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    Hans Christian Andersen
    “To travel is to live.”
    ― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
    tags: life, travel
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    Do one thing every day that scares you.
    “Do one thing every day that scares you.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed, fear, inspiration
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    Irving Stone
    “There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
    ― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense
    tags: books, friendship
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    Marcel Proust
    “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
    ― Marcel Proust
    tags: gratitude, happiness
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    Victor Hugo
    “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
    ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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    Albert Einstein
    “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, respect
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don't know a soul?”
    ― Haruki Murakami
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    Aristotle
    “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: followship, leadership
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    Mario Puzo
    “I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.”
    ― Mario Puzo, The Godfather
    tags: novel
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    Irving Stone
    “Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”
    ― Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy
    tags: art, dedication, talent
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    Umberto Eco
    “Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
    ― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
    tags: books
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
    tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
    tags: hell, individualism, irony, selfishness, tea
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    Confucius
    “You cannot open a book without learning something.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: books, learning, philosopher
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky
    tags: honesty, integerity
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    Jerome K. Jerome
    “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
    ― Jerome K. Jerome
    tags: humor, work
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    Irving Stone
    “To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.”
    ― Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy
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    Aristotle
    “A friend to all is a friend to none.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: friendship
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    Bob Marley
    “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: inspirational-life
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    Donald Miller
    “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
    ― Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
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    Bill Nye
    “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.”
    ― Bill Nye
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    A.A. Milne
    “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”
    ― A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: friendship
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    tags: animals, cruelty, mankind
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    Garrison Keillor
    “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
    ― Garrison Keillor
    tags: humor, religion
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    Mark Twain
    “′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, classic, reading
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    Mario Puzo
    “Lawyers can steal more money with a briefcase than a thousand men with guns and masks.”
    ― Mario Puzo, The Godfather
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    Jeff Lindsay
    “It’s like, everything really is two ways, the way we all pretend it is and the way it really is”
    ― Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter
    tags: dexter-morgan
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    Ziad K. Abdelnour
    “One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies... Be smart choosing your friends.”
    ― Ziad K. Abdelnour
    tags: enemies, fake, friends
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    John Guare
    “It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”
    ― John Guare, Landscape of the Body
    tags: future, hope
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    Guy de Maupassant
    “You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.”
    ― Guy de Maupassant
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