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    Paulo Coelho
    “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “Never memorize something that you can look up.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor, science
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Albert Einstein
    “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, imagination
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    C.E.M. Joad
    “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
    ― C.E.M. Joad
    tags: creativity, humor, misattributed-to-einstein, paraphrased
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    Albert Einstein
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, simile
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    Albert Einstein
    “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor
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    Albert Einstein
    “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, respect
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    Albert Einstein
    “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Laurence J. Peter
    “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
    ― Laurence J. Peter
    tags: misattributed-einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “You never fail until you stop trying.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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  • #13
    Albert Einstein
    “The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: force, peace
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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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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
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    Charles J. Sykes
    “Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”
    ― Charles J. Sykes, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add
    tags: humor, misattributed-to-bill-gates, nerd, nerds, work
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: chocolate, food, humor
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Terry Goodkind
    “People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
    tags: public-opinion, willful-ignorance, wizard-s-rules
    1168 likes

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    Terry Goodkind
    “If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.”
    ― Terry Goodkind
    tags: adversity, sword, truth
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  • #26
    Terry Goodkind
    “I am who I am; no more, no less.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
    tags: inspirational, self-awareness, self-realization
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    Terry Goodkind
    “Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
    tags: kahlan
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    Terry Goodkind
    “Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
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    Terry Goodkind
    “The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears
    tags: wizard-s-rules
    231 likes

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  • #30
    Terry Goodkind
    “Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.”
    ― Terry Goodkind
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