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#1

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

#2

“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

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#3

“Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

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#4

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious, simile

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#5

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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#6

“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”
― Maria Montessori

tags: imagination

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#7

“I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. ”
― Boris Pasternak

tags: life

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#8

“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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#9

“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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#10

“It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: alone, attributed-no-source

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#11

“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#12

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#13

“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#14

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#15

“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#16

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, girls, love

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#17

“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#18

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, love

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#19

“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#20

“Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?”
― Terry Johnson, Insignificance

tags: humor, misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe, philosophy

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#21

“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: beauty, girls

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#22

“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, girl, makeup, world

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#23

“I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”
― Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Her Photographs

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#24

“It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: dirty, funny, logo, sex

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#25

“The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#26

“Who said nights were for sleep?”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#27

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#28

“All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#29

“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: feelings, not-alone

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#30

“If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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