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Paula Puddephatt

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Paula’s Quotes

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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“Self-consciousness kills communication.”
― Rick Steves

tags: advice, communication, confidence, self-consciousness, speech, travel

302 likes

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

114461 likes

“Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.”
― Rick Steves

tags: optimism, positivity

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