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“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
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“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
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“Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.”
Source : "I Hate the News" by Aaron Swartz, www.aaronsw.com. October 20, 2006. 
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“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.”
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“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
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“I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.”
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“Kissing power is stronger than will power.”
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“Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.”
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“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes”
Source : "Beastie Boys: 'We can't make new music' and may never play live again" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2014.
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“Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.”
