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“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: fantasy, fiction, on-fiction, tolkien, writing

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#2

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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#3

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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#4

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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#5

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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#6

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein

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#7

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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#8

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: truth

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#9

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

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#10

“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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#11

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
― Mark Twain

tags: living, world

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#12

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational

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#13

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: bravery, decisiveness, failure, inaction, success, timidity

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#14

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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#15

“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: clever, desperation, hope, inspiration, misattributed, tenacity

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#16

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading

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#17

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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#18

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor

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#19

“The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.”
― Mark Twain

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#20

“Courage is grace under pressure.”
― ernest hemingway

tags: courage

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#21

“All thinking men are atheists.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

tags: atheism, inspirational

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#22

“The first draft of anything is shit.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: attributed-no-source, writing

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#23

“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: drinking

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#24

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: books, friends, novelist-quotes

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#25

“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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#26

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles

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#27

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: 1929, viereck-interview

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#28

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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#29

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, imagination

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#30

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: life, simile

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