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    William S. Burroughs
    “Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.”
    ― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
    tags: cats
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    Jarod Kintz
    “I want to get the words "Courage" and "Bravery" tattooed across my back, so people could associate me with those things as they read them while they chase me.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, I Want
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    Veronica Roth
    “We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out of our world so that the good can prosper and thrive. If you also believe in those things, we welcome you.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
    tags: belief, bravery
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  • #4
    Christopher Paolini
    “It's better to ask forgiveness than permission.
    - Brom”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
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    William Arthur Ward
    “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
    ― William Arthur Ward
    tags: appreciate, appreciation, grateful, gratefulness, taken-for-granted, taking-for-granted, thankful, thankfulness
    250 likes

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  • #6
    Brené Brown
    “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”
    ― Brené Brown
    tags: entitlement, gifts-of-imperfect-parenting, gratitude, parenting, privilege
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    Melody Beattie
    “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
    ― Melody Beattie
    tags: self-reflection
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  • #8
    Walter Scott
    “Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.”
    ― Sir Walter Scott
    tags: cats, pets
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
    tags: affection, atheism, cats, dogs, food, god, pets, religion, shelter, water
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: cats, humor, women
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    Charles Dickens
    “What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
    ― Charles Dickens
    tags: cats, gifts, love
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
    tags: cats, chaos, cooperation, organization, persuasion, pets, willfullness
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  • #13
    Lewis Carroll
    “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
    'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
    'I don't much care where -' said Alice.
    'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
    '- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
    'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
    tags: choices, life-decisions
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: cats
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    P.C. Cast
    “You know how it is with cats: They don't really have owners, they have staff.”
    ― P.C. Cast, Chosen
    tags: chosen
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    Mark Twain
    “If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: animals, cats, dogs, grace, reticence
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  • #17
    George Bernard Shaw
    “Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: politics
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    Alan M. Turing
    “Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.”
    ― Alan Turing
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    Alan M. Turing
    “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”
    ― Alan Turing, Computing machinery and intelligence
    tags: distance, future, inspirational, progress, science, vision, work
    280 likes

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    Marilyn Monroe
    “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, inspirational
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  • #21
    Jodi Picoult
    “You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
    tags: imperfect, love
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    John Lennon
    “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, fear, life, love
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    Sarah Dessen
    “It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.”
    ― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: beauty, imperfections
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  • #25
    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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    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “The Bhagavad Gita--that ancient Indian Yogic text--says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
    tags: life
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  • #27
    “The moon is a loyal companion.
    It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
    Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
    ― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me
    tags: moon, spiritual
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  • #28
    “It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”
    ― Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita
    tags: holding-back, life-lessons
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    Brené Brown
    “We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.

    Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

    Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.”
    ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
    tags: affection, betrayal, blame, connection, disrespect, love, self, shame, vulnerability
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  • #30
    Criss Jami
    “To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”
    ― Criss Jami
    tags: confidence, confronting, courage, honesty, humble, humility, imperfections, naked, self-disclosure, share, strength-of-character, vulnerability, weakness
    1245 likes



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