Quotes

Shannon Hale photo

“I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.”

Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist

Source: The Actor and the Housewife

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“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
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“Anger, intelligence, and wit are ultimately more seductive than zero percent body fat.”

Maria Raha (1972) American journalist

Source: Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground

Bob Hope photo

“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”

Bob Hope (1903–2003) American comedian, actor, singer and dancer
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“Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.”

Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) English poet

Remember, l. 13-14.
Source: Pre-Raphaelite Poetry: An Anthology

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“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.”

Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
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“I love round tables. They suit me so much better than a square.”

Magnus, pg. 137
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

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“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

Included in Portrait-Life of Lincoln (1910) by Francis T Miller
Posthumous attributions

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“I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!”

Variant: To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora

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“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) American author, activist, and civil rights leader. Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

As quoted in Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World‎ (2006) by Leo Parvis, p. 54

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“There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.”

George Sand (1804–1876) French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin