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    Oscar Wilde
    “There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
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    Heinrich Heine
    “We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged”
    ― Heinrich Heine
    tags: life, philosophy, revenge, wisdom
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    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
    “When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
    ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
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    James Baldwin
    “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
    ― James Baldwin
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    James Baldwin
    “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
    ― James Baldwin
    tags: dissent, patriotism, protest
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    Toni Morrison
    “What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.”
    ― Toni Morrison
    tags: communication, inspiration, politics
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    Malcolm X
    “You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
    ― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary
    tags: philosophy, politics
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    Rick Riordan
    “Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
    tags: glory
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    Vikram Seth
    “God save us from people who mean well.”
    ― Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
    tags: god, good-intentions, humanity, religion
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    Leo Tolstoy
    “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
    tags: humanity, nothing, wisdom
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    Ralph Ellison
    “Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
    ― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
    tags: control, defeat, humanity, life
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    Margaret Mead
    “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world
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    Elie Wiesel
    “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy
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    “I know you can't live on hope alone; but without hope, life is not worth living. So you, and you and you: you got to give them hope; you got to give them hope.”
    ― Harvey Milk
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius
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    Zora Neale Hurston
    “You are alive aren't you? Well, so long as you have no grave you are covered by the sky. No limit to your possibilities. The distance to heaven is the same everywhere.”
    ― Zora Neale Hurston
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
    tags: humor, moist-von-lipwig
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: chocolate, food, humor
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    Bill Watterson
    “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
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    Tamora Pierce
    “Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones
    tags: humor, obedience
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    Dorothy Parker
    “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
    ― Dorothy Parker
    tags: god, humor, money
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    James Baldwin
    “There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
    ― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
    tags: compassion, pain, suffering
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    Victor Hugo
    “Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.”
    ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
    tags: education
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    Bill Watterson
    “I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
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    Alexandre Dumas
    “Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
    tags: knowledge, philosophy
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    Ursula K. Le Guin
    “Go to bed; tired is stupid.”
    ― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Making money is good, but there's no pockets in a shroud.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: death, humor, moist-von-lipwig, money, you-can-t-take-it-with-you
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