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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: dragons, wisdom
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130799 likes

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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: cleanliness, consciousness, corruption, feet, individuality, mind, purity
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    Augusten Burroughs
    “I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
    ― Augusten Burroughs
    tags: flaws, individuality
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  • #8
    “Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
    ― Joss Whedon
    tags: individuality
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  • #9
    The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce
    “The Seven Social Sins are:

    Wealth without work.
    Pleasure without conscience.
    Knowledge without character.
    Commerce without morality.
    Science without humanity.
    Worship without sacrifice.
    Politics without principle.


    From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
    ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson
    tags: character, commerce, conscience, happiness, humanity, knowledge, misattributed-to-gandhi, money, morality, pleasure, politics, principle, sacrifice, science, sin, sins, wealth, work, worship
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    L. Frank Baum
    “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
    ― L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz
    tags: knowledge, thievery, treasure
    4666 likes

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  • #11
    Jim Morrison
    “Where's your will to be weird?”
    ― Jim Morrison
    tags: individuality, musicians, weirdness, wierd
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    Jim Morrison
    “People are strange . . .”
    ― Jim Morrison
    tags: drugs, strangeness, weirdness
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    Alain de Botton
    “There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.”
    ― Alain de Botton
    tags: behavior, life, personality, weirdness
    141 likes

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    Matthew Goldfinger
    “Dare to Differ”
    ― Matthew Goldfinger
    tags: brave, differ, strange, uniqueness, weirdness
    50 likes

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    Toba Beta
    “Man has to postulate weirdness,
    before reaching the new science.”
    ― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
    tags: grasp, new-science, postulate, reach, weirdness
    4 likes

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  • #16
    “I’m not even on drugs, I’m just weird.”
    ― Alex Gaskarth
    tags: be-weird, be-yourself, music, spirit
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    Jaachynma N.E. Agu
    “Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
    ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
    tags: accomplishments, african-american-authors, african-authors, agu-jaachynam-n-e, amazom, anyaele-sam-chiyson, aspiration, be-different, book, business, chiysonovelty-bookclub, elections, entrepreneurship, fame, forbes, greater-glory, greatness, higher-living, immortality, improvement, inspiration, international-authors, intimacy, it-is-time-to-get-very-rich, jaachynma, leadership, life, money, niche, nigerian-authors, president, reading, relationship, revolution, richest, risk-it, security, self-help, success, successful-living, the-best-option, the-prince-and-the-pauper, the-sagacity-of-sage, wealth
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    Israelmore Ayivor
    “Everybody is standing, but you must stand out.

    Everybody is breaking grounds; but you must breakthrough!

    Everybody scratching it; but you must scratch it hard!

    Everybody is going, but you must keep going extra miles!

    Dare to be exceptionally excellent and why not?”
    ― Israelmore Ayivor
    tags: be-different, best, breakthrough, excel, excellent, exceptional, extra, extra-mile, food-for-thought, go, make-a-difference, move-on, scratch, stand, standout-stand-out, you-can-do-it
    72 likes

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    John Waters
    “Life is nothing if you're not obsessed.”
    ― John Waters
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    John Waters
    “You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.”
    ― John Waters
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    John Waters
    “I could never kill myself. I approve of suicide if you have horrible health. Otherwise it's the ultimate hissy fit.”
    ― John Waters
    tags: health, hissy-fit, suicide
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    John Waters
    “I respect everything I make fun of.”
    ― John Waters
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    John Waters
    “My hobby is extreme Catholic behavior -- BEFORE the Reformation.”
    ― John Waters
    tags: baltimore, catholic, eccentric, extreme, humor, john-waters
    55 likes

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    John Waters
    “Contemporary art hates you.”
    ― John Waters
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    John Waters
    “Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.”
    ― John Waters, Role Models
    tags: library
    118 likes

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  • #26
    John Waters
    “True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks.”
    ― John Waters, Role Models
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