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    Maya Angelou
    “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: inspiration
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    William Shakespeare
    “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
    tags: greatness
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Jim Henson
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
    ― Jim Henson
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
    tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: beauty, inner-beauty, inspirational
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    Audrey Hepburn
    “The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”
    ― Audrey Hepburn
    tags: aging-gracefully, inner-beauty, kindness
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    Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
    “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
    ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
    tags: analogy, inner-beauty, life
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    P.C. Cast
    “The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.”
    ― P.C. Cast, Betrayed
    tags: beauty, ethereal, inner-beauty
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: beauty, girls
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    Coco Chanel
    “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: beauty, class, fashion, girls, women
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  • #14
    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, inspirational
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, love
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    John Greenleaf Whittier
    “The windows of my soul I throw
    Wide open to the sun.”
    ― John Greenleaf Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittier's Poetry: An Appraisal and a Selection
    tags: inspirational, my-psalm
    1280 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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    Maya Angelou
    “What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
    ― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
    tags: 1993, advice, complaining, inspirational
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    Maya Angelou
    “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues
    7609 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: inspirational
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    Maya Angelou
    “If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: inspirational
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    Maya Angelou
    “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
    ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
    tags: 2008, advice
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    Maya Angelou
    “I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: 1997, annie-clark-tanner-lecture
    6239 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: attributed, attributed-no-source, education, intelligence, knowledge, unsourced
    5692 likes

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  • #29
    Maya Angelou
    “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: courage, love, trust
    4355 likes

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  • #30
    Maya Angelou
    “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    2670 likes



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