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message 1: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) | 363 comments Searching quotes for a certain one by Democritus, I found it attributed to an author who apparently used it in a book. Good for John Green to know it, but shouldn't the original creator get credit? Please fix:

"Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses."
� John Green (Looking for Alaska)


message 2: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Fixed.


message 3: by Mountie (new)

Mountie | 17 comments Hi All. This quote is attributed to Karl Marx, Communist

"‎There comes a time in your life when you have to let go of all the pointless drama and the people who create it and surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard that you forget the bad and focus solely on the good. After all life is too short to be anything but happy."

From my research it should be attributed to Karl Marx, Composer. I wasn't able to find a thumbnail for him though.


message 4: by Jackie (new)

Jackie Johnson (jrjohnson1408) | 16 comments In the list of quotes for Julius Ceasar (author) http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote... ,
there is a quotation from William Shakespeare's play "Julius Ceasar". It is the long quotation which begins with "There is a tide..."
Could someone please remove this quote. (I don't know if it is also on Shakespeare's quotes or not). Thank you.


message 5: by Melody (new)

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments done


message 6: by Jackie (new)

Jackie Johnson (jrjohnson1408) | 16 comments Melody wrote: "done"

Thanks!


message 7: by Tracey (new)

Tracey (stewartry) | 3 comments This:
“one who looks outside,dreams;who looks inside,awakens.�
Robin S. Sharma

- is not only pitifully punctuated but actually belongs to Carl Jung:

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart...
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."

Ta!


message 8: by Melody (new)

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments Got that one


message 9: by Asra (new)

Asra Ghouse (asraghouse) http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/... - Stephen King

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/... - Truman Capote

These are same quotes by two different authors. I've rechecked the quote. It was actually by Stephen King.

I tried to delete the quote by Truman Capote but, it says there are too many fans for it to be deleted.


message 10: by Gerd (new)

Gerd | 1050 comments I reassigned the Capote to King and then merged the two.


message 11: by Asra (new)

Asra Ghouse (asraghouse) Cool. Thanks :)


message 12: by Stephen (last edited Jan 15, 2012 06:04AM) (new)

Stephen (havan) | 330 comments http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/...

I'm not sure who actually said this first but I found it attributed to Alfred E. Newman. I know that it also appeared as attributed to Lou Holtz who (as a football coach) is known for all the quotes he lifts and popularizes from great minds.

So I moved it to him with an attribution.

How should these be attributed?


message 13: by willaful (new)

willaful Another John Green misattribution: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/...

He was quoting Antonietta Meo. And his characters thought the quote was utter crap, but I guess that's irrelevent. ;-)


message 14: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Fixed.


message 15: by Tammara (new)

Tammara | 4 comments These four quotes: http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

should all be attributed to this author:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

The book for all four quotes is A HIDDEN FIRE. (I tried to fix it but couldn't. Thank you so much for your help!!)


message 16: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Got it - the author was Elizabeth^^^Hunter (^=space)


message 17: by Laura (new)

Laura Burks (goodreadscomlauraburks) | 7 comments HELP! I posted quotes from my book, but only put my name instead of Laura Burks, Altered. As of now, it only looks like the quotes are from me instead of my book. I would love to know how to fix this.

Thanks!


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