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    Isaac Asimov
    “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: life, science, wisdom
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    James Branch Cabell
    “The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
    ― James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion
    tags: optimism, pessimism
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • #7
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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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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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Mark Twain
    “In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: bookroom, books, libraries, wisdom
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    Marjorie Pay Hinckley
    “The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
    ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley
    tags: humour, wisdom
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    Lao Tzu
    “Knowing others is intelligence;
    knowing yourself is true wisdom.
    Mastering others is strength;
    mastering yourself is true power.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: wisdom
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    Laurell K. Hamilton
    “There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.”
    ― Laurell K. Hamilton
    tags: sci-fi, wisdom
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    James Patterson
    “Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
    ― James Patterson, The Angel Experiment
    tags: food
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  • #15
    “Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don't forget food. You can go a week without laughing.”
    ― Joss Whedon
    tags: food, humor, survival, wit
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    Mark Twain
    “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Jarod Kintz
    “I wish my stove came with a Save As button like Word has. That way I could experiment with my cooking and not fear ruining my dinner.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, Who Moved My Choose?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change by Deciding to Let Indecision Into Your Life
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    Robert Frost
    “There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: food, marriage
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Jailbird
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    Mitch Albom
    “I don't know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it carries a certain taste of memory.”
    ― Mitch Albom
    tags: food, mother
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    Jarod Kintz
    “I’m a little more reserved in person than people expect. But I warm up quickly, like leftovers. Meatloaf, anyone?”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
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    Craig Claiborne
    “Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.”
    ― Craig Claiborne
    tags: cooking, food
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    Robert Farrar Capon
    “I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work.
    Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm.”
    ― Robert Farrar Capon
    tags: food, religion
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    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder - when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words - to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
    tags: food, lessons, life
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    E.M. Forster
    “The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.”
    ― E. M. Forster
    tags: birth, death, facts, food, humanity, life, love, sleep
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    Laurie Colwin
    “No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”
    ― Laurie Colwin
    tags: cooking, food
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    Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
    “The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”
    ― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
    tags: astronomy, astronomy-vs-gastronomy, food, happiness
    169 likes

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    Michael Pollan
    “The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”
    ― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
    tags: culture, family, food, meal
    121 likes

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  • #31
    Kelly Creagh
    “She glanced down at the contents of her plate. Just tell him what it is. Simple. Look at it and say what it is. "Sloppy Joe," she managed.

    "Hmm," he said, sounding doubtful. "May he rest in peace.”
    ― Kelly Creagh, Nevermore
    tags: food, humor, isobel, lunch, sloppy-joe, varen
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    Jarod Kintz
    “When the food runs out, the family reunion is over. It’s cool that out of all my relatives, I’m the only cannibal.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title
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