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    Anaïs Nin
    “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: death, love
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    Andre Agassi
    “I've been cheered by thousands, booed by thousands, but nothing feels as bad as the booing inside your own head during those ten minutes before you fall asleep.”
    ― Andre Agassi
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    John Gay
    “My Own Epitaph
    Life's a jest, and all things show it.
    I thought so once, and now I know it.”
    ― John Gay
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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    Robert Fulghum
    “I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”
    ― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things
    tags: hope, imagination, inspirational
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    Garth Stein
    “So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.”
    ― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
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    Garth Stein
    “People are always worried about what's happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are generally not satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have.”
    ― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
    tags: wisdom
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    Garth Stein
    “The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.”
    ― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
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    Sigmund Freud
    “We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.”
    ― Sigmund Freud
    tags: human-nature
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    “Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.”
    ― Joss Whedon
    tags: human-nature, power, wisdom
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    Alan Lightman
    “The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.”
    ― Alan Lightman, Einstein’s Dreams
    tags: happiness, human-nature, tragedy
    100 likes

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    “Why do anything unless it is going to be great?”
    ― Peter Block
    tags: consulting, organization, productivity
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  • #13
    “The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.”
    ― Dee Hock, One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
    tags: community, leadership, love, organization
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    Jaachynma N.E. Agu
    “Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
    ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
    tags: accomplishments, african-american-authors, african-authors, agu-jaachynam-n-e, amazom, anyaele-sam-chiyson, aspiration, be-different, book, business, chiysonovelty-bookclub, elections, entrepreneurship, fame, forbes, greater-glory, greatness, higher-living, immortality, improvement, inspiration, international-authors, intimacy, it-is-time-to-get-very-rich, jaachynma, leadership, life, money, niche, nigerian-authors, president, reading, relationship, revolution, richest, risk-it, security, self-help, success, successful-living, the-best-option, the-prince-and-the-pauper, the-sagacity-of-sage, wealth
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  • #15
    Ken Robinson
    “Creativity is as important as literacy”
    ― Ken Robinson
    tags: creativity, ken-robinson, school-system, ted-talks
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