got there first - SMACK!
She had slapped Malfoy across the face with all the strength she could muster. Malfoy staggered. Harry, Ron, Crabbe, and Goyle stood flabbergasted as Hermione raised her hand again.
"Don’t you dare call Hagrid pathetic you foul—you evil—"
"Hermione!" said Ron weakly and he tried to grab her hand as she swung it back.
"Get off Ron!"
Hermione pulled out her wand. Malfoy stepped backward. Crabbe and Goyle looked at him for instructions, thoroughly bewildered.
"C’mon," Malfoy muttered, and in a moment, all three of them had disappeared into the passageway to the dungeons.
"Hermione!" Ron said again, sounding both stunned and impressed.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“Mischief Managed.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle— Flint alongside her —poke him in the eye, Angelina —it was a joke, professor, it was a joke...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“If you're born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.”
― Isaac Asimov, The Last Question

“I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's practically the same thing.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation