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  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.

  Sam Keen

  Thinking, Shapes, Refuse

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• Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

  Alan Moore

  Life, Hero, Cheer Up

  "V for Vendetta". Comic book series by Alan Moore, 1982-1986.

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• It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Inspirational Life, Fiction

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• You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

  Eric Cantona

  Change, Football, Team

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• The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

  Alfred Adler

  Drinking, Humor, Knowing

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  The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Inspiring, Education, Wisdom

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

  William S. Burroughs

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

  William S. Burroughs (1993). “The Adding Machine: Selected Essays”, p.125, Arcade Publishing

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• Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

  Sydney J. Harris

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Freedom, Patriotic, Independent

  Adlai E. Stevenson's speech in Detroit, Michigan, October 7, 1952.

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• Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

  Immanuel Kant

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

  Don Marquis

  Witty, Art, Procrastination

  archy and mehitabel (1927) "certain maxims of archy"

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• A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Trust, Travel, Truth

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• The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

  Horace Walpole

  Life, Learning, Secret

  "The Christian Leader", Vol. 37, Issue 7, February 17, 1934.

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Horse, Crazy, Moving

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• There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

  Terence

  Life, Attitude, Positive Thinking

  "Heauton Timorumenos". Play by Terence, Act IV, scene 6, line 1 (805),

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• Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Morning, Funny Motivational, Clock

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• My favourite pudding is a toss-up between cheesecake - proper, New York cheesecake - and apple crumble and custard. Custard is very important, or dark chocolate mousse. Tea: probably Earl Grey, splash of milk.

  Tom Hiddleston

  New York, Dark, Apples

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• I've spent so much time the last seven, eight years in Los Angeles, away from my family, away from my friends, away from the city that is my favorite place to be and I just want to come here and have a proper life.

  Nicholas Lea

  Eight, Years, Cities

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Blood is drawn! I am impressed-though my hell-spawned powers will heal it! Besides... next to giving pain my favourite sport's to feel it.

  Alan Grant

  Sports, Pain, Blood

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• When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

  Evan Dando

  Years, Sick, Fans

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• When the 'Batman' TV series was taken to the silver screen, one of America's favourite sweethearts would don the mask and claws of Catwoman.

  Eartha Kitt

  Taken, America, Tvs

  "The Many Faces of Catwoman". Documentary, January 18, 2005.

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• I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you need to have boundaries. And it helps that enchantment of watching an actor. If you know someone's favourite colour or what they like to do on a Sunday, you won't fall for the character as much.

  Dianna Agron

  Fall, Character, Sunday

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