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    Frank Herbert
    “The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: dune
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
    tags: books, inspirational, on-writing, reading
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    James Agee
    “Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods?”
    ― James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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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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    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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    “One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
    tags: philosophy, science
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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
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Edith Wharton
    “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
    ― Edith Wharton
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    Colette
    “You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
    ― Colette
    tags: enthusiasm, foolishness, silliness, wisdom
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    James Thurber
    “Beautiful things don't ask for attention.”
    ― James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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    Chris Rock
    “Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.”
    ― Chris Rock
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    Walter Mosley
    “We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
    ― Walter Mosley, Blue Light
    tags: change, growth
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    Miranda July
    “All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”
    ― Miranda July, It Chooses You
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    Steve Jobs
    “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
    ― Steve Jobs
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    Victor Hugo
    “To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.”
    ― Victor Hugo
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    Mark Twain
    “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: birth, born, day, important, life, reasons-why, true
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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    Gabriel García Márquez
    “It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
    ― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
    tags: existence, truth
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    Jack Kerouac
    “Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
    ― Jack Kerouac
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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
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    Richard Francis Burton
    “Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.”
    ― Sir Richard Francis Burton
    tags: coast, island-living, sea
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    Anne Frank
    “I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
    ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
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    Haruki Murakami
    “What happens when people open their hearts?"
    "They get better.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: healing, vulnerability
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
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    Samuel Beckett
    “Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.”
    ― Samuel Beckett
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “Our imagination flies -- we are its shadow on the earth.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
    tags: imagination
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    Sigmund Freud
    “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
    ― Sigmund Freud
    tags: inspirational-quotes
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    Omar Khayyám
    “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
    ― OMAR KHAYYAM, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: appreciation, life, speed, time
    751 likes



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