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#1
“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.”
―
Philippa Gregory,
The Other Boleyn Girl
676 likes
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#2
“Freedom lies in being bold.”
―
Robert Frost
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freedom
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#3
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
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Dr. Seuss
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fantasy
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#4
“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
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Natalie Babbitt,
Tuck Everlasting
tags:
life
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#5
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
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George Bernard Shaw
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life
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#6
“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
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Beatrix Potter
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personality
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#7
“It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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war
987 likes
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#8
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
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John F. Kennedy
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#9
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
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Winston S. Churchill
tags:
truth
6765 likes
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#10
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
―
Henry James
tags:
kindness
4878 likes
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#12
“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
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Henry Ward Beecherr
tags:
books
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humor
7426 likes
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#13
“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”
―
Betty Smith,
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
tags:
live-in-the-moment
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wonder
425 likes
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#14
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
tags:
dragons
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wisdom
8729 likes
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#15
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
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Dr. Seuss,
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
tags:
inspirational
33868 likes
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#16
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
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James Branch Cabell,
The Silver Stallion
tags:
optimism
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pessimism
2215 likes
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#17
“Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”
―
Tina Fey,
Bossypants
tags:
humor
3698 likes
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#18
“What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”
―
Charles M. Schulz
tags:
cartoonist
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humor
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inspirational
3306 likes
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