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Ian McKellen

Quotes By Ian McKellen

Love

What people like is honesty... My film career took off once I came out.

Ian McKellen

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Plutarch

Greek philosopher (c. 40-120)

Quotes By Plutarch

Wisdom

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch

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Celeste Ng

Quotes By Celeste Ng

Hope

After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too.

Celeste Ng

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Elizabeth Blackwell

Quotes By Elizabeth Blackwell

Motivation

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating!

Elizabeth Blackwell

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Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, and scholar (106-43 BCE)

Quotes By Cicero

Love

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Cicero

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Rumi

Persian poet and mystic (1207–1273)

Quotes By Rumi

Love

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Rumi

Motivation

Don't move the way fear makes you move.

Rumi

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George Orwell

Quotes By George Orwell

Love

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

George Orwell

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Jack Kerouac

Novelist and poet (1922-1969)

Quotes By Jack Kerouac

Love

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.

Jack Kerouac

Motivation

I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.

Jack Kerouac

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Stephen King

Author of horror novels (1947-present)

Quotes By Stephen King

Hope

Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

Stephen King

Motivation

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Stephen King

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Stefan Sagmeister

Quotes By Stefan Sagmeister

Wisdom

Everybody who is honest is interesting.

Stefan Sagmeister

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