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Lara Abdallah

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Lara’s Quotes

“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: disillusionment, growing-up, humor

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

tags: wisdom

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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Q&A with RT Nominees for Best Love Inspired Historical for 2010 — 12 members — last activity Nov 30, 2010 10:21AM
Every Wednesday Dec 1 through Dec 22, 2010, one of the RT Nominees will chat at the Love Inspired Historical Group Discussion Boards. http://www.goodr ...more

Challenge: 50 Books — 4304 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
This group is for people who want to be challenged to read 50 books in one year. Start the challenge by creating a post with the title of your chall ...more

The Classics — 427 members — last activity Jan 20, 2015 10:42AM
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Goodreads Librarians Group — 310108 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
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