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#1

“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies. Men looked at her and wanted to fill her up with babies right away.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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#2

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

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#3

“Nobody was hurt, thank God, because both drivers were wearing seat belts. Thank God, thank God.”
― vonnegut

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#4

“Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.”
― Dorothea Brande

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#5

“It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.”
― Gore Vidal

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#6

“Half the ideas in this book are probably wrong.”
― Matt Ridley, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

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#7

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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#8

“The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

tags: learning, practicing, training

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#9

“A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.”
― Irene Hannon

tags: inspirational

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#10

“I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

tags: charles-bukowski, injustice

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#11

“It seemed better to delay thinking.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

tags: 193

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#12

“You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive?

I don't know. I'm already tired.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

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#13

“Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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#14

“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.”
― Conrad Joseph

tags: adversity, adversity-quotes, coping, face-your-fears, face-your-problems, inspirational

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#15

“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent
itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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#16

“Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.”
― William James

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#17

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
― Ansel Adams

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#18

“Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.”
― Clayton Christensen

tags: integrity, life

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#19

“It's easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.”
― Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?

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#20

“But if anyone believes that he is working harder but is being paid less than another person, it would be like transplanting cancer into this company.”
― Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?

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#21

“Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

tags: charm, first-impressions

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#22

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: humor

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#23

“Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

tags: work

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#24

“I wasn't much of a petty thief. I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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#25

“The first place smelled like work, so I took the second.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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#26

“Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

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#27

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”
― P.J. O'Rourke

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#28

“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.”
― P.J. O'Rourke

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#29

“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
― Konstantin Josef Jireček

tags: opposites, paradox

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#30

“Humans seldom have created anything of lasting value unless they were tired or hurting.”
― Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

tags: achievement

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