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    Isaac Asimov
    “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: anti-intellectualism, cult, culture, democracy, ignorance, intellectual, political, politics, united-states, willful-ignorance
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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: adults, antoine-de-saint-exupery, children, philosophy, the-little-prince
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: challenges, children, luxury
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
    tags: humor, proverb
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    Margaret Mead
    “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: children, education, judgement, mentoring, reasoning
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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.”
    ― Søren Kierkegaard
    tags: pleasure
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    George Carlin
    “If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?”
    ― George Carlin
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    Stephen King
    “Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”
    ― Stephen King, Bag of Bones
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    Ernest Cline
    “You'd be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.”
    ― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One
    tags: research
    687 likes

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    Phyllis Diller
    “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.”
    ― Phyllis Diller
    tags: children, housekeeping
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    “She's sweet on Wagner.
    I think she'd die for Beethoven.
    she loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,
    and Verdi's always creeping from her room.”
    ― Electric Light Orchestra, ELO Classics
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    “Soft silly music is meaningful, magical.”
    ― Jeff Mangum
    tags: neutral-milk-hotel, song-lyrics
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    Simone Elkeles
    “You’re dangerous,” he says.
    “Why?”
    “Because you make me believe in the impossible”
    ― Simone Elkeles, Rules of Attraction
    tags: romance
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    Elinor Glyn
    “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”
    ― Elinor Glyn
    tags: inspiration, love, romance
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    Albert Camus
    “You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”
    ― Albert Camus, The Fall
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    Julia Quinn
    “You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.”
    ― Julia Quinn
    tags: romance, writing
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    Veronica Rossi
    “Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame.”
    ― veronica rossi, Through the Ever Night
    tags: ficbookreview-s-fave, love, romance
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    P.C. Cast
    “A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'
    Quite often men are fools.”
    ― P.C. Cast, Goddess of Light
    tags: men, romance
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    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
    “Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
    ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
    tags: books, humor, reading
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    Heraclitus
    “Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
    ― Heraclitus, Fragments
    tags: fragment-52, games, heraclitus, leisure, philosophy, play, time, wisdom
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    Richard Kadrey
    “Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces.”
    ― Richard Kadrey, Kill the Dead
    tags: bullets, memories, metaphor, pain
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: hate, love
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    Carl Sagan
    “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
    ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
    tags: atoms, cosmos, dna, sense-of-wonder, stars
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    Alfred Tennyson
    “Hope
    Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
    Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
    ― Alfred Lord Tennyson
    tags: happiness, hope, inspirational, new-year
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    William Arthur Ward
    “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ”
    ― William Arthur Ward
    tags: sports
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    Elie Wiesel
    “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: deep, friendship, life, love, obsession, sharing
    3099 likes

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    Mario Puzo
    “When they come... they come at what you love.”
    ― Mario Puzo, The Godfather
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    Greg Behrendt
    “Here's something else to think about: calling when you say you're going to is the very first brick in the house you are building of love and trust. If he can't lay this one stupid brick down, you ain't never gonna have a house baby, and it's cold outside.”
    ― Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
    tags: behrendt, dating, greg, he-s-not-just-into-you, love, marriage, romance, truth
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    Greg Behrendt
    “Life is hard enough as it is without choosing someone difficult to share it with.”
    ― Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
    tags: life
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    Greg Behrendt
    “People are inspired to do remarkable things to find and be with the one they love.”
    ― Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
    tags: relationships-love
    132 likes



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