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    Zora Neale Hurston
    “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.”
    ― Zora Neale Hurston
    tags: discrimination, humor, self-assurance, self-worth
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: imagination, life, money
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    Marcus Porcius Cato
    “He who hesitates is lost.”
    ― Cato
    tags: philosophy-of-life
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    Beth Ehemann
    “I studied her face as she got closer. Who wore that much makeup this early in the morning? She looked like she got smacked in the face by a drunk rainbow.”
    ― Beth Ehemann, Room for You
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130125 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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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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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: inspirational, integrity, motivational, what-is-right
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    “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
    ― Sarah Grimké
    tags: equality, feminism, justice
    80 likes

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    “If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
    ― Shirley Chisholm
    tags: equality, inclusion
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    “The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: "It's a girl.”
    ― Shirley Chisholm
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    “When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.”
    ― Shirley Chisholm
    tags: capitalism, compassion, ethics, greed
    211 likes

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    “Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.”
    ― Shirley Chisholm
    tags: racism
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    “You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”
    ― Shirley Chisholm
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    “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
    ― Shirley Chisholm, Unbought And Unbossed
    tags: abortion-rights, feminism, reproductive-rights
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband
    tags: love
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    “Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told that I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it just to stand one minute on God's earth a free woman.”
    ― Elizabeth Freeman
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    Groucho Marx
    “While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: money
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    Joseph Campbell
    “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
    ― Joseph Campbell
    tags: change, life, open-heart, open-mind, resilience
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    T.L. Martin
    “Embrace the glorious mess that you are”
    ― T.L. Martin, Dancing in the Dark
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    Jim Kwik
    “Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from.”
    ― Jim Kwik, Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
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    Glennon Doyle
    “Privilege is being born on third base. Ignorant privilege is thinking you’re there because you hit a triple. Malicious privilege is complaining that those starving outside the ballpark aren’t waiting patiently enough.”
    ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed
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    Glennon Doyle
    “What is better: uncomfortable truth or comfortable lies? Every truth is a kindness, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Every untruth is an unkindness, even if it makes others comfortable.
    —Liz Gilbert”
    ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed
    tags: authenticity, be-authentic, be-honest, comfort, honesty, lies, lying, truth, truth-and-lies, white-lies
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    Glennon Doyle
    “Our boys are born with great potential for nurturing, caring, loving, and serving. Let’s stop training it out of them.”
    ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed
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    Glennon Doyle
    “I will not stay, not ever again - in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.”
    ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed
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  • #30
    Glennon Doyle
    “I did not know that I was supposed to feel everything. I thought I was supposed to feel happy.”
    ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed
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