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    Lillian Hellman
    “People change and forget to tell each other.”
    ― Lillian Hellman
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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  • #5
    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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    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
    130136 likes

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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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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Witold Gombrowicz
    “Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it.”
    ― Witold Gombrowicz
    tags: literature, writing-craft-talent
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    Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
    “Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
    ― Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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    Julien Green
    “I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper.”
    ― Julien Green
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    Jon Scieszka
    “Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.”
    ― Jon Scieszka, Funny Business
    tags: humor
    638 likes

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    Mildred D. Taylor
    “So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible.”
    ― Mildred D. Taylor, The Land
    tags: impossibility, inspirational, possibility
    852 likes

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    Julia Donaldson
    “I opened a book and in I strode. Now nobody can find me.”
    ― Julia Donaldson
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    Gail Carson Levine
    “In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.”
    ― Gail Carson Levine
    1022 likes

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    Lynn Abbey
    “Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. ”
    ― Lynn Abbey
    tags: writing
    546 likes

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  • #17
    Will Self
    “A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”
    ― Will Self
    tags: criticism, inspirational
    633 likes

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  • #18
    “Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.”
    ― Gwyneth Paltrow
    tags: beauty, cosmetics, fashion, lipstick, makeup
    672 likes

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    Miguel de Unamuno
    “Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”
    ― Miguel de Unamuno
    888 likes

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    Debbie Ford
    “Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.”
    ― Debbie Ford
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
    tags: life, philosophy, philosophy-of-life, progress
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    Mae C. Jemison
    “Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.”
    ― Mae Jemison
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  • #23
    Dan Gutman
    “Sometimes we spend so much time and energy thinking about where we want to go that we don't notice where we happen to be.”
    ― Dan Gutman, From Texas with Love
    tags: thankfulness
    809 likes

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    Debbie Macomber
    “Be an encourager. Scatter sunshine. Who knows whose life you might touch with something as simple as a kind word.”
    ― Debbie Macomber
    957 likes

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    Elif Shafak
    “Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.”
    ― Elif Shafak
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    John Keats
    “Tis "the witching time of night", / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen —”
    ― John Keats
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    Martin Cruz Smith
    “The great thing about being a writer is that you are always re-creating yourself.”
    ― Martin Cruz Smith
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    Georgia O'Keeffe
    “It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.”
    ― Georgia O'Keeffe
    tags: art, georgia-o-keeffe, inspirational, wisdom, women-s-issues
    806 likes

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    Christopher Paolini
    “Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.”
    ― Christopher Paolini
    tags: christopher, paolini
    834 likes

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  • #30
    Marc Brown
    “Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card.”
    ― Marc Brown
    877 likes



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