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#1

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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#2

“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.”
― Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

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#3

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
― Thomas Jefferson

tags: atheism, philosophy, religion

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#4

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom

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#5

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
― Laurence J. Peter

tags: misattributed-einstein

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#6

“Everything not forbidden is compulsory”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

tags: absurd, government, humor, totalitarianism

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#7

“Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: words, writing-advice

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#8

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

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#9

“If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.”
― Charles Baudelaire

tags: literature, words, writing

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#10

“With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”
― Margaret Mitchell

tags: courage, reputation

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#11

“Winter is coming.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: forcasting, mottos, winter

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#12

“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: childhood, summer, winter

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#13

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: belief, death, ideals, martyr, truth

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#14

“People don't want other people to be people.”
― Gene Wolfe, Shadow & Claw

tags: labels, people, selfishness

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#15

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

tags: identity, opinions

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