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  • #1
    Jimmy Buffett
    “I know a girl made of memories and phrases, lives her whole life in chapters and phases...”
    ― Jimmy Buffett
    tags: me
    88 likes

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    Erich Segal
    “Love means never having to say you're sorry.”
    ― Erich Segal, Love Story
    tags: drama, romantic
    477 likes

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  • #3
    Alysha Speer
    “Only write a story that only you can write. ”
    ― Alysha Speer
    tags: book, me, person, story, write, writing, you
    48 likes

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  • #4
    “I had no business inviting other people’s emotions into my life when I had no idea what to do with my own.”
    ― Gwen Hayes, So Over You
    29 likes

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  • #5
    Sylvia Plath
    “I talk to God but the sky is empty.”
    ― Sylvia Plath
    tags: doubt, faith, god, prayer
    2484 likes

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  • #6
    Dan Sullivan
    “Always make your future bigger than your past.”
    ― Dan Sullivan, The Quotable Dan Sullivan
    tags: entrepreneurship, inspirational, motivational
    32 likes

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  • #7
    Desmond Tutu
    “Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."

    [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
    ― Desmond Tutu
    tags: argument, debate, discussion, persuasion, shouting
    557 likes

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  • #8
    Voltaire
    “It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: argument, belief, monster, opinion, philosophy
    329 likes

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  • #9
    Ben Goldacre
    “You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.”
    ― Ben Goldacre, Bad Science
    tags: argument, faith, persuasion, science
    303 likes

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  • #10
    Criss Jami
    “I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: argument, correct, debate, knowledge, pretend, right, speech, winning
    194 likes

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  • #11
    Criss Jami
    “The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    1108 likes

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  • #12
    Woodrow Phoenix
    “A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38)”
    ― Woodrow Phoenix, Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World
    tags: branding, design, graphic-design, logos, toy-design, toys
    4 likes

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  • #13
    Dr. Seuss
    “How did it get so late so soon?”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: afternoon, december, flewn, june, late, night, soon, time
    4192 likes

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  • #14
    Oprah Winfrey
    “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
    ― Oprah Winfrey
    tags: appreciation, contentment, dissatisfaction, life, perception, positivity, thankfulness, thanksgiving
    2735 likes

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  • #15
    Michael Bassey Johnson
    “99% of natural poets discovered their talents through love letters.”
    ― Michael Bassey Johnson
    tags: amorous, bard, beginning, lines, love, love-letter, love-letters, michael-bassey-johnson, notes, outcome, passion, poets, result, writer, writers
    14 likes

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  • #16
    “A line is like a role model, It contributes in straightening our focus.”
    ― DaVyshka
    tags: focus, line, role-model
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  • #17
    “When I make a mistake, all I need from you is correction. Some more advice won't hurt. Judge not.”
    ― DaVyshka
    tags: advice, correction, judgement, mistake
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  • #18
    Jarod Kintz
    “Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no difference in the world.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, Great Listener Seeks Mute Women
    903 likes

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  • #20
    Regina Griffin
    “Ish #153 "Artificial plants grow best in artificial light.”
    ― Regina Griffin
    tags: funny-but-true, funny-quotes, humor, humorous, tags-funny-and-random
    15 likes

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  • #21
    Bangambiki Habyarimana
    “A bishop is a man who has two shops”
    ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
    4 likes

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  • #22
    Alex Morritt
    “How many of your contemporaries - when asked the question 'Are you glad you had kids'? - invariably respond 'Yes, but..'?”
    ― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
    6 likes

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  • #23
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “Expensive clothing is a poor man’s attempt to appear prosperous.”
    ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    tags: clothes, clothing, conspicuous-consumption, expensive, image, impression, poor, prosperity, show-off
    61 likes

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  • #24
    Sheryl Sandberg
    “Done is better than perfect.”
    ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
    tags: business, career, inspirational, lean-in, self-help, women
    664 likes

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  • #25
    Michael Bassey Johnson
    “When people believe that what you believe is what they believe, they turn you into a belief.”
    ― Michael Bassey Johnson
    tags: belief, believe, believe-in-yourself, fans, honor, idol, idolatory, invention, liking, presumption, respect, totem, trust, worship
    3 likes

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  • #26
    “You actually, waste time when you cry over wasted time. Time should be a guide that helps you focus. All you should worry about is ageing with unfinished business.”
    ― DaVyshka
    tags: ageing, business, time, wasted
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  • #27
    Solange nicole
    “A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. I'm that diamond.”
    ― Solange nicole
    tags: diamond, growth, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, solange
    185 likes

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  • #28
    Tyra Banks
    “Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
    ― Tyra Banks
    tags: be-yourself, confidence, inspirational, self-expression, shine
    1113 likes

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  • #29
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “A fast car can make women 'like' a man; and a man 'like' women … fast.”
    ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    tags: cars, dating, groupies, love, marriage, materialism, materialism-versus-spiritualism, men, player, popularity, promiscuity, relationships, speed, sportscars, women
    4 likes

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  • #30
    “There is enough to enjoy.”
    ― Lailah Gifty Akita
    tags: christian, content, encouragement, enjoy, enough, faith, hope, inspiring
    1 likes

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  • #31
    “If you have life and wellbeing, it is enough to be content.”
    ― Lailah Gifty Akita
    tags: content, gratitude, inspiring, life, thankful, wellbeing
    1 likes



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