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    Mark Twain
    “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, politics
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    John Steinbeck
    “All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
    ― John Steinbeck
    tags: conflict, politics, war
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    Thomas Jefferson
    “I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
    ― Thomas Jefferson
    tags: banks, debt, deficit-spending, government, loans, political-science, politics
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut
    tags: adolf-hitler, electoral-politics, george-w-bush, humor, politics
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    Barack Obama
    “A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
    ― Barack Obama
    tags: activism, commitment, politics
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    Mark Twain
    “In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: politics
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    Frank Zappa
    “Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: education, high-school, self-education
    528 likes

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    John Mayer
    “High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless.”
    ― John Mayer
    tags: high-school, simile
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    Simone Elkeles
    “Problem is, the bathroom pass can't help you escape life. It's still there when you come out. Problems and crap don't go away hiding in the can.”
    ― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry
    tags: avoidance, high-school
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    Elizabeth Scott
    “There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each day. High school has things that can trip you up, ruin you, people say one thing and mean another, and you have to know all the rules, you have to know what you can and can't do.”
    ― Elizabeth Scott, The Unwritten Rule
    tags: high-school, life, rules, teens, young-adult
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: change, life
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    Walt Whitman
    “Do I contradict myself?
    Very well then I contradict myself,
    (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
    ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
    tags: change
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    Katharine Hepburn
    “We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
    ― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life
    tags: change, life, self
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    Maya Angelou
    “Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: change, inspirational, self-determination
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  • #15
    “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”
    ― Madonna
    tags: change, inspirational, self-actualization, self-improvement
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  • #16
    “You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.”
    ― Taylor Swift
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    Aldous Huxley
    “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
    ― Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point
    tags: change
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    Andy Warhol
    “When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.”
    ― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol: In His Own Words
    tags: change
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    Milton Berle
    “If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”
    ― Milton Berle
    tags: change, opportunity, self-determination, wisdom
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    Markus Zusak
    “She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. ”
    ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
    tags: change, disappointment, night, time
    764 likes

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    Katharine Hepburn
    “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”
    ― Katherine Hepburn
    tags: change
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  • #22
    Norman Vincent Peale
    “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
    ― Norman Vincent Peale
    tags: change
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    Susan Sontag
    “The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.”
    ― Susan Sontag, At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
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    John Steinbeck
    “Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.”
    ― John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday
    tags: change
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  • #25
    “Bending beats breaking.”
    ― Betty Greene
    tags: change, inspirational
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    Stephen King
    “No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side.

    Or you don't.”
    ― Stephen King, The Stand
    tags: change, survival
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    Toba Beta
    “Love without hope will not survive.
    Love without faith changes nothing.
    Love gives power to hope and faith.”
    ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
    tags: change, faith, hope, love, power, survive
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  • #28
    “You really can change the world if you care enough.”
    ― Marian Wright Edelman
    tags: change
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  • #29
    Nicholas Sparks
    “I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven
    tags: change, life
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    Tess Callahan
    “All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life you're green.”
    ― Tess Callahan
    tags: change, life-experience
    119 likes



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