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William Makepeace Thackeray
“Cheerfulness means a contented spirit, a pure heart, a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and ~ charity, a generous appreciation of others, and a modest opinion of self.”
William Makepeace Thackeray

Roald Dahl
“Don't gobblefunk around with words.”
Roald Dahl, The BFG

Ajay Agrawal
“We are narrow thinkers, we are noisy thinkers, and it is very easy to improve upon us.”
ajay agrawal, Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Gary Paulsen
“He widened the hole with his finger and looked inside.”
Gary Paulsen, Hatchet

Wallace Stegner
“In this room hung with the trophies of culture, her story sounded melodramatic and rough. She felt like a squaw explaining how you tanned a deerskin by working brains into the bloody hide and then chewing it all over until it was soft.”
Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose

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