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    Ray Bradbury
    “If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: "It's gonna go wrong." Or "She's going to hurt me." Or,"I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . ." Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.”
    ― Ray Bradbury
    tags: inspirational
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    Aristotle
    “Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: adversity, education, learning, old-age, prosperity
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    Raymond Chandler
    “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ”
    ― Raymond Chandler
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: humour, telekinetics
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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    Emily Dickinson
    “Parting is all we know of Heaven,
    and all we need of Hell.”
    ― Emily Dickenson
    tags: poem
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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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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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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
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    George Carlin
    “Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: cynicism, disillusionment, idealism
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    Euripides
    “Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”
    ― Euripides, Medea and Other Plays
    tags: strength
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    Michael Crichton
    “Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.”
    ― Michael Crichton, State of Fear
    tags: bigotry, fiction, prejudice, science
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    Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad
    “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
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    Raymond Chandler
    “Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.”
    ― Raymond Chandler
    tags: art
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    Raymond Chandler
    “I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
    ― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
    tags: poetic-prose
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    George Carlin
    “Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: evangelism, freedom-of-religion, religion, tolerance
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    William Shakespeare
    “My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
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    William Shakespeare
    “She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
    tags: romantic, shakespeare, taming-of-the-shrew, unmoved
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    William Shakespeare
    “Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth
    But that our soft conditions and our hearts
    Should well agree with our external parts?”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
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    William Shakespeare
    “The poorest service is repaid with thanks.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
    tags: iv-3
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    William Shakespeare
    “We will have rings and things and fine array”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
    tags: rings
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    William Shakespeare
    “Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain
    She sings as sweetly as a nightingale.
    Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear
    As morning roses newly wash'd with dew.
    Say she be mute and will not speak a word;
    Then I'll commend her volubility,
    and say she uttereth piercing eloquence.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
    tags: antithesis
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    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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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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    Garrison Keillor
    “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
    ― Garrison Keillor
    tags: humor, religion
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: cats, humor, women
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    Charles Bukowski
    “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
    ― Charles Bukowski
    tags: humor
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
    tags: god, humor, life
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    E.B. White
    “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
    ― E.B. White
    tags: activism, humor, life, pleasure
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    Jerome K. Jerome
    “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
    ― Jerome K. Jerome
    tags: humor, work
    8145 likes



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