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    Susan Sontag
    “My library is an archive of longings.”
    ― Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
    tags: books, library, longing
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    Stefan Molyneux
    “There is nothing that is going to make people hate you more, and love you more, than telling the truth.”
    ― Stefan Molyneux
    tags: freedomain-radio, love, stefan-molyneux, truth
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    Lu Xun
    “Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
    ― Lu Xun
    tags: chinese-quote, facts, lu-xun
    636 likes

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    S.M. Stirling
    “There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.”
    ― S. M. Stirling
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    Clive James
    “Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
    ― Clive James
    tags: logic, psychology, science
    520 likes

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    Julie Kagawa
    “I cannot let the fear of the past color the future.”
    ― Julie Kagawa, The Eternity Cure
    tags: motivational
    671 likes

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    Thomas Keller
    “I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.”
    ― Thomas Keller
    tags: creativity, life
    495 likes

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    Mae C. Jemison
    “Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.”
    ― Mae Jemison
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    Dan Gutman
    “Sometimes we spend so much time and energy thinking about where we want to go that we don't notice where we happen to be.”
    ― Dan Gutman, From Texas with Love
    tags: thankfulness
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    Joyce Brothers
    “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”
    ― Joyce Brothers
    tags: success
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    Fran Lebowitz
    “A book is not supposed to be a mirror. It's supposed to be a door.”
    ― Fran Lebowitz
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    Auguste Escoffier
    “Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.”
    ― Auguste Escoffier
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    Dominick Dunne
    “People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.”
    ― Dominick Dunne
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    Marie Antoinette
    “When everyone else is losing their heads, it is important to keep yours.”
    ― Marie Antoinette
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    Carl Sagan
    “Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.”
    ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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    Georgia O'Keeffe
    “It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.”
    ― Georgia O'Keeffe
    tags: art, georgia-o-keeffe, inspirational, wisdom, women-s-issues
    809 likes

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    Peter F. Drucker
    “Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.”
    ― Peter Drucker
    tags: knowldege
    819 likes

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    Douglas Wood
    “The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.”
    ― Douglas Wood
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  • #19
    “Always tell the truth. It's the easiest thing to remember.”
    ― David Mamet
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    John Steinbeck
    “Men really do need sea-monsters in their personal oceans”
    ― John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez
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    Grace Paley
    “Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.”
    ― Grace Paley
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    John Osborne
    “Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive.”
    ― John Osborne, Look Back in Anger
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    Emily Carr
    “If you're going to lick the icing off somebody else's cake you won't be nourished and it won't do you any good, or you might find the cake had caraway seeds and you hate them.”
    ― Emily Carr
    tags: cake
    225 likes

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    Muriel Rukeyser
    “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
    ― Muriel Rukeyser
    tags: craft, inspirational, muriel-rukeyser, writers
    889 likes

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    Jean Racine
    “Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.”
    ― Jean Racine
    tags: comedy, emotions, feeling, life, thinking, tragedy
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    David Sedaris
    “As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.”
    ― David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.
    tags: adulthood, humor
    730 likes

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    Carol Ryrie Brink
    “The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”
    ― Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn's Family
    tags: generosity, giving
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    Alan Alda
    “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
    ― Alan Alda
    tags: assumptions, close-mindedness, intelligence, isaac-asimov, knowledge, open-mind, open-mindedness, open-minds, opinions, receptivity, science, science-of-mind
    2618 likes

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    Robinson Jeffers
    “The heads of strong old age are beautiful / Beyond all grace of youth”
    ― Robinson Jeffers
    tags: age, beauty, youth
    291 likes

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    Alan Paton
    “I have always found that actively loving
    saves one from a morbid preoccupation
    with the shortcomings of society.”
    ― Alan Paton
    tags: complaining, love
    511 likes



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