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    Alan Moore
    “Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
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    Albert Einstein
    “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: greatness, opposition, spirit
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    Carl Sagan
    “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
    ― Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
    tags: genius, humor, laughter, philosophy
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    Edward O. Wilson
    “One planet, one experiment.”
    ― Edward O. Wilson
    tags: environmentalism, science
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    Mother Teresa
    “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
    ― Mother Teresa
    tags: misattributed-to-mother-teresa, paraphrased
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    Madeleine L'Engle
    “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing
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    Mark Twain
    “The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, philosophy, religion
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    Frank Zappa
    “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: music, philosophy, progress
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    Plato
    “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
    ― Plato
    tags: philosophy
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    Alan Moore
    “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed
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    Bill McKibben
    “we use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.”
    ― Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
    tags: evidence, skepticism
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
    tags: rational-thought, science
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: attributed-no-source, education
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    Mark Twain
    “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: greatness
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    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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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Steve Jobs
    “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
    ― Steve Jobs
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    H. Jackson Brown Jr.
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
    ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
    tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail
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    Anaïs Nin
    “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: death, love
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    Rainer Maria Rilke
    “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
    ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
    tags: love
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    George Eliot
    “I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: love
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    W. Somerset Maugham
    “The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.”
    ― W. Somerset Maugham
    tags: love
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    Tom Stoppard
    “It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.”
    ― Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
    tags: lady-croom, love
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    Rainer Maria Rilke
    “Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you.
    Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you.
    And without feet I can make my way to you,
    without a mouth I can swear your name.

    Break off my arms, I'll take hold of you
    with my heart as with a hand.
    Stop my heart, and my brain will start to beat.
    And if you consume my brain with fire,
    I'll feel you burn in every drop of my blood.”
    ― Rainer Maria Rilke
    tags: obsession, poetry
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    Barbara Kingsolver
    “The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
    ― Barbara Kingsolver
    tags: friendship
    1763 likes



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