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    A.S. King
    “The world is full of assholes. What are you doing to make sure you're not one of them?”
    ― A.S. King, Everybody Sees the Ants
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    A.S. King
    “Isn't it funny how we live inside the lies we believe?”
    ― A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
    tags: lies
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    A.S. King
    “I'm sorry, but I don't get it. If we're supposed to ignore everything that's wrong with our lives, then I can't see how we'll ever make things right.”
    ― A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
    tags: inspirational-attitude
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    A.S. King
    “My toaster could have a soul,and the walnut grove to the east of my house could be just a bunch of trees or could be made from the atoms of Elvis or Mussolini.Why not?”
    ― A.S. King, The Dust of 100 Dogs
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Pearl S. Buck
    “Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
    ― Pearl S. Buck
    tags: contentment
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: appreciation, awe, beauty, life, optimism, positivity, sense-of-wonder, stars
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: happiness
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    John Hersey
    “Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.”
    ― John Hersey, Hiroshima
    tags: doctor, money, physician, wealth
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    John Hersey
    “There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books.”
    ― John Hersey, Hiroshima
    tags: bombing, books, death, hiroshima, japan, ways-to-die, world-war-ii, wwii
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    John Hersey
    “Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.”
    ― John Hersey
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    “One world
    Now and forever
    Best friends... best friends, loyal and true
    One dream... one dream
    Side by side
    There's nothing we can't do
    One hand... one hand helping the other
    Each heart... each heart fitting as one
    We live... we live, always together
    Sharing the same bright sun...
    ”
    ― Pokemon
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    Gaston Leroux
    “If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
    ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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    Gaston Leroux
    “Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.”
    ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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    Gaston Leroux
    “All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)”
    ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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    Pliny the Elder
    “In wine, there's truth.”
    ― Pliny the Elder, Pliny: Natural History IV
    tags: truth, wine
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    Pliny the Elder
    “True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.”
    ― Pliny the Elder
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  • #23
    Cressida Cowell
    “Twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death”
    ― Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon
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    Cressida Cowell
    “There's no such thing as im-POSSIBLE, Hiccup, only im-PROBABLE. The only thing that limits us are the limits to our imagination”
    ― Cressida Cowell, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
    tags: inspirational
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    Cressida Cowell
    “Thank you for nothing, you stupid reptile.”
    ― Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon
    tags: hiccup, how-to-train-your-dragon-movie, httyd, toothless
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    Esther M. Friesner
    “Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.”
    ― Esther Friesner, Nobody's Princess
    tags: greek-gods
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    Esther M. Friesner
    “If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”
    ― Esther M. Friesner, My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
    tags: elitism, irony, politics
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    Esther M. Friesner
    “The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.”
    ― Esther Friesner, Nobody's Princess
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  • #29
    Jane Austen
    “If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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  • #30
    Sudenly a gothic old man flu in on his broomstick. He had lung black hair
    “Sudenly a gothic old man flu in on his broomstick. He had lung black hair and a looong black bread. He wus werring a blak robe dat sed 'avril lavigne' on da back. He shotted a spel and Vlodemort ran away. It was...DUMBLYDORE!”
    ― Tara Gilesbie, My Immortal
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