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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    Anne Frank
    “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
    ― Anne Frank
    tags: humanity
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
    tags: time
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    George Carlin
    “The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: butterflies, caterpillars, humor, injustice, work
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    Albert Einstein
    “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: interest
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    Paulo Coelho
    “One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: love
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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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    Paulo Coelho
    “Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
    tags: inspirational
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: books
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    Paulo Coelho
    “Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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    H.G. Wells
    “We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
    ― H.G. Wells
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    Irving Stone
    “There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
    ― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense
    tags: books, friendship
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    Paulo Coelho
    “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: confidence, honesty
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    Pablo Neruda
    “Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.”
    ― Pablo Neruda
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.”
    ― J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: age, family
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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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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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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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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    Haruki Murakami
    “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: books, thought
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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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    Mother Teresa
    “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
    ― Mother Teresa
    tags: misattributed-to-mother-teresa, paraphrased
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    Amelia Earhart
    “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
    ― Amelia Earhart
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    Laurie Halse Anderson
    “When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
    ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
    tags: death, inspirational, voice
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    “Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart.”
    ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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