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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Mark Twain
    “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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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Mark Twain
    “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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  • #5
    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    ― Paul Terry
    tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins
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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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    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Mark Twain
    “I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, knowledge
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    Benjamin Disraeli
    “There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
    ― Benjamin Disraeli
    tags: attributed-no-source, lies, lying, misattributed-mark-twain, statistics, truth
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    Mark Twain
    “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: clothing
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    Mark Twain
    “When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: anger
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  • #12
    Walt Disney Company
    “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”
    ― Walt Disney
    tags: books
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    William Goldman
    “Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: bride, dread, pirate, princess, roberts, westley
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    Mark Twain
    “Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”
    ― Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi
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    Johnny Depp
    “Life's pretty good, and why wouldnt it be? I'm a pirate, after all.”
    ― Johnny Depp
    561 likes

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  • #16
    Ulysses S. Grant
    “I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.”
    ― Ulysses S. Grant
    tags: inspirational
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  • #17
    Abraham Lincoln
    “Whatever you are, be a good one.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational
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  • #18
    George Washington
    “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
    ― George Washington
    tags: confession, excuses, honesty, lies, lying, truth
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    George Washington
    “It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
    ― George Washington
    tags: character, honor, reputation
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    Mark Twain
    “I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies
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    R.A. Salvatore
    “The parry is wrong." - Drizzt Do'Urden”
    ― R.A. Salvatore
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    R.A. Salvatore
    “Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innumerable circumstances, and we, each of us, have a responsibility (if we do not like where we are) to move along life's road, to find a better path if this one does not suit, or to walk happily along this one if it is indeed our life's way. Changing even the bad things that have gone before would fundamentally change who we are, and whether or not that would be a good thing, I believe, it is impossible to predict.
    So I take my past experiences... and try to regret nothing.
    -Drizzt Do'urden”
    ― R.A. Salvatore, Sea of Swords
    tags: hindsight, hope, regret
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    R.A. Salvatore
    “Station is the paradox of the world of my people, the limitation of our power within the hunger for power. It is gained through treachery and invites treachery against those who gain it. Those most powerful in Menzoberranzan spend their days watching over their shoulders, defending against the daggers that would find their backs. Their deaths usually come from the front." -Drizzt Do'Urden”
    ― R.A. Salvatore, Homeland
    tags: danger, darkness, power, war
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    Larry Niven
    “The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.”
    ― Larry Niven, Ringworld
    tags: science-fiction, social-commentary
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    Larry Niven
    “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!”
    ― Larry Niven
    tags: dinosaurs, extinction, insightful, space-exploration
    136 likes

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  • #27
    Larry Niven
    “Never fire a laser at a mirror. ”
    ― Larry Niven
    tags: science
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  • #28
    Larry Niven
    “The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.”
    ― Larry Niven
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  • #29
    Larry Niven
    “How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?”
    ― Larry Niven, The Ringworld Engineers
    tags: humor, hunter, vegetarian
    18 likes

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  • #30
    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
    130200 likes

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  • #31
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
    151479 likes



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