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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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    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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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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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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    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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    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
    42130 likes

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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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    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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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    Oscar Wilde
    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
    tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism
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    Anaïs Nin
    “The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
    ― Anais Nin
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  • #12
    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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    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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    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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    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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    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
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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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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
    tags: happiness, pain, peace, scar, sweetness
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    Debra Anastasia
    “What do you have there?”
    Mouse perked up at her interest. “I’m making ski masks to have on hand for bank robberies. Last night I finished the fingerless mermaid gloves for Eve. She likes her fingers free for gunplay.”

    Mouse’s needles clicked together in a peaceful rhythm.”
    ― Debra Anastasia, Poughkeepsie
    tags: homeless, love, poughkeepsie
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    Debra Anastasia
    “Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise”
    ― Debra Anastasia
    tags: happiness, hope, poughkeepsie
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    Laurell K. Hamilton
    “Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.”
    ― Laurell K. Hamilton, Blood Noir
    tags: bravery, courage
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    You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
    “You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”
    ― Mary Tyler Moore
    tags: adversity, bravery, courage, experience, happiness, life
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    Laurell K. Hamilton
    “If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.”
    ― Laurell K. Hamilton, Skin Trade
    tags: bravery, foolishness
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    Helen Keller
    “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”
    ― Helen Keller
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    Emma Donoghue
    “Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”
    ― Emma Donoghue, Room
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
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  • #27
    “The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it.”
    ― Mutant Enemy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    tags: living, the-world
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    Aesop
    “It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.”
    ― Aesop
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    Mae West
    “I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Mae West
    “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: inspirational, religious
    1133 likes



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