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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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    Stephen King
    “The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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    Stephen King
    “Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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    Veronica Roth
    “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
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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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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Suzanne Collins
    “You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
    tags: the-hunger-games
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    Suzanne Collins
    “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
    tags: peeta
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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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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    Alexander Hamilton
    “Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.”
    ― Alexander Hamilton, Writings
    tags: misattributed-to-gordon-a-eadie
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    Pauli Murray
    “In not a single one of these little campaigns was I victorious. In other words, in each case, I personally failed, but I have lived to see the thesis upon which I was operating vindicated. And what I very often say is that I’ve lived to see my lost causes found.”
    ― Pauli Murray
    tags: campaigns, civil-rights, defeat, justice, lost-cause, lost-causes, victory, vindication, women-s-rights, women-s-strength
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    Pauli Murray
    “Don’t get mad, get smart,”
    ― Pauli Murray, Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
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    Pauli Murray
    “One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.”
    ― Pauli Murray
    tags: change, hope, movements, people-power
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    Pauli Murray
    “If anyone should ask a Negro woman in America what has been her greatest achievement, her honest answer would be, ‘I survived!”
    ― Pauli Murray
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    Pauli Murray
    “And while I could not always suppress the violent thoughts that raged inside me, I would nevertheless dedicate my life to seeking alternatives to physical violence, and would wrestle continually with the problem of transforming psychicviolence into creative energy”
    ― Pauli Murray, Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
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    Pauli Murray
    “The lesson of history that all human rights are indivisible and that the failure to adhere to this principle jeopardizes the rights of all is particularly applicable here. A built-in hazard of an aggressive ethnocentric movement which disregards the interests of other disadvantaged groups is that it will become parochial and ultimately self-defeating in the face of hostile reactions, dwindling allies, and mounting frustrations...Only a broad movement for human rights can prevent the Black Revolution from becoming isolated and can insure ultimate success.”
    ― Pauli Murray
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    Pauli Murray
    “What is often called exceptional ability is nothing more than persistent endeavor.”
    ― Pauli Murray
    tags: ability, determination, hardwork, persistence
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    James Baldwin
    “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
    ― James Baldwin
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    James Baldwin
    “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
    ― James Baldwin
    tags: dissent, patriotism, protest
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    James Baldwin
    “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ”
    ― James Baldwin
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    James Baldwin
    “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
    ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
    tags: fear, hate, pain
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    James Baldwin
    “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
    ― James Baldwin
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    George Orwell
    “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: inspirational
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    Tupac Shakur
    “They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.”
    ― Tupac Shakur
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    James Baldwin
    “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
    ― James A. Baldwin
    tags: love
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    Cornel West
    “I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.”
    ― Cornel West
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  • #30
    Audre Lorde
    “Your silence will not protect you.”
    ― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
    tags: protection, silence, speech
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