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Atomic Habits

James Clear

3 quotes
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
— James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
— James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
— James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Born a Crime

Trevor Noah

2 quotes
We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.
— Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says "We're the same." A language barrier says "We're different."
— Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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Chop Wood Carry Water

Joshua Medcalf

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Everyone wants to be great, until it’s time to do what greatness requires.
— Joshua Medcalf, Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great
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Dream BIG. Start small. Be ridiculously faithful.
— Joshua Medcalf, Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great
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You fuel your heart with six things: what you watch, what you read, what you listen to, who you surround yourself with, how you talk to yourself, and what you visualize.
— Joshua Medcalf, Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great
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Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

2 quotes
It’s like some of us are chasing after our nightmares the way other people chase dreams.
— Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
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Confidence is being okay being bad, not being okay being good.
— Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

2 quotes
You’re not going to break me. You might hurt me, or kill me, but you’re not going to break me.
— Matt Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl
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If we get to the point where we don’t help each other anymore, that’s when we stop being human.
— Matt Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler CarlMatt Dinniman
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Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

3 quotes
I believe the truth is only offensive when we're lying.
— Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights
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I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy.
— Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights
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I never wrote things down to remember; I always wrote things down so I could forget.
— Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights
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Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

2 quotes
I believe in a few things. Mostly the things about not giving up hope, not giving in to darkness.
— Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
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Chemistry is change and change is the core of your belief system. Which is good because that’s what we need more of—people who refuse to accept the status quo, who aren’t afraid to take on the unacceptable.
— Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
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Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

2 quotes
Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.
— Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
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When stupid ideas work, they become genius ideas.
— Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

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You can't fix someone who is determined to stay broken.
— Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Stop Letting Everything Affect You

Daniel Chidiac

3 quotes
Stay away from people who act like a victim in the problem they’ve created.
— Daniel Chidiac, Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to Break Free from Overthinking, Emotional Chaos, and Self-Sabotage
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You don't always have to tell your side of the story... Time will.
— Daniel Chidiac, Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to Break Free from Overthinking, Emotional Chaos, and Self-Sabotage
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Maybe you’ve been walking through life carrying invisible weights, things that were never even yours to hold.
— Daniel Chidiac, Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to Break Free from Overthinking, Emotional Chaos, and Self-Sabotage
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The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

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Do you think it’s possible to ever see the past as it actually was?
— Ann Patchett, The Dutch House
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Disappointment comes from expectation.
— Ann Patchett, The Dutch House
The Dutch HouseAnn Patchett
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Thinking about the past impeded my efforts to be decent in the present.
— Ann Patchett, The Dutch House
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The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

2 quotes
If you don’t cry sometimes, you’ll end up crying all the time.
— Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club
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You can have too much choice in this world. And when everyone has too much choice, it is also much harder to get chosen. And we all want to be chosen.
— Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club
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