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    Julia Child
    “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.”
    ― Julia Child
    tags: cooking, food
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    Julia Child
    “Bon Appétit”
    ― Julia Child, My Life in France
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    Julia Child
    “This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!”
    ― Julia Child, My Life in France
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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
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “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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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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  • #8
    Allen Saunders
    “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
    ― Allen Saunders
    tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans
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    Jane Austen
    “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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    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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  • #11
    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
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  • #12
    I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
    “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
    ― Jorge Luis Borges
    tags: books, library
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    Rita Mae Brown
    “The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
    ― Rita Mae Brown
    tags: humor, insanity
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  • #14
    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Gail Carson Levine
    “A library is infinity under a roof.”
    ― Gail Carson Levine
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    Judith Viorst
    “Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
    ― Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.
    tags: chocolate, strength
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  • #17
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: encouragement, gandalf
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    Stephen King
    “Strange, the things you noticed when your day—your life—suddenly went over a cliff you hadn’t even known was there.”
    ― Stephen King, The Outsider
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    Stephen King
    “Anything is possible,” she said to the empty room. “Anything at all. The world is full of strange nooks and crannies.”
    ― Stephen King, The Outsider
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    Stephen King
    “Time had passed, and time probably did heal all wounds, but God, some of them healed so slowly. And the difference between I have and I had was such a gulf.”
    ― Stephen King, The Outsider
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    Stephen King
    “Dreams are the way we touch the unseen world, that’s what I believe. They are a special gift.”
    ― Stephen King, The Outsider
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  • #22
    Michelle Obama
    “failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result.”
    ― Michelle Obama, Becoming
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    Michelle Obama
    “The noise doesn’t go away, but the most successful people I know have figured out how to live with it, to lean on the people who believe in them, and to push onward with their goals.”
    ― Michelle Obama, Becoming
    tags: bullies, goals, sucess
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    Michael Bungay Stanier
    “To build an effective new habit, you need five essential components: a reason, a trigger, a micro-habit, effective practice, and a plan.”
    ― Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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    Michael Bungay Stanier
    “So think less about what your habit can do for you, and more about how this new habit will help a person or people you care about.”
    ― Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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    Michael Bungay Stanier
    “An almost fail-safe way to start a chat that quickly turns into a real conversation is the question, “What’s on your mind?”
    ― Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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    Michael Bungay Stanier
    “When you’re talking about people, though, you’re not really talking about them. You’re talking about a relationship and, specifically, about what your role is in this relationship that might currently be less than ideal.”
    ― Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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  • #28
    John C. Parkin
    “Real magic starts to happen when you’re doing what you love. It changes your brain waves (to the more relaxed alpha ones), and as a result, you’re happier, you’re healthier, and you seem to recruit invisible forces”
    ― John C. Parkin, F**k It - Do What You Love
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  • #29
    S.A. Cosby
    “Sometimes grief is love unexpressed. Other times it’s regret made flesh.”
    ― S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
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