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• Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass. Lottery numbers.

  David Foster Wallace

  Believe, People, Giving

  David Foster Wallace (2011). “Infinite Jest”, p.147, Hachette UK

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• Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and more qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I can't tell you how hard that is. But if you've imprinted your values on the people around you, you can dare to trust them to make the right moves.

  Howard Schultz

  Letting Go, Moving, People

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• The rich does not work for money, but money work for them...., While the poor work for money.Illiteracy, both in word and numbers, is the foundation of financial struggle....,Wealth is a person's ability to survive so many number of days forward... or if i stopped working today, how could i survive?...,Wealth is the measure of cash flow from to asset column compared with the expense column.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Struggle, Cash Flow, Foundation

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• But I don't care what Megan Fox or Jessica Biel say: There are definite advantages to being the hottest girl on the planet. Number one was that I got paid for it. A lot.

  Meg Cabot

  Girl, Care, Foxes

  Meg Cabot (2010). “Airhead Book 3: Runaway”, p.73, Scholastic Inc.

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• One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could stare at the stars for hours, their infinite number and depth pulling me into a part of myself that I ignored during the day.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Stars, Depth, Brilliant

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.

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• There is supercomputer somewhere in the Nevada desert whose sole function is to count the number of times that I have said the following, because it is unquantifiable by human minds at this point, but this time it’s really true: I should have stayed home.

  David Rakoff

  Regret, Home, Should Have

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• The favorite game of temperamental people is Try to Guess Why I’m Ticked Off. (Contestant number one, Why do YOU think he’s pissed off? Why, I’m not sure, Bob, but I’m going to go with ‘Because I Left the Faucet Dripping.’ BEEP. I’m sorry, that’s incorrect. The correct answer is: ‘Because You Happen to Exist.’)

  Deb Caletti

  Sorry, Thinking, Games

  Deb Caletti (2013). “Love Is All You Need: Wild Roses; The Nature of Jade”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.

  B. F. Skinner

  Intelligent, Men, Trying

  B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.81, Hackett Publishing

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• Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else... 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins. Oh, here and there an individual prevails for a while and gets what he wants. Sometimes he storms the culture of a society and changes it to his own advantage. But society wins in the long run, for it has the advantage of numbers and of age.

  B. F. Skinner

  Running, Powerful, Winning

  B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.95, Hackett Publishing

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• In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her: the novels. She had read any number of them, from Fielding to Thomas Mann. They not only offered the possibility of an imaginary escape from a life she found unsatisfying; they also had a meaning for her as physical objects: she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane from the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.

  Milan Kundera

  Book, Eye, Brotherhood

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• The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of stories, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.

  Sylvia Plath

  Jumping, Stories, Alive

  sylvia plath (1971). “the bell jar”

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• The night sky lies so sprent with stars that there is scarcely space of black at all and they fall all night in bitter arcs and it is so that their numbers are no less.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Stars, Lying, Fall

  Cormac McCarthy (2015). “Blood Meridian: Picador Classic”, p.16, Pan Macmillan

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• We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Reality, Reason, Good Things

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• There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.

  Eric Greitens

  Done, Definitions, Never Quit

  Eric Greitens (2011). “The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

  Richard J. Foster

  Intelligent, People, Needs

  Richard J. Foster (2009). “Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America - and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simply can't turn their heads away from an injustice when they see one taking place.

  Michael Moore

  America, Trying, Injustice

  "Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life". Book by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• The two of you together are a menace,” Penelope remarked. “My aim in life,” Lady Danbury announced, “is to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible, so I shall take that as the highest of compliments, Mrs. Bridgerton.” “Why is it,” Penelope wondered, “that you only call me Mrs. Bridgerton when you are opining in a grand fashion?” “Sounds better that way,” Lady D said, punctuating her remark with a loud thump of her cane.

  Julia Quinn

  Fashion, Two, People

  Julia Quinn (2009). “It's In His Kiss”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• One of the worst things about breaking the law is that it puts one at odds with an indeterminate number of other people. This is among the many corrosive effects of having unjust laws: They tempt peaceful and (otherwise) honest people to lie so as to avoid being punished for behavior that is ethically blameless.

  Sam Harris

  Lying, Odds, Law

  Sam Harris (2013). “Lying”, p.33, Four Elephants Press

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• The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.

  Steve Harvey

  Country, Causes, Fear Of Failure

  "Brutal Weather in Much of the Country; Major Tax/Unemployment Vote Expected this Week; Holbrooke Still in Critical Condition; Holiday Drinks Wreaking Havoc on Your Waistline; Steve Harvey on the Key to Success". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 12, 2010.

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• The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country.

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan

  Country, Rights, Function

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• It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making good and striking out part I liked. The rest would just be bonus.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Revenge, Book

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.108, Penguin

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• They're headed for some place called the Great Barrier." "A place that doesn't exist." Liv was shaking her head, checking the rotating dials on her wrist. Link pushed away his plate, still covered with food. "So let me get this straight. We're gonna go down into the Tunnels and find this moon outta time with Liv's fancy watch?" "Selenometer." Liv didn't look up from copying numbers from the dials into her red notebook.

  Kami Garcia

  Notebook, Moon, Tunnels

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• Cole," I said, "Don't lose this number.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Said, Loses

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.369, Scholastic UK

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• Gorlog's teeth!" Erak exclaimed, stunned at the numbers. "How many are there?" "Ten thousand, maybe twelve," Halt replied briefly. The Skandian let out a low whistle. "Are you sure? How can you tell?" It wasn't a sensible question, but Erak was overwhelmed by the size of the horse herd and he asked the question more for something to say than for any other reason. Halt looked at him dryly. "It's an old calvary trick," he said. "You count the legs and divide by four.

  John Flanagan

  Horse, Twelve, Teeth

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• Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me.' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be talking to myself, and I don't do that any more. I certainly don't RING myself. That's one of the first signs of madness, and if it's not, it should be.' She sighed. 'Are you finished talking nonsense?' 'I haven't talked nonsense all morning. I miss it.

  Derek Landy

  Morning, Talking, Missing

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