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    Jean Sasson
    “Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.”
    ― Jean Sasson
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    Jean Sasson
    “How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.”
    ― Jean P. Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters
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    Philip Pullman
    “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
    ― Philip Pullman
    tags: books, needs, stories, storytelling, writing
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
    tags: humbert-humbert, love
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    Paulo Coelho
    “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: inspirational
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    William Shakespeare
    “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
    ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    tags: love
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    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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    Jean Sasson
    “(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadness)”
    ― Jean Sasson
    tags: for-the-love-of-a-son
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    Jean Sasson
    “You go first.
    Go through the door before me.
    Enter the limousine while I wait by your side.
    Enter the shops while I stand behind, guarding your back.
    Sit at the table before me.
    Please, sample the tastiest morsels while I sit quietly.
    My desire is that you go first, in every occasion of earthly life.
    Only once will I go before you,
    And that will be at my last moment.
    For when death claims us, you must go last.
    Because I can't live one second without you.”
    ― Jean Sasson
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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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    Henry David Thoreau
    “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
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    Mignon McLaughlin
    “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times -- always with the same person.”
    ― Mignon McLaughlin
    tags: inspirational
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    Mark Twain
    “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: morals
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: conscience, good-and-evil, humanity, native-americans, self-determination
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    Jean Sasson
    “I've often observed that women can be the weakest link in women's rights.”
    ― Jean Sasson
    tags: rights, weak-link, women
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    George Eliot
    “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown
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    Albert Camus
    “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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    Henry Ward Beecher
    “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
    ― Henry Ward Beecherr
    tags: books, humor
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    Jeanette Winterson
    “Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
    ― Jeanette Winterson
    tags: books, obsession
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: appearances, power
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: entitlement, government
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: accomplishment, achievement, challenge
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: humor, inspirational, politics, slander, wisdom
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: humor, politics
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: inspirational, love
    160 likes



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