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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore”
    ― Rumi
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    Anaïs Nin
    “The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: knowledge, mystery, sense-of-wonder, spirituality
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    Criss Jami
    “I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother for her son's crime?”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: agenda, apologetics, atrocities, belief, bias, biases, blame, confusion, crime, denial, dream, free-will, god, hypocrisy, imprisonment, mother, rhetorical, scrutiny, self-interest, skepticism, son, uncertainty
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    “There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.”
    ― Joseph Pulitzer
    tags: crime, secrecy, transparency, vice
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    Alan Moore
    “It's funny, but certain faces seem to go in and out of style. You look at old photographs and everybody has a certain look to them, almost as if they're related. Look at pictures from ten years later and you can see that there's a new kind of face starting to predominate, and that the old faces are fading away and vanishing, never to be seen again.”
    ― Alan Moore, Watchmen
    tags: crime, fiction, photographs, time
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    Bret Easton Ellis
    “It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.”
    ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
    tags: american, american-psycho, conclusion, crime, cruel, demons, epiphany, evil, gore, horror, human-beings, human-nature, humanity, humans, life, living, murder, murderer, murderers, psycho, psychopath, quote, serial-killer, serial-killers, society, the-world, theory
    163 likes

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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
    tags: crime, devil, evil, mankind
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  • #8
    “Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it's not practical. There are no stereotypes.”
    ― Ted Bundy
    tags: bundy, crime, evil, society, ted-bundy
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    Agatha Christie
    “At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.”
    ― Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
    tags: crime, detective, express, fiction, hercule, murder, orient, poirot
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
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    Haruki Murakami
    “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: adversity, inspirational, life-lessons, problems, trials
    10721 likes

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    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues
    7601 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: attitude, choice, giving, happiness, inspirational, kindness, life-and-living, life-lessons, motivational, positive-affirmation
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: dreams, fearless, heart, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, mind, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    9749 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: creation, creative, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, worry
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: happiness, inspirational, responsibility
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: excuse, improvement, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, respect
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
    If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: goal, goals, gratitude, happiness, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leadership, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: gratitude, heart, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, thoughts
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    Yogi Bhajan
    “If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all.”
    ― Yogi Bhajan
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods
    tags: companions, company, privacy, solitude
    2349 likes

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    Gabriel García Márquez
    “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”
    ― Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez: a Life
    tags: life, privacy, public-image, secrecy
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    C.S. Lewis
    “We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
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    Stephen King
    “Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.”
    ― Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
    tags: friends, friendship, privacy
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  • #25
    David Sedaris
    “If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.”
    ― David Sedaris
    tags: diaries, journals, justice, privacy
    491 likes

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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Asfixia
    tags: privacy
    279 likes

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    Criss Jami
    “What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: complex, creative, different, difficulties, distinction, envy, genius, genius-distinction, independent, independent-thought, inferiority, inferiority-complex, intimidating, misunderstanding, odd, privacy, self-sufficiency, simplicity, superiority
    249 likes

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    David Brin
    “When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.”
    ― David Brin
    tags: accountability, judgement, judging, privacy
    222 likes

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    Annabel Pitcher
    “I stared up at the sky and raised my middle finger, just in case God was watching. I don't like being spied on.”
    ― Annabel Pitcher, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
    tags: cursing, god, humor, innocent, middle-finger, privacy, secret, spied
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    Marlon Brando
    “Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.”
    ― Marlon Brando
    tags: privacy, solitutde
    79 likes



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