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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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    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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    “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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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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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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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
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    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    ― Paul Terry
    tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    Allen Saunders
    “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
    ― Allen Saunders
    tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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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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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    V.C. King
    “The probability of a certain set of circumstances coming together in a meaningful (or tragic) way is so low that it simply cannot be considered mere coincidence. ”
    ― V.C. King
    tags: coincidence, jung
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    John Lennon
    “There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, destiny, fate, life
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    L.J. Smith
    “I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.”
    ― L.J. Smith
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: destiny, self-determination
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    Gregory Maguire
    “Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.”
    ― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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    Veronica Roth
    “Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
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    John Green
    “It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.”
    ― John Green, Paper Towns
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    John Barrowman
    “I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.”
    ― John Barrowman
    tags: bollywood, happiness, humor, music
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