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    Erma Bombeck
    “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.”
    ― Erma Bombeck
    tags: afterlife, god, heaven, judgement, talent
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    Jeanne DuPrau
    “The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.”
    ― Jeanne Duprau, The City of Ember
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    Jeanne DuPrau
    “When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.”
    ― Jeanne DuPrau , The People of Sparks
    tags: awesome, books-of-ember, city-of-ember, goodness, jeanne-duprau, lina, peace, people-of-sparks, right-choices, war
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    Sue Grafton
    “Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”
    ― Sue Grafton
    tags: humor, independent-thought, thought
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    Sue Grafton
    “There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.”
    ― Sue Grafton, E is for Evidence
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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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    Dick Francis
    “Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”
    ― Dick Francis, To the Hilt
    tags: humor, paraphrased, weirdness
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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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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    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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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: adults, antoine-de-saint-exupery, children, philosophy, the-little-prince
    2647 likes



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