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Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words tags: be-yourself , inspirational
12987 people liked it like “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: fantasy
12936 people liked it like “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson tags: humor
12691 people liked it like “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche tags: friendship , lack-of-friendship , lack-of-love , love
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

tags: choices
10734 people liked it like “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson tags: life
10643 people liked it like “Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain tags: books , friends , friendship , life
10596 people liked it like “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational
10579 people liked it
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Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: The Kindly Ones tags: love
9806 people liked it like “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein tags: imagination
9682 people liked it like “Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”
― Charles J. Sykes, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add tags: humor , work
9642 people liked it like “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go! tags: inspirational
9544 people liked it like “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu tags: courage , deeply-loved , love , strength
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