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    Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
    “Writing history is slippery, there is little Truth with an upper case T, but a lot of lower-case “truths” that are filtered through the perceptions of others.”
    ― Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
    tags: 19th-century, aide, birds, challenging, emotions, help, perceptions, raw, reflective
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    “At last, he fully understood that change comes from within. It was up to him to get up and fight for a better life.”
    ― Rafael Polo, Growing Up American
    tags: biographical, brutality, culture, dictatorship, fiction, heritage, immigrants, new-beginning, opportunity
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    Milan Kordestani
    “Intellectual honesty means pursuing the truth regardless of whether or not it serves your interests or goals.”
    ― Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
    tags: civil-disclosure, connection, conversions, divides, houghtful, improvement, inspiring, practical-tools, respectful, social-skills
    65 likes

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    Michael Parker
    “That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line.”
    ― Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
    tags: danger, fast-paced, fiction, kidnapping, pulp-thriller, sea, special-ops, terrorism, thriller, trauma
    110 likes

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    Steven Decker
    “The money we spend to help you is really to help ourselves. We invest in you because you will do great things, and we want to be part of it.”
    ― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
    tags: adventure, courage, curiosity, drama, dreams, fiction, intrigue, reality, romance, seeking
    219 likes

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    Robert Reid
    “The old man’s eyes sparked. “Elan of Ember, you I know, take me to your King.” He paused. “Now!” The old man spoke like a crack of thunder and red lightning flashed from his open hand. The portal gate beside Elan flashed with fire and disappeared. Without thought, Elan’s sword flew to his hand as he made towards the traveller. But again the red fire flashed. The sword glowed and like the gate, it was consumed by the fire. Elan collapsed, clutching the burnt fragments of his sword in his injured hand. “Take him to the King,” he grunted in pain. The guards did so without delay.”
    ― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire
    tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy
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  • #7
    Art Spiegelman
    “It's as if life equals winning, so death equals losing”
    ― Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
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    Karl Marx
    “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

    [These words are also inscribed upon his grave]”
    ― Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach
    tags: action, change, ideology, philosophy, resistance, struggle
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  • #9
    Lisa See
    “When in the world did anyone die from a dream?”
    ― Lisa See, Peony in Love
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    Barbara Kingsolver
    “She is inhumanly alone. And then, all at once, she isn't.”
    ― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
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    Tennessee Williams
    “I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misinterpret things to them. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it! - Don't turn the light on!”
    ― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
    tags: blanche-dubois, escapism, insanity, lies, light, madness, magic, realism, reveal, truth
    29 likes

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  • #12
    Martin Heidegger
    “only he who already understands can listen”
    ― Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
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    Robert Penn Warren
    “You have to make the good out of the bad because that is all you have got to make it out of.”
    ― Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men
    tags: demotivational, inspirational, motivational
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    Shannon Hale
    “Finn always called it Enna's Stream. He tended to refer to most anything as belonging to her--Enna's Meadow, Enna's Mountain. When he referred to Yasid as Enna's Kingdom, she said, "Isn't that your heart?"
    Finn smiled and kissed her hand. Isi rolled her eyes.
    "Oh you two are impossible."
    Enna laughed. "This coming from the girl who calls her husband 'sweet little bunny boy'?"
    Isi blushed. "That was just once.”
    ― Shannon Hale, Enna Burning
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  • #15
    Mitch Albom
    “Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.”
    ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    tags: life, sacrifice
    1130 likes

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  • #16
    “You must sell benefits, not products.”
    ― Dave Ramsey, EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches
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19th-century
aide
birds
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emotions
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perceptions
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biographical
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culture
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fiction
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special-ops
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seeking
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