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“Nothing in the world is the way it ought to be. It's harsh and cruel. But that's why there's us. Champions. It doesn't matter where we come from, what we've done or suffered, or even if we make a difference. We live as though the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: champions, purpose

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“You are a living mockery of your own ideals. If not, you have set your ideals too low.”
― Charles Ludlam, Ridiculous Theatre: Scourge of Human Folly: The Essays and Opinions of Charles Ludlam

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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

tags: humor, proverb

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“The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.”
― Rachel Maddow

tags: coming-out-of-the-closet, commentary, gay, honesty, lesbian, lgbt, msnbc, political, politics, rachel-maddow, truth

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“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

tags: alanna, amusing, philosophy, tamora-pierce

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