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    Kevin Ansbro
    “A book should grab you by the lapels and kiss you into tomorrow.”
    ― Kevin Ansbro
    tags: book-lovers, books, bookworm, kiss, kisses, kissing-quotes, reading, reading-quotes, reading-secrets
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
    tags: inspirational
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr.
    tags: inspirational
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    “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the centre of the universe.”
    ― Eli Weisel
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    Do one thing every day that scares you.
    “Do one thing every day that scares you.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed, fear, inspiration
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    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
    “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
    ― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
    tags: inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, women
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: dreams, future, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt
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    Desmond Tutu
    “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
    ― Desmond Tutu (Foreword)
    tags: bullying, dissent, moral-courage, protest
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    Desmond Tutu
    “Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."

    [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
    ― Desmond Tutu
    tags: argument, debate, discussion, persuasion, shouting
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    Desmond Tutu
    “Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.”
    ― desmond tutu
    tags: inspirational
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    Desmond Tutu
    “We learn from history that we don't learn from history!”
    ― Desmond Tutu
    tags: desmond-tutu, history, south-africa
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    Desmond Tutu
    “When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”
    ― Desmond Tutu
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    Nelson Mandela
    “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    tags: change, education
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    Nelson Mandela
    “It always seems impossible until it's done.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Nelson Mandela
    “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
    ― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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    Nelson Mandela
    “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    tags: leaders
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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
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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    H. Jackson Brown Jr.
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
    ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
    tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail
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    John Lennon
    “You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, connection, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, hope, inspirational, peace
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    Langston Hughes
    “Hold fast to dreams,
    For if dreams die
    Life is a broken-winged bird,
    That cannot fly.”
    ― Langston Hughes
    tags: dreams, hope, inspiration, knowledge, wisdom
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    Aristotle
    “Hope is a waking dream.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: dreams, hope
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    Philip Pullman
    “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
    ― Philip Pullman
    tags: books, needs, stories, storytelling, writing
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    Erin Morgenstern
    “You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
    tags: inspirational, story-teller, storytelling, your-gift
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
    tags: storytelling
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    Joan Didion
    “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
    ― Joan Didion, The White Album
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    Sue Monk Kidd
    “Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.”
    ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
    tags: storytelling
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    Rudyard Kipling
    “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
    ― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous - Kim
    tags: history, storytelling
    557 likes

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    Lisa See
    “Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
    ― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
    tags: books, novelists, reading, storytellers, storytelling, writers, writing
    598 likes

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    Tahir Shah
    “My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.”
    ― Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
    tags: culture, heritage, stories, storytelling
    442 likes



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