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5b5fa05
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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edison
failure
inspirational
paraphrased
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Thomas A. Edison |
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8784abd
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"Do you hate people?" "I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around." --
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misanthropy
paraphrased
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Charles Bukowski |
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e7651f0
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To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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humor
paraphrased
parents
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Oscar Wilde |
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9246d9d
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You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
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paraphrased
people
play
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Richard Lingard |
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7eed105
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There's none so blind as those who will not listen.
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paraphrased
stubbornness
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Neil Gaiman |
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a03943e
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There is no God and we are his prophets.
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paraphrased
religion
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Cormac McCarthy |
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cccd81e
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"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world.
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beauty
belief
book
books
children-s-books
offense
paraphrased
philip-pullman
plot
value
wisdom
young-adult
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philip pullman |
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aaabaa9
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Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.
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paraphrased
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Terry Pratchett |
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04009a4
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Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
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paraphrased
weirdness
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Dick Francis |
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b42a012
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So many things to see, people to do.
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paraphrased
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Neil Gaiman |
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18d2c92
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All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.
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paraphrased
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Kurt Vonnegut |
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7775599
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What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.
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paraphrased
stories
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Marian Keyes |
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029ee43
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Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.
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paraphrased
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Chinua Achebe |
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4a5e6c3
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Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives.
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paraphrased
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Amy Sedaris |
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11fd0b6
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You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.
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paranormal
paraphrased
young-teen
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Cassandra Clare |
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05c2752
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It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers.
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paraphrased
simile
|
Neil Gaiman |
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efffc53
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"And then what?" "I'll burn that bridge when I cross it."
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paraphrased
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Ilona Andrews |
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f1a0399
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Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come
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paraphrased
simile
|
Mario Puzo |
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81b03f0
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Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.
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harry-dresden
paraphrased
valor
|
Jim Butcher |
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885e541
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See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.
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paraphrased
|
Terry Pratchett |
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9afaff6
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.
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paraphrased
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Julia Quinn |
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a72a512
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.
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paraphrased
tribute
|
Charles Stross |
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10c4fd9
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"I gave you all!" screeched Lear, waving a palsied claw at Regan. "And you took your bloody time giving it, too, you senile old fuck," said Regan."
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humor
king-lear
paraphrased
shakespeare
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Christopher Moore |