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"Girls are not machines that you put kindness coins into until sex falls out" - Sylvia Plath

488 upvotes • Maximum_Specialist89

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"One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.” - Thomas Sowell

228 upvotes • lcornell6

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“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.” - George R.R. Martin

205 upvotes • Rare_Goat9821

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“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.” -Nelson Mandela

191 upvotes • xena_lawless

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“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” Desmond Tutu

173 upvotes • VanDriver1

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Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

172 upvotes • Angry_Melon_Tank

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“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”- Mark Twain

114 upvotes • TheMNgaurdian

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"When people go back in time in movies or books they are often afraid of doing any small thing because it might drastically change the future. Yet people in the present don't realize the small things they do will change the future in ways they can't even imagine." -/u/Reichukey

111 upvotes • xena_lawless

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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile but is morally treasonable to the American public.” - Theodore Roosevelt

104 upvotes • Fat_M96

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"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."-Denis Diderot (attributed)

98 upvotes • xena_lawless

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"Girls are not machines that you put kindness coins into until sex falls out" - Sylvia Plath	488	Maximum_Specialist89
"One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.” - Thomas Sowell	228	lcornell6
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.” - George R.R. Martin	205	Rare_Goat9821
“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.” -Nelson Mandela	191	xena_lawless
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” Desmond Tutu	173	VanDriver1
Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper	172	Angry_Melon_Tank
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”- Mark Twain	114	TheMNgaurdian
"When people go back in time in movies or books they are often afraid of doing any small thing because it might drastically change the future. Yet people in the present don't realize the small things they do will change the future in ways they can't even imagine." -/u/Reichukey	111	xena_lawless
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile but is morally treasonable to the American public.” - Theodore Roosevelt	104	Fat_M96
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."-Denis Diderot (attributed)	98	xena_lawless