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"The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor."

"The impossible is often merely the unimagined."

"Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic."

"If you want to have free societies, you cannot grant ideas a safe space."

"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

"Don’t waste your time or time will waste you."

"We are the spark, the fire and the flame."

"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river."

"Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

"Love is more powerful than wisdom, and both are necessary."

"Courage, dear heart."

"To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life."

"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will."

"I am always running toward something, or away."

"Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever."

"I paint flowers so they will not die."

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead."

"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs."

"You are the universe experiencing itself."

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."

"The real act of love is to see the dirt under the fingernails of the other and still love them."

"I vibe in contradiction."

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

"I dwell in possibility."

"I write music because I need to feel what it means to be a human being."

"Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting."

"The ideas dictate everything. You have to be true to that or you're dead."

"Don’t be a salad. Be the best damn broccoli you can be!"

"There's no distinction between memories, dreams, and reality anymore."

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"Madness is part of the process of genius."

"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."

"If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud."

"The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself."

"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."

"Free inquiry is not a luxury , it is a necessity."

"If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth."

"Build, don’t wait."

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."

"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

"A rational discussion is one of the most moral things we can do."

"The future belongs to the weird, the obsessed, and the aligned."

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

"Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare."

"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman."

"Don't follow the money. Follow what the lazy people ignore."

"Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions."

"The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."

"Protocols over promises."

"I am not afraid. I was born to do this."

"Everything negative , pressure, challenges , is all an opportunity for me to rise."

"We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology."

"Let’s build something people will never forget."

"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."

"When they go low, we go high."

"Getting sober remains my single greatest accomplishment... bigger than my husband, bigger than both of my children, and bigger than any work, success, failure."

"The best for the group comes when everyone in the group does what's best for himself and the group."

"Duty first, self second."

"It's not about being smart. It's about being disciplined."

"Politics is the art of getting things done."

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?"

"Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory."

"The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it."

"You have no idea how much it costs to sit still."

"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"Developers! Developers! Developers!"

"Facts don’t care about your feelings."

"Talk is cheap. Show me the code."

"You don’t know me, son!"

"Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood."

"If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed."

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

"Discipline equals freedom."

"I took an oath to serve, not to toe the party line."

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."

"The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not my gender."

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

"You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way."

"The universe rewards calculated risk and open conversation."

"How do you want to do this?"

"Screw it, let's do it."

"I am Warhol. I am Shakespeare in the flesh."

"Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction."

"I feel the need , the need for speed."

"Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room."

"I believe in kindness. Also in mischief."

"Ambition is not a dirty word."

"Product, market, timing,pick two and pray."

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

"Don't believe me? Just watch."

"The best thing is to realize you're not alone."

"You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them."

"I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny."

"I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful."

"I am what I am, and that's all that I am... and I'm enough."

"I succeeded by saying what everyone else was thinking."

"When things go wrong, don't go with them."

"Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world."

"The only revolution that can work is a personal one."

"The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana."

"That's hot."

"Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war."

"Arrogance is the armor of kings."

"If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did."

"We're not just here to take part, we're here to take over!"

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

"I’m not here to be liked. I’m here to be right."

"The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately."

"If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."

"Excellence is not a singular act but a habit."

"Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath."

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

"We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity."

"There are no disasters, only opportunities. And indeed opportunities for fresh disasters!"

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, but never how you made them feel."

"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world."

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

"Peace is every step."

"Be excellent to each other."

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness."

"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics."

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward."

"You can be strong and you can be kind."

"If not me, who? If not now, when?"

"Kindness and laughter can outlast anything."

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

"The best way to handle a problem is to sit down and talk it through."

"Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love."

"The world tells us to seek success, power, and money; God tells us to seek humility, service, and love."

"As long as you keep a childlike heart, you are young."

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."

"Real courage begins after ‘cut.’"

"Home is the nicest word there is."

"A woman is like a teabag , you never know how strong she is until she's in hot water."

"Tomorrow will be a good day."

"Animals are such agreeable friends , they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."

"There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents."

"Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you don't see."

"You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious."

"You like me! Right now, you like me!"