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    Louis Pasteur
    “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
    ― Louis Pasteur
    tags: atheism, creativity
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Credit should go with the performance of duty, and not with what is very often the accident of glory.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders
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    John H. Walton
    “The most central truth to the creation account is that this world is a place for God's presence.”
    ― John H. Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (Volume 2)
    tags: christian, creation, genesis, purpose
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
    tags: lotr, war
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “The Road goes ever on and on
    Down from the door where it began.
    Now far ahead the Road has gone,
    And I must follow, if I can,
    Pursuing it with eager feet,
    Until it joins some larger way
    Where many paths and errands meet.
    And whither then? I cannot say”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: road
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
    tags: gandalf, grief
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Not all those who wander are lost.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: fantasy
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
    tags: fellowship, gamgee, hobbit, samwise, tolkien
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: achievement, adversity, easy, effort, envy, lives
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    John Jackson Miller
    “Then there is Annileen. I was tempted to call her 'the Intrepid Annileen' just now - because she seems to be able to deal with whatever horror this planet can imagine. That's what I need to become: absolutely familiar with all the dangers here. She takes them in stride. Not because she's fearless, but because she knows she has to go on, to take care of all the people in her life.”
    ― John Jackson Miller, Star Wars: Knight Errant, Vol. 3: Escape
    tags: inspirational, kenobi, star-wars
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    Ian Doescher
    “O help/ Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art/ Mine only hope.

    -Leia Organa”
    ― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
    tags: star-wars
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: humility, self-improvement
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: encouragement, gandalf
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    Philip K. Dick
    “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.”
    ― Philip K. Dick
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    Philip K. Dick
    “There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.”
    ― Philip K. Dick
    tags: dystopia, liberty, spying, surveillance, surveillance-society, technology
    574 likes

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    Harlan Ellison
    “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
    tags: ignorance, intelligence, opinions, stupidity
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    Henry Kissinger
    “Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.”
    ― Henry Kissinger, World Order
    tags: political-philosophy
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    Henry Kissinger
    “The acquisition of knowledge from books provides an experience different from the Internet. Reading is relatively time-consuming; to ease the process, style is important. Because it is not possible to read all books on a given subject, much less the totality of books, or to organize easily everything one has read, learning from books places a premium on conceptual thinking - the ability to recognize comparable data and events and project patterns into the future. And style propels the reader into a relationship with the author, or with the subject matter, by fusing substance and aesthetics.”
    ― Henry Kissinger, World Order
    tags: reading-books
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    Henry Kissinger
    “Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.”
    ― Henry Kissinger
    tags: corruption, dishonesty, politics
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    Henry Kissinger
    “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. ”
    ― Henry Kissinger
    tags: leadership
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton
    tags: faith, idealism, ideals, politics, pragmatism
    65 likes

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    G.K. Chesterton
    “The believers in miracles accept them (rightly or wrongly) because they have evidence for them. The disbelievers in miracles deny them (rightly or wrongly) because they have a doctrine against them.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history. The legend is generally made by the majority of people in the village, who are sane. The book is generally written by the one man in the village who is mad.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
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    Mark Twain
    “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    D.A. Carson
    “But if we decide contextually specific questions of synonymy on the basis of the total semantic range of each word, any synonymy in any context is virtually impossible.”
    ― D A Carson
    tags: semantics, theology
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Harry — I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!”
    And she sprinted away, up the stairs.
    “What does she understand?” said Harry distractedly, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.
    “Loads more than I do,” said Ron, shaking his head.
    “But why’s she got to go to the library?”
    “Because that’s what Hermione does,” said Ron, shrugging. “When in doubt, go to the library.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: hermione, humor, library
    1552 likes



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