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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, The Green Hills of Earth
    tags: hanlon-s-razor, malice, stupidity
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.”
    ― Goethe
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
    tags: human-nature, malice, people, selfishness
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    Lord Byron
    “And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.”
    ― George Gordon Byron
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    “Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.”
    ― Edward Norton
    tags: edward-norton, inspirational
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    Michael Crichton
    “It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.”
    ― Michael Crichton
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    Cory Doctorow
    “Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.”
    ― Cory Doctorow, Little Brother
    tags: boredom, determination, hackers
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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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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    Mark Twain
    “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: attributed-no-source, education
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    It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
    “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
    ― E.E. Cummings
    tags: attributed-no-source, courage
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    D.H. Lawrence
    “A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
    ― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
    tags: life, living, philosophy, women
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    “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
    ― Nicholas Klein
    tags: conflict, fighting, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, trial
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    Albert Einstein
    “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, simplicity, understand
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    Plato
    “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
    ― Plato
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
    “Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
    ― Roald Dahl
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Whatever you are, be a good one.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: books, originality, unique
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    Robert G. Ingersoll
    “If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
    ― Robert Ingersoll
    tags: adversity, character, power
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: desperation, misattributed, tenacity
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: hope, laugh
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational, perseverance, success
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
    tags: failure, perseverance, tenacity
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    “Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.”
    ― Robert Strauss
    tags: determination, perseverance, success
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    “People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.”
    ― Luciano Pavarotti
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    Salvador Dalí
    “Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
    ― Salvador Dali
    tags: failure, fear, imperfection, mistakes, perfection, success
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    Neale Donald Walsch
    “glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday and dream of who you can be tomorrow...”
    ― neale donald walsch
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