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    John Steinbeck
    “You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
    ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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    John Steinbeck
    “Regarding "thou mayest":
    And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.”
    ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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    John Steinbeck
    “This is not theology. I have no bent towards gods. But i have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest.”
    ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    George Carlin
    “The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”
    ― George Carlin
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    George Carlin
    “Some people see things that are and ask, Why?
    Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?
    Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: dreams, humor
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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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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Bil Keane
    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
    ― Bill Keane
    tags: attributed-no-source, hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: hope, inspirational, love
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: food, happiness
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage
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    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
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    A.A. Milne
    “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
    "Pooh!" he whispered.
    "Yes, Piglet?"
    "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
    ― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
    tags: friendship, piglet, pooh, reassurance
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    “If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
    ― Carter Crocker
    tags: confidence
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    “How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
    ― Evans G. Valens, The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont
    tags: misattributed-to-a-a-milne
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    A.A. Milne
    “Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
    ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
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    Groucho Marx
    “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Groucho Marx
    “Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
    ― Ernest Benn
    tags: misattributed-groucho-marx, politics, problems
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    Groucho Marx
    “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: humor
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    Groucho Marx
    “Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: carpe-diem, happiness, live-in-the-moment, self-determination
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    Groucho Marx
    “I must admit, I was born at an early age. ”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: money
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    Groucho Marx
    “Policeman: "A hermit eh? Then why's your table set for four?"

    Groucho: "That's nothing. My alarm clock is set for eight.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: gibe, insult
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    Groucho Marx
    “Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: absurd
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