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#1

“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: diversity, independent-thought, reading

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#2

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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#3

“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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#4

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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#5

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

tags: humor, religion

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#6

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

tags: life, love

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#7

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed

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#8

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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#9

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

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#10

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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#11

“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#12

“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
― W.C. Fields

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#13

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”
― Oscar Levant

tags: genius, humor, insanity

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#14

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

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#15

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

tags: cats, humor, life

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#16

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

tags: buddhism, metaphysics, philosophy, religion, tao, taoism, theology, zen

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#17

“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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#18

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

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#19

“He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

tags: death, humor

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#20

“This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: humor, life

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#21

“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

tags: humor

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#22

“We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

tags: death, gallows-humor, humor, laughing

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#23

“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”
― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

tags: humor, insanity, religion, war

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#24

“Real children do not go hoppity skip unless they are on drugs.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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#25

“Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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#26

“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

tags: aspiration, dream, work

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#27

“Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

tags: academia, exams, sobriety

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#28

“Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic

tags: simile

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#29

“Progress just means bad things happen faster.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

tags: education, humor, life, philosphy, truth

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#30

“Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

tags: humor

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