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    Beatrix Potter
    “It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.”
    ― Beatrix Potter, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
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    Beatrix Potter
    “All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
    ― Beatrix Potter, Merry Christmas, Peter Rabbit!
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    Beatrix Potter
    “Thank goodness my education was neglected.”
    ― Beatrix Potter
    tags: education, homeschool, homeschooling, learning
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    Beatrix Potter
    “Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.”
    ― Beatrix Potter
    tags: cabbage, peter, peter-rabbit, potato, shoe
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    Walt Kelly
    “Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent.”
    ― Walt Kelly
    tags: cartoonist, humanist
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    Winsor McCay
    “Nemo suggested that it might be some monster giant but his papa called him a "rattlebrain" and ordered him to pacify his mama who was making elaborate plans to faint.”
    ― Winsor McCay, The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. 1: 1905-1907
    tags: dry, humor, stilted
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    Fannie Flagg
    “Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
    ― Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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    Fannie Flagg
    “There Lives More Faith in Honest Doubt,
    Believe Me, Than Half the Creeds.
    - Alfred, Lord Tennyson”
    ― Fannie Flagg, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Every flight begins with a fall.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: crime, justice, morality, redemption
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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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