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    Thomas A. Edison
    “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
    ― Thomas A. Edison
    tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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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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    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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    Albert Einstein
    “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, mistakes
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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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    Mark Twain
    “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: greatness
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    Mark Twain
    “Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: age
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    Mark Twain
    “You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books-bible
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    Mark Twain
    “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor-facts
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    Mark Twain
    “Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: enlightening
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    Mark Twain
    “The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor-children
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    Mark Twain
    “When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor
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    Mark Twain
    “The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: laughter
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    Mark Twain
    “Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”
    ― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson
    tags: censorship, fallibility, humor, sin
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    Mark Twain
    “Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, rake
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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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    Mark Twain
    “There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Mark Twain
    “Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: inspirational
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: fantasy, humor, scifi
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!
    “I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: humor, mankind, people
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    Albert Einstein
    “Never memorize something that you can look up.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor, science
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    George Carlin
    “The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: funny, humanity, humor
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    Douglas Adams
    “There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

    There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: humor, philosophy
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: creation, god, humor, man
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
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    Douglas Adams
    “The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
    tags: flight, flying, hg2g, humor
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