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• Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Summer, Baby, Hipster

  "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine". Book by Kurt Vonnegut, 1965.

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• The biggest lesson I’ve learned is, “It’s okay.” It’s okay for me to be kind to myself. It’s okay to be wrong. It’s okay to get mad. It’s ok to be flawed. It’s okay to be happy. It’s okay to move on.

  Hayley Williams

  Moving, Mad, Lessons

  "Paramore’s Hayley Williams". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Within each of us there is the heart of a lion, the courage to simply be who & what we are regardless of others opinions or our own fears. Sometimes this courage has been buried beneath years of shaming that may have been so implicit or insidious that we breathed it in, unaware of how it separated us from knowing our own beauty of being. May we each know our own beauty & right to be today. May we drop down into the heart of the lion within & say to shame, when it rears it's head, "Not today!"

  Oriah Dreamer

  Inspirational, Heart, Others Opinions

  FaceBook post by Oriah Mountain Dreamer from May 07, 2013

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• For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.

  Geneen Roth

  Love, Inspirational, Change

  FaceBook post by Geneen Roth from Apr 24, 2014

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• Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Believe, Buddhism

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• Be kind to people whether they deserve your kindness or not. If your kindness reaches the deserving good for you if your kindness reaches the undeserving take joy in your compassion.

  James Fadiman

  Kindness, Compassion, People

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• God damn it, you've got to be kind.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Compassion, God Bless You, Damn

  Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.10, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I have really strong feelings about sex scenes in movies. I care a lot about sexuality and how it's depicted in mainstream media, period, but what I know is movies, and what I find is that they tend to be kind of one-note.

  Desiree Akhavan

  Strong, Sex, Media

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Be kind to people who are different from you.

  Albert Einstein

  People, Different, Kind

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• I have a friend who says that reviewers are the tickbirds of the literary rhinoceros-but he is being kind. Tickbirds perform a valuable service to the rhino and the rhino hardly notices the birds.

  John Irving

  Rhinos, Bird, Valuable

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• Luckily, I remembered something Malcolm Cowley had taught us at Stanford - perhaps the most important lesson a writing class (not a writer, understand, but a class) can ever learn. 'Be gentle with one another's efforts,' he often admonished us. 'Be kind and considerate with your criticism. Always remember that it's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.'

  Ken Kesey

  Book, Writing, Taught Us

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• It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.

  Sophia Amoruso

  Honest, Changing Your Life, Secure

  Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.155, Penguin

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• Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

  Dan Buettner

  Vegetables, People, Positive Outlook

  Dan Buettner (2012). “The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest”, p.85, National Geographic Books

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• Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

  Warsan Shire

  Integrity, People, Say Anything

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• Be good. Be kind to each other. And if there's somebody you love, tell them. The world always needs more love.

  Mira Grant

  Needs, World, Be Good

  Mira Grant (2011). “Deadline: The Newsflesh Trilogy:”, p.59, Hachette UK

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• Think for yourself, and believe in yourself. Keep your skeptical antennae tuned in and in good working order at all times. We are free to develop our own hypotheses, which should be based in available evidence. When it comes to faith, have faith in yourself. And don't forget to love, laugh, be kind to each other. Don't take things so seriously, especially yourself. If the universe is a cosmic joke, remember to giggle. And remember to be astonished.

  Dennis McKenna

  Believe, Thinking, Order

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• The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting - but resist falling into that trap. The world needs you at the party starting real conversations, saying, 'I don't know,' and being kind.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Real, Smart, Party

  "Screenwriters' Lecture: Charlie Kaufman". BAFTA Lecture, www.bafta.org. September 30, 2011.

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• If you were arrested for being kind to yourself..would there be enough evidence to convict you?

  Peter McWilliams

  Enough, Evidence, Arrested

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph. Until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety - it's the job.

  Roddy Doyle

  Jobs, Writing, Space

  "Roddy Doyle's rules for writers". Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.

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• And whenever you feel that essence in another, you also feel it in yourself.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Animal, Essence, Feels

  Eckhart Tolle (2013). “Guardians of Being: Spiritual Teachings from Our Dogs and Cats”, p.102, New World Library

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• Because dogs and cats still live in the original state of connectedness with Being, they can help us regain it. When we do so, however, that original state deepens and turns into awareness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Dog, Cat, Animal

  Eckhart Tolle (2013). “Guardians of Being: Spiritual Teachings from Our Dogs and Cats”, p.92, New World Library

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• A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another

  Rumi

  Friendship, Kindness, Giving

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• For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual about how to get it all right. We are ultimately a product of our biology and environment. Consequently, I choose to be compassionate with others when I consider how much painful emotional baggage we are biologically programmed to carry around. I recognize that mistakes will be made, but this does not mean that I need to either victimize myself or take your actions and mistakes personally. Your stuff is your stuff, and my stuff is my stuff.

  Jill Bolte Taylor

  Mistake, Mean, Emotional

  Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.156, Penguin

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• Being vegan is not just a matter of being 'kind' to animals.  First and foremost, it is a matter of being just and observing our moral obligation to not treat other sentient beings as things.

  Gary L. Francione

  Animal, Matter, Firsts

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• The will of a wealthy New York woman, in addition to distributing her worldly goods to her children, left them the following advice: Love one another. Hold fast to that whether you understand one another or not, and remember nothing really matters except being kind to one another in the name of Christ and to all the world as far as you can reach.

  James Keller

  Love, New York, Children

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