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#1

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt

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#2

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

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#3

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: lies, lying, trust

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#4

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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#5

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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#6

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea

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#7

“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
― Alexandre Dumas-fils

tags: misattributed-to-einstein

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#8

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, girls, love

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#9

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: life, simile

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#10

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: humor

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#11

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: attributed, fear, inspiration

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#12

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: books

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#13

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading

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#14

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

tags: books, reading

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#15

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

tags: life

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#16

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

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#17

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

tags: forgiveness, strength, weakness

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#18

“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.”
― Phyllis Diller

tags: anger, funny, sleep

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#19

“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
― George Carlin

tags: funny, humanity, humor

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#20

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky

tags: books, censorship, illiteracy, reading

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#21

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: hell, perseverance

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#22

“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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#23

“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: divergent, fear

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#24

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories

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#25

“A fart is just your arse applauding.”
― Billy Connolly

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#26

“Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.”
― Billy Connolly, Billy Connolly's Route 66: The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip

tags: life

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#27

“Never trust people who've only got one fucking book.”
― Billy Connolly

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#28

“Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn't try it on. ”
― Billy Connolly

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#29

“If you give people a chance, they shine.”
― Billy Connolly, Billy Connolly's Route 66: The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip

tags: chance, character, life

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#30

“There is this viewpoint that if you have come from the working class you have come from nothing, whereas the middle and upper classes are something, and I don’t hold with that opinion. I think the working class is something. It is everything. They are the builders of society, and without them the whole house falls down.”
― Billy Connolly, Made in Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country

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