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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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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Raymond Carver
    “This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.”
    ― Raymond Carver, Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
    tags: existentialism, gazebo, pessimism
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    P.G. Wodehouse
    “I spent the afternoon musing on Life. If you come to think of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean.”
    ― Wodehouse
    tags: existentialism, humor, life, pondering
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    Mark Haddon
    “I want my name to mean me.”
    ― Mark Haddon (Author), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    tags: existentialism
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    Werner Herzog
    “In the face of the obscene, explicit malice of the jungle, which lacks only dinosaurs as punctuation, I feel like a half-finished, poorly expressed sentence in a cheap novel.”
    ― Werner Herzog
    tags: existentialism
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all of which limit it to a fake learnedness.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
    tags: philosophy, politics
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    Ernest Becker
    “The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.”
    ― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
    tags: art, creativity, existentialism, humor, psychosis
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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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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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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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  • #13
    Bob Marley
    “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: music
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  • #14
    “And, in the end
    The love you take
    is equal to the love you make.”
    ― Paul McCartney, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
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  • #15
    Albert Einstein
    “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: music
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  • #16
    “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
    ― Joe Klaas, The Twelve Steps to Happiness: A Practical Handbook for Understanding and Working the Twelve Step Programs for Alcoholism, Codependency, Eating Disorders, and Other Addictions
    tags: anger, freedom, misattributed-gloria-steinem, truth
    13228 likes

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  • #17
    Coco Chanel
    “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: courage, dignity, empowerment, freedom, independence, individuality, judgment, self-determination, speaking-out, thought
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    Toni Morrison
    “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
    ― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
    tags: burdens, empowerment, flying, freedom, unburdening, weight
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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
    130304 likes

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  • #20
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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