Memorable Quotes

• But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Unrequited Love, Heartbreaking, Afternoon

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• You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.5, Random House

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• Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

  Tom Clancy

  Inspirational, Motivation, Eye

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• Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 17, 2013

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• I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.

  Dr. Seuss

  Eggs, Ham, Green

  Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

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• It's not how long you live, but how you live that's important. Therefore, don't make your life just livable, make it memorable.

  Tony Robbins

  Long, Important

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• Only three things are infinite. The sky in its stars, the sea in its drops of water, and the heart in its tears.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Stars, Heart, Unrequited Love

  Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). “The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857”, p.52, Harvard University Press

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• You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Positive, Art

  "Conversations with Maya Angelou". Book by Jeffrey M. Elliot, 1989.

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• You are not in business to be popular.

  Kirstie Alley

  Women, Ambition

  "Funny Ladies: The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women". Book by Bill Adler (p. 4), February 23, 2001.

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• In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

  Lauren Bacall

  Women, Party, Mean

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  No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

  Alice Walker

  Friendship, Fake Friends, Real Friends

  Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Fashion, Being Yourself, Style

  FaceBook post by Oscar de la Renta from Oct 11, 2010

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• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

  William Shakespeare

  Leadership, Courage, Lying

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 30

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• If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

  Margaret Fuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Education

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• Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

  Amelia Earhart

  Travel, Famous Inspirational, Teaching

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

  Albert Einstein

  Giving, Substance

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.457, Princeton University Press

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• If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

  Larry Adler

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

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• Brevity is the soul of wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Attitude, Communication

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

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• But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

  William Shakespeare

  Science, Light, Romeo And Juliet Love

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Unrequited love is a ridiculous state, and it makes those in it behave ridiculously.

  Cassandra Clare

  Unrequited Love, Love Is, Ridiculous

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.801, Simon and Schuster

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• I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

  Lloyd Bentsen

  Jack Kennedy, Senators, Mines

  Remark in vice-presidential debate, 5 Oct. 1988

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• Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

  Joyce Brothers

  Love, Marriage, Spiritual

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  Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

  George Eliot

  Motivational, Spiritual, Dog

  George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社

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• It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Life, Being Strong, Wisdom

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