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“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” ―
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
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tags: action, change, inspirational, philosophy, wish
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead Walk beside me… just be my friend” ―
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
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“Friendship .. is born at the moment when one man says to another 'What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
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“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
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tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
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tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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tags: advertising, apple, change, commercial, computers, different, madness, misattributed-apple, misattributed-steve-jobs, misfits, nonconformity, progressive, rebels, status-quo, think-different, troublemakers
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
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tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
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tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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A quotation is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed by citation to its original source, and it is indicated by (punctuated with) quotation marks.
A quotation can also refer to the repeated use of units of any other form of expression, especially parts of artistic works: elements of a painting, scenes from a movie or sections from a musical composition.
Reasons for using quotations[edit]
Quotations are used for a variety of reasons: to illuminate the meaning or to support the arguments of the work in which it is being quoted, to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively), to pay homage to the original work or author, to make the user of the quotation seem well-read, and/or to comply with copyright law.[1] Quotations are also commonly printed as a means of inspiration and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader. Pragmatically speaking, quotations can also be used as language games (in the Wittgensteinian sense of the term) to manipulate social order and the structure of society.[2][3]
Common quotation sources[edit]
Famous quotations are frequently collected in books that are sometimes called quotation dictionaries or treasuries. Of these, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, The Yale Book of Quotations and The Macmillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases are considered among the most reliable and comprehensive sources. Diaries and calendars often include quotations for entertainment or inspirational purposes, and small, dedicated sections in newspapers and weekly magazines—with recent quotations by leading personalities on current topics—have also become commonplace.
Quotations and the Internet[edit]
Chiefly a text medium in the beginning, the World Wide Web gave rise to any number of personal quotation collections that continue to flourish, even though very few of them seem to facilitate accurate information or correct citation.[citation needed]
The increase of written means of informal communication brought about by the Internet has produced the practice of using quotations as personal flags, as in one's own signature block. This is most commonly seen in email messages and Usenet posts, while it is almost never seen in blog posts. Quotations are also popular as a user's personal message, a line under the user's nickname in some Instant Messaging clients (and here they often go uncited). In all these cases, quotations are usually included to give a glimpse of the user's personality, to make a statement of their beliefs, or to spread views and ideas.
The sheer bulk of online quotations, combined with more efficient search engines, has effectively made the Internet the world's quotation storehouse, encompassing an unprecedented number of easily obtainable quotations. Though matters of accuracy still remain, features such as Amazon.com's Search Inside the Book and Google Book Search may serve to alleviate such concerns.
United Kingdom copyright law[edit]
Section 30(1) of the United KingdomCopyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (apparently in transposition of Article 5(3)(d) of the EU Copyright Directive on quotations) allows fair dealing with a copyrighted work for the purpose of criticism or review, provided that it is accompanied by sufficient acknowledgement.
Misquotations[edit]
Many quotations are routinely incorrect or attributed to the wrong authors, and quotations from obscure or unknown writers are often attributed to far more famous writers. Examples of this are Winston Churchill, to whom many political quotations of uncertain origin are attributed, and Oscar Wilde, to whom anonymous humorous quotations are sometimes attributed.[4]
The Star Trek catchphrase 'Beam me up, Scotty' did not appear in that form in the original series. Other misquotations include 'Just the facts, ma'am' (attributed to Jack Webb's character of Joe Friday on Dragnet), 'Elementary, my dear Watson' (attributed to Sherlock Holmes), 'Luke, I am your father' (attributed to Darth Vader in Star Wars), 'Play it again, Sam' (attributed to Ilsa in Casablanca), 'Do you feel lucky, punk?' (attributed to Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry) and 'We don't need no stinkin' badges!' (attributed to Gold Hat in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre). [5][6][7][8]
The Dirty Harry quotation 'Do you feel lucky, punk?' is a rewording of the original dialogue: 'You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?' Humphrey Bogart's character Rick in Casablanca never said 'Play it again, Sam.' The actual expression is 'Play it, Sam.' Mae West did not say 'Why don't you come up sometime and see me?' in She Done Him Wrong, but rather 'Why don't you come up and see me sometime?'
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“The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.” ―
“Did you know that 'I told you so' has a brother,Jacob?' she asked cutting me off. 'His name is 'Shut the hell up'.” ―
“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.” ―
“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.” ―
“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”
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“[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.' (The Record Lie)” ―
“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”
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“You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one 'yes' from God.”
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“I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything I am.”
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“She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left regret beneath the earth she walked on.”
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“To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.”
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“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.” ―
“You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.”
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“People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.”
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“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be” ―
“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”
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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” ―
“Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be.”
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“Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.”
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“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.”
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“A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.”
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“Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.”
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“Sometimes the most beautiful people are beautifully broken.”
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“It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.”
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“Your inner strength is your outer foundation”
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“It is beautiful, it is endless, it is full and yet seems empty. It hurts us.”
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“A tamed woman will never leave her mark in the world.”
― How To Put A Quote In A Quote
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