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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

tags: inspirational, values

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“Whitewash on the forehead hardens the brain into a state of obstinacy, perhaps.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: forehead, obstinacy, stubbornness, whitewash

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“To prolong doubt was to prolong hope.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it.”
― Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

tags: art, creativity

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“And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum

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