It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.

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"It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else."

- John Waters

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"I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in my way...I'm in a bad mood and the whole stupid little world is gonna pay!"

- John Waters

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- Beauty and the Beast

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"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

- Paulo Coelho

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"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

- Clayton M. Christensen

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"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

- Arianna Huffington

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"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

- Mark Twain

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