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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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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Albert Einstein
    “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, imagination
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    Nicolas Chamfort
    “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
    ― Nicolas Chamfort
    tags: philosophy
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    Herbert Bayard Swope
    “I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
    ― Herbert Bayard Swope
    tags: failure, inspirational, misattributed-bill-cosby, success
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    Bob Marley
    “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: music
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    David Sedaris
    “If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
    ― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
    tags: sympathy
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: happiness, inspirational
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Always do what you are afraid to do.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: inspirational
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success
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  • #12
    Michael Palmer
    “Sometimes we have to hit bottom before we figure out how to really enjoy life.”
    ― Michael Palmer, Miracle Cure
    tags: cure, miracle
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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
    129547 likes

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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
    130806 likes

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    Franz Kafka
    “I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
    ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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    Daniel Keyes
    “Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.”
    ― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
    tags: book, books, music
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
    ― George R. R. Martin
    tags: books, reading
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    Jodi Picoult
    “Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller
    tags: forgiving, future, past, trap, yourself
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.”
    ― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
    tags: anne-of-the-island
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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    P.S. Baber
    “The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe.”
    ― P.S. Baber, Cassie Draws the Universe
    tags: acting, drama, fate, real, stage, theater, theatre
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    “One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.”
    ― Stephen Sondheim
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    William Shakespeare
    “All the world's a stage,
    And all the men and women merely players;
    They have their exits and their entrances;
    And one man in his time plays many parts,
    His acts being seven ages.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
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    Augustine of Hippo
    “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
    ― St. Augustine
    tags: allegory, books, broad-mindedness, classic, education, imagery, travel, world
    8520 likes

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  • #25
    Matthew Edward Hall
    “Often those with less have more.”
    ― Matthew Edward Hall
    tags: christmas, family, freedom, friends, holidays, kindness, laughter, love, spirituality, togetherness
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