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#1

“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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#2

“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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#3

“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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#4

“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

101566 likes

#5

“Whoever thought a tiny candy bar should be called fun size was a moron.”
― Glenn Beck

tags: candy, food, labels

244 likes

#6

“All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny.”
― Glenn Beck

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#7

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
― Harry S. Truman

tags: accomplishment, achievement, inspirational, misattributed, modesty, recognition

681 likes

#8

“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.”
― Harry S. Truman

tags: depression, economy, money, recession, work

256 likes

#9

“If you can't convince them, confuse them.”
― Harry S. Truman

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#10

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
― Harry S. Truman

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#11

“There's nothing better than cake but more cake.”
― Harry S. Truman

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#12

“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ”
― David McCullough

tags: history, inspiration

108 likes

#13

“If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.”
― David McCullough

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#14

“Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.”
― David McCullough

tags: books

73 likes

#15

“There's no one on the island telling them they're not good enough, so they just go ahead and sing and paint and write.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

tags: iceland

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#16

“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”
― Sue Grafton

tags: humor, independent-thought, thought

420 likes

#17

“In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.”
― Sue Grafton, Q is for Quarry

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#18

“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

[Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories.]”
― Agatha Christie, The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

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#19

“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”
― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

tags: elegance, occams-razor, simplicity-imagination

617 likes

#21

“I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.”
― Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party

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#22

“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

tags: love

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#23

“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.”
― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

tags: invention, laziness

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#24

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
― Agatha Christie

tags: inspirational

6084 likes

#25

“I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.”
― Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train

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#26

“There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.”
― Agatha Christie, The Moving Finger

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#27

“Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”
― Dick Francis, To the Hilt

tags: humor, paraphrased, weirdness

207 likes

#28

“But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.”
― Dick Francis, Whip Hand

tags: dreams, endurance, life

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#29

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: classics

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#30

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

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#31

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, knowledge

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