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    Bil Keane
    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
    ― Bill Keane
    tags: attributed-no-source, hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed
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    George Orwell
    “Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
    ― George Orwell
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    “Discover how to visit the past and bring yesterday's stories into our lives today”
    ― Gillian Hovell, 'Visiting the Past'
    tags: archaeology, britain, bronze-age, dark-ages, history, hovell, iron-age, medieval, roman, stone-age
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    “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ”
    ― Joss Whedon
    tags: writing
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    R.S. Guthrie
    “Perserverance: Outlasting the most rash, pessimistic, cowardly naysayers; those first in line to deny us the dreams never tried. Ourselves.”
    ― R. S. Guthrie
    tags: motivation
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    Cassandra Clare
    “As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes
    tags: coffee, humor, optimism, solace
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    William Wordsworth
    “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
    ― William Wordsworth
    tags: on-writing, writing, writing-from-the-heart
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    Harry Crews
    “There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.”
    ― Harry Crews
    tags: inspirational-quotes
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    Maya Angelou
    “I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: bravery, courage
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    Isabel Allende
    “Write what should not be forgotten.”
    ― Isabel Allende
    tags: forgotten, on-writing, writing, writing-advice
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    Sarah Dessen
    “Don't think or judge, just listen.”
    ― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
    tags: inspirational-quotes
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    Ayn Rand
    “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
    ― Ayn Rand
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    André Aciman
    “Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between.”
    ― André Aciman
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    Tom Wolfe
    “You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.”
    ― Tom Wolfe
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    Emily Dickinson
    “We turn not older with years but newer every day.”
    ― Emily Dickinson
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    D.H. Lawrence
    “Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't.”
    ― D.H. Lawrence
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    Danail Hristov
    “Every being, created by God and unspoiled by man, is perfect, strictly defined and autonomous, entirely complete and at the same time with a built-in ability to grow and develop. This is the essence of its dignity and holiness. It is not an embodiment of God’s immense Personality, but only one of the realisations of His perfection.”
    ― Danail Hristov, The End of the Jesus Era
    tags: being, creation, creationism, creature, development, dignity, evolution, god, holiness, inspirational, life, life-lessons, living-creature, nature, perfection, personality, philosophy, realisation, truth, wisdom
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    Danail Hristov
    “God existed before every religion; He exists in spite of all religions.”
    ― Danail Hristov, The End of the Jesus Era
    tags: faith, god, inspiration, truth, wisdom
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    Elsan H. Stafford
    “If you never quit, you're never beaten.”
    ― Elsan H. Stafford
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “Nothing ventured, nothing gained!!!”
    ― Ben Franklin
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