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    Ivan Turgenev
    “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”
    ― Ivan Turgenev
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    Beryl Markham
    “A map says to you.
    Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not...
    I am the earth in the palm of your hand.”
    ― Beryl Markham
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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
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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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  • #5
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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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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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
    93525 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
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    George Carlin
    “The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: funny, humanity, humor
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Albert Einstein
    “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
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    Thomas A. Edison
    “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
    ― Thomas A. Edison
    tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased
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    Pablo Picasso
    “Everything you can imagine is real.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: art, imagination, inspirational, life
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: inspirational, life, yourself
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success
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    John Lennon
    “You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, connection, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, hope, inspirational, peace
    18865 likes

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    Rita Mae Brown
    “Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”
    ― Rita Mae Brown, Hiss of Death
    tags: inspirational
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    Hlovate
    “don't trouble the trouble if you don't want the trouble to trouble you.”
    ― Hlovate
    tags: inspirational
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  • #22
    “‎The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.”
    ― Billie Joe Armstrong
    tags: green-day, inspirational, musician
    88 likes

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  • #23
    Sharon Olds
    “There is something in me maybe someday
    to be written; now it is folded, and folded,
    and folded, like a note in school.”
    ― Sharon Olds
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    Paula Poundstone
    “Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up ’cause they’re looking for ideas.”
    ― Paula Poundstone
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  • #25
    Lorrie Moore
    “All the world's a stage we're going through.”
    ― Lorrie Moore, Anagrams
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    Johanna Lindsey
    “Do for yourself, for no one else will.”
    ― Johanna Lindsey, A Heart so Wild
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  • #27
    Marcus Aurelius
    “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: choice, happiness
    1247 likes



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