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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• I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'

  Robin Williams

  Airports, Wife, Said

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• 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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• As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.

  Patrick Carman

  Past, There Comes A Time, Exciting

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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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  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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• 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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• 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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• Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Sin, Virtue

  1603 Escalus. Measure for Measure, act 2, sc.1, l.38.

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  Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

  Lauren Bacall

  Women, Educational, Inspiration

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

  Margaret Fuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Education

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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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• We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Life, Happiness, Wisdom

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press

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• I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

  Mark Twain

  Travel, Hate, Adventure

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.1919, GENERAL PRESS

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

  Lauren Bacall

  Women, Party, Mean

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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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  Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

  Rose Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Stanley Weintraub, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John McDonald Burke, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward (1974). “Whistler”

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• To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Unrequited Love, Punishment, Desire

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• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

  Marc Ribot

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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