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Mark Twain Quotes: Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
         

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.


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Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
         



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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.



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Never regret anything that made you smile.



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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.



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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.



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Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.



Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.



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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.



Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.



If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

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Good luck to you, " he said, and she remembered how he had looked at her as she pinned Yah Tayyib, as if she was some kind of monster.Maybe she was.



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