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    Tennessee Williams
    “Time is the longest distance between two places.”
    ― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie
    tags: distance, time
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    Andy Warhol
    “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
    ― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
    tags: change, initiative, time
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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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    Émile Zola
    “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
    ― Émile Zola
    tags: art, calling, life
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    Niels Bohr
    “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
    ― Niels Bohr
    tags: science
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    “You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.”
    ― Ellen DeGeneres, The Funny Thing Is...
    tags: book, writing
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  • #7
    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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    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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  • #9
    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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  • #10
    Anne Tyler
    “I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
    ― Anne Tyler
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    Jonathan Stroud
    “According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.”
    ― Jonathan Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate
    tags: amulet-of-samarkand, bartimaeus-trilogy, jonathan-stroud
    466 likes

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  • #12
    William Shakespeare
    “By the pricking of my thumbs,
    Something wicked this way comes.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
    tags: foreshadowing, macbeth
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  • #13
    D.J. MacHale
    “Hobey-Ho, let's go.”
    ― D.J. MacHale
    tags: sci-fi
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    Neal Shusterman
    “...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Unwind
    tags: human-nature
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    Matt Haig
    “How to stop time: kiss.
    How to travel in time: read.
    How to escape time: music.
    How to feel time: write.
    How to release time: breathe.”
    ― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
    tags: inspirational-living
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    Harlan Ellison
    “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
    tags: ignorance, intelligence, opinions, stupidity
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    James Patterson
    “Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”
    ― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
    tags: humor
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    Thomas Pynchon
    “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
    ― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
    tags: paranoia, proverbs, wit
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  • #19
    Eoin Colfer
    “Foaly: Anyone see you come in here?
    Holly: The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, MI6. Oh, and the EIB.
    Foaly: The EIB?
    Holly: (smirking) Everyone in the building.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl Band 1-3
    tags: humor
    519 likes



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