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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: dark, stars
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    Oliver Goldsmith
    “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
    ― Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith
    tags: misattributed-to-confucius, success
    2234 likes

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “It is not the length of life, but the depth.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: life
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Life is a journey, not a destination.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: marriage
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    Mae West
    “Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: decadence, fairy-tales, innuendo, purity, risque, snow-white, virginity
    700 likes

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    Mae West
    “JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?

    MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: contempt-of-court, mae-west
    274 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: oprah-s-thank-you-game, people
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    Maya Angelou
    “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

    (Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
    ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
    tags: be-yourself, inspirational, misquote, self-determination
    7164 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: inspirational
    2979 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: ambition, inspirational, wisdom
    2600 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
    ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
    tags: 2008, advice
    2893 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: inspiration
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    Maya Angelou
    “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: adversity, character, failure, perseverance
    3233 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
    93803 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
    130471 likes

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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
    129222 likes

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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
    114605 likes

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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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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
    44348 likes

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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
    77901 likes

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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt
    40789 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
    82018 likes

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    Bil Keane
    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
    ― Bill Keane
    tags: attributed-no-source, hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed
    42825 likes



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