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    Temple Grandin
    “What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool?

    You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.”
    ― Temple Grandin, The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's
    tags: aspergers, autism
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    Billy Joel
    “They're sharing a drink called loneliness, but at least its better than drinking alone.”
    ― Billy Joel
    tags: contradiction, loneliness, paradox
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    “I guess I just like liking things.”
    ― Abed Nadir
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    “I can tell life from TV, Jeff. TV makes sense, it has structure, logic, rules, and likeable leading men. In life, we have this. We have you.”
    ― Abed Nadir
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    Anne Nesbet
    “I myself am opaque, for some reason. Their eyes cannot see me. Yes, that's it: The world is autistic with respect to me.”
    ― Anne Nesbet, The Cabinet of Earths
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    Will Rogers
    “You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects.”
    ― Will Rogers
    tags: autism, memoir, nonfiction, writing
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    Temple Grandin
    “I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning.”
    ― Temple Grandin
    tags: an-anthropologist-on-mars, autism, oliver-sacks
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    Helen Hoang
    “She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.”
    ― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient
    tags: autism, love, thekissquotient
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    “I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.”
    ― Jerry Newport, Your Life Is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome for Parents, Professionals and You!
    tags: autism
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: appreciation, awe, beauty, life, optimism, positivity, sense-of-wonder, stars
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: happiness
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: integrity, morality
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: carpe-diem, inspirational, life, seize-the-day
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: death, fear, inspirational
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: attitude, inspirational, life
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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  • #18
    Bill Watterson
    “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
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    Bill Watterson
    “Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor
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    Bill Watterson
    “People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
    tags: idiots, life-humor
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    Bill Watterson
    “CALVIN:
    Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?

    When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny.

    Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?

    HOBBES:
    I suppose if we couldn't laugh at the things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: life-humor
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    Bill Watterson
    “I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, dumb, humor, information, school
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    Bill Watterson
    “I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
    tags: humore
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  • #24
    Bill Watterson
    “I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
    tags: humor
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  • #25
    Bill Watterson
    “If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?”
    ― Bill Watterson, It's a Magical World
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  • #26
    People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
    “People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.”
    ― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
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  • #27
    Bill Watterson
    “Verbing weirds language.”
    ― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
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    Bill Watterson
    “My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
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  • #29
    Bill Watterson
    “It's a funny world, Hobbes."
    "True."
    "But it's not a hilarious world.…unless you like sick humour."
    "The world is probably funnier to people who don't live here.”
    ― Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
    58030 likes



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