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    Ronald Reagan
    “Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive”
    ― Ronald Reagan
    tags: admitting-faults, church, government, governments, religion
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    Carl Sagan
    “Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
    ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    tags: metaphysics, philosophy, science, sense-of-wonder, spirituality
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    Carl Sagan
    “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
    ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    tags: cosmology, delusion, knowledge, religion, science, truth, understanding
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    George Orwell
    “Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
    ― George Orwell, Why I Write
    tags: writing
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    Carl Sagan
    “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
    ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    tags: aristocracy, capitalism, corruption, government, history, oppression, power, rationalization, society
    1785 likes

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    Gertrude Stein
    “You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle. ”
    ― Gertrude Stein
    tags: integrity
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    Gertrude Stein
    “It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
    ― Gertrude Stein
    tags: genius, humor
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    Zsa Zsa Gabor
    “Macho does not prove mucho.”
    ― Zsa Zsa Gabor
    tags: humor, men
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    Zsa Zsa Gabor
    “Diamonds are a girl's best friend and dogs are a man's best friend. Now you know which sex has more sense.”
    ― Zsa Zsa Gabor
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    Bob Marley
    “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: friendship
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    Bob Marley
    “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
    ― Bob Marley
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    Bob Marley
    “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: inspirational-life
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    Tom Brokaw
    “It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”
    ― Tom Brokaw
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    Tom Brokaw
    “In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. ”
    ― Tom Brokaw
    tags: passions, relationships
    111 likes

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    Chris Rock
    “Only dumb people try to impress smart people. Smart people just do what they do.”
    ― Chris Rock
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    Chris Rock
    “Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.”
    ― Chris Rock
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    Thomas More
    “One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.”
    ― Thomas More, Selected Writings
    tags: eduction, schools, wisdom
    115 likes

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    Thomas More
    “Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.”
    ― Thomas More, Utopia
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    Thomas More
    “Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.”
    ― Sir Thomas More, Utopia
    tags: compassion, good-nature, heart, kindness, mankind
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    Thomas More
    “It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.”
    ― Thomas More
    tags: utopia
    73 likes

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    Thomas More
    “Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.”
    ― Thomas More, Utopia
    tags: philosophy, politics, public-office
    69 likes

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    Charles Dickens
    “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
    ― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
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    Charles Dickens
    “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
    ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
    tags: crying, heartfelt, shame, sorrow, tears
    2982 likes

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  • #24
    “Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.”
    ― Eddie Izzard
    tags: dyslexia, humor, scrabble
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  • #25
    “They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.”
    ― Eddie Izzard
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    Thomas Moore
    “And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers
    Is always the first to be touched by the thorns.”
    ― Thomas Moore
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    Carole King
    “Being alone gave me a chance to process what my senses took in without having to factor in other people’s opinions.”
    ― Carole King, A Natural Woman: A Memoir
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    Carole King
    “Performing wasn’t something to fear; it was a merely a larger circle of collaboration. The more I communicated my joy to the audience, the more joy they communicated back to me.”
    ― Carole King, A Natural Woman: A Memoir
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    Alice Walker
    “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
    ― Alice Walker
    tags: acceptance, friendship
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  • #30
    The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have
    “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
    ― Alice Walker
    tags: inspirational
    3685 likes



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