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“Every shadow of doubt is cast from a candle of hope.”
― Samuel M. Griffin

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“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
― George Carlin

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

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

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

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