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    Henry David Thoreau
    “It is a great art to saunter.”
    ― Thoreau
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
    Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
    ― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
    tags: activism
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    Timothy Ferriss
    “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”
    ― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
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    Timothy Ferriss
    “Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
    ― Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
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    Timothy Ferriss
    “Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.”
    ― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
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    Timothy Ferriss
    “Life is too short to be small.”
    ― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
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    Timothy Ferriss
    “Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.”
    ― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
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    Timothy Ferriss
    “Doing the Unrealistic Is Easier Than Doing the Realistic”
    ― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
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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
    174702 likes

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    Mitch Albom
    “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    tags: death, life
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    Mitch Albom
    “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie
    tags: inspirational
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    Mitch Albom
    “Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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    Mitch Albom
    “Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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    Mitch Albom
    “Love wins, love always wins.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    tags: love
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    Mitch Albom
    “Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    530 likes

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  • #16
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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  • #17
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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  • #18
    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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  • #20
    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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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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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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  • #23
    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
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    Carol S. Dweck
    “Becoming is better than being”
    ― Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
    tags: 1960s
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    Carol S. Dweck
    “Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.”
    ― Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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    Carol S. Dweck
    “This is something I know for a fact: You have to work hardest for the things you love most.”
    ― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
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  • #27
    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, choices
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  • #28
    Albert Einstein
    “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
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  • #29
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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  • #30
    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
    34637 likes



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