I think of reading as like a medicine cabinet. – Sandra Cisneros

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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

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I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don’t respect. – Sandra Cisneros

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Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an intelligent person in this world." ―Swami Vivekananda

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. — Maya Angelou

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You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

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I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. -Bruce Lee

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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash. — Bill Nye

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Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

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Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself -- Rumi

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