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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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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    Yann Martel
    “It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”
    ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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    Ayn Rand
    “There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
    ― Ayn Rand
    tags: crime, government, innocence, law, libertarian
    353 likes

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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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    Groucho Marx
    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: books, humor, reading, television
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
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    Mark Twain
    “I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: classic-insult, funeral, funny, humor
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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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    George Burns
    “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
    ― George Burns
    tags: family, happiness, humor
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  • #12
    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
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    Mark Twain
    “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: arrogance, humor, ignorance
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  • #14
    Albert Einstein
    “Black holes are where God divided by zero.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor
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  • #15
    Woody Allen
    “To you, I'm an atheist.
    To God, I'm the loyal opposition.”
    ― Woody Allen
    tags: absurd, atheism, humor
    1954 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: conscience, humor, memory
    1977 likes

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  • #17
    Chad Sugg
    “If you're reading this...
    Congratulations, you're alive.
    If that's not something to smile about,
    then I don't know what is.”
    ― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head
    tags: alive, congratulations, hope, humanity, inspiration, inspirational, inspire, life, poetry, smile, wisdom
    8469 likes

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  • #18
    Isaac Asimov
    “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom
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    J.M. Barrie
    “I'm not young enough to know everything.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton
    tags: wisdom
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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: heart, importance, inspiration, secret, the-little-prince
    9970 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
    tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism
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    George Eliot
    “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown
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  • #23
    Oscar Wilde
    “You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
    ― oscar wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Rick Riordan
    “If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
    tags: inspirational, life, meaning
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson
    tags: day, inspirational, judge, plant, reap, seed, seeds, sow
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  • #26
    Albert Einstein
    “You never fail until you stop trying.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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  • #27
    Kazuo Ishiguro
    “There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.”
    ― Kazuo Ishiguro
    tags: inspirational, missed-chances
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  • #28
    Markus Zusak
    “Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”
    ― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
    tags: hope, inspirational, life, philosophy
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  • #29
    Paulo Coelho
    “No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: inspirational
    3463 likes

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  • #30
    Dalai Lama XIV
    “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: inspirational
    3203 likes



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