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    Nelson Mandela
    “It always seems impossible until it's done.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “If you are going through hell, keep going.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: hell, perseverance
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    Lemony Snicket
    “There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: attributed-no-source, happiness
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    W.P. Kinsella
    “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”
    ― W.P. Kinsella
    tags: happiness, success
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    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
    ― Jonathan Safran Foer
    tags: happiness, thinking, wisedom
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    “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
    ― George Washington Burnap, The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures
    tags: happiness, inspirational, misattributed-to-chalmers, misattributed-to-joseph-addison, misattributed-to-kant, misattributed-tom-bodett, widely-misattributed
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  • #8
    Aristotle
    “Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: happiness
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    Hunter S. Thompson
    “So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”
    ― Hunter S. Thompson
    tags: gonzo, happiness, risk
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    Robert Frost
    “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: happiness
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    Aristotle
    “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: happiness
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    Jon Krakauer
    “Happiness [is] only real when shared”
    ― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
    tags: family, happiness, inspirational, love, marriage
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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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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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  • #16
    “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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    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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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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    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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    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    ― Paul Terry
    tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins
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  • #21
    I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!
    “I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: humor, mankind, people
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    Woody Allen
    “I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
    ― Woody Allen
    tags: death, fear, humor, life
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor, scifi
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Bill Watterson
    “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
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    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin Wade
    tags: humor, misattributed-mark-twain, philosophy, theology
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    W.C. Fields
    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
    ― W.C. Fields
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  • #28
    George Carlin
    “The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: humor, insanity, lies, lying, self-indulgence, truth
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    C.E.M. Joad
    “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
    ― C.E.M. Joad
    tags: creativity, humor, misattributed-to-einstein, paraphrased
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  • #30
    Thomas Szasz
    “Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
    ― Thomas Szasz
    tags: humor, inspirational
    9768 likes



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