2026 Reading Challenge

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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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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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    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
    148408 likes

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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
    177095 likes

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    Mae West
    “I'm single because I was born that way.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: bachelorhood, choice, dignity, empowerment, freedom, independence, self-determination, singleness, singles
    2112 likes

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    Mae West
    “I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.”
    ― Mae West
    1838 likes

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    Mae West
    “It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: life, men
    1315 likes

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    Mae West
    “Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
    ― Mae West, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
    tags: bachelorhood, double-entendre, empowerment, freedom, independence, institutions, marriage, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, singles
    1332 likes

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    Mae West
    “I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
    2250 likes

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    Mae West
    “There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: women
    8244 likes

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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
    119063 likes

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    Mae West
    “When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ”
    ― Mae West
    tags: goodness, sexuality, virtue
    2478 likes

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    Mae West
    “Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: confidence, relationships, women
    1435 likes

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    Mae West
    “You are never too old to become younger!”
    ― Mae West
    tags: maturity, paradox, poetry, story, story-telling, youthfulness
    555 likes

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    Mae West
    “Look your best - who said love is blind? ”
    ― Mae West
    486 likes

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    Mae West
    “To err is human - but it feels divine.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: risque, sin
    455 likes

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    Mae West
    “Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.”
    ― Mae West
    366 likes

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    Mae West
    “Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, marriage
    361 likes

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    Mae West
    “Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.”
    ― Mae West
    285 likes

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    Mae West
    “The score never interested me, only the game.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: sports
    297 likes

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    Mae West
    “JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?

    MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: contempt-of-court, mae-west
    276 likes

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    Mae West
    “I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.”
    ― Mae West
    241 likes

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    Mae West
    “It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “A hard man is good to find.”
    ― Mae West
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    Mae West
    “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.”
    ― Mae West
    77 likes



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