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#1

“As the Dark Lord spoke when he saw the Archangel Michael descending upon him: We are in some serious shit.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

tags: comics, humor, rules-of-supervillainy, superheroes

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#2

“Hey, killing people doesn't count if they're bad! Hollywood taught us that.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

tags: comics, rules-of-supervillainy, superheroes

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#3

“All set?" Cally said when he showed up twenty minutes later.
"Yes."
"Good. Overconfidence is a strong ally. People are always surprised when you try to do things you
can't.”
― Edward W. Robertson, The Cycle of Arawn: The Complete Trilogy

tags: humor

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#4

“Between grief and nothing I will take grief.”
― William Faulkner, The Wild Palms

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#5

“Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do鈥� to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: bad-writing, fiction, good-writing, writing

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#6

“In times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head.
Marie Antoinette”
― Robert Asprin

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#7

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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#8

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious, simile

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#9

“Anything is possible if it happens.”
― Sarah Roberts, Rokula

tags: humor, inspirational, obvious

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#10

“That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.”
― P.C. Hodgell, Seeker's Mask

tags: belief, faith, truth

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#11

“The pessimist says, 鈥業t can鈥檛 get any worse!鈥� And the optimist replies, 鈥極h yes it can!”
― Madeleine Urban, Fish & Chips

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#12

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

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#13

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength

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#14

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: happiness

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#15

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: attitude, distress, mind-over-body, pain, stoicism

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#16

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: history, rome, soul, thoughts, wisdom

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#17

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: death, fear, inspirational

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#18

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: choice, happiness

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#19

“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: confidence

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#20

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: empathy, honesty, self-awareness

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#21

“What we do now echoes in eternity.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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#22

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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#23

“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: equanimity, opinion

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#24

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
― Marcus Aurelius , Meditations

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#25

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: fidelity, honesty, self-respect

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#26

“A man鈥檚 worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”
― Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations

tags: ambition

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#27

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
― Marcus Aurelius

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#28

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
― Marcus Aurelius

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#29

“The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: memory, time

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#30

“Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: change

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