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Mark Twain Quotes: It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit.
         

It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit.


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

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



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

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



Never regret anything that made you smile.

Never regret anything that made you smile.



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

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



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

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



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

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.



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

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.

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





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You will never know how high you can climb until you reach the top.



Many grim tales stem from your green lands, and still deeds both noble and evil shall yet unfold there.

Many grim tales stem from your green lands, and still deeds both noble and evil shall yet unfold there.



(Meanwhile, other people seem to be getting along with God just fine, very well indeed. Why not me?)

(Meanwhile, other people seem to be getting along with God just fine, very well indeed. Why not me?)



No one can travel your own road for you you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

No one can travel your own road for you you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.



The second I tell myself I have to do something, I'm sure to do the opposite.

The second I tell myself I have to do something, I'm sure to do the opposite.



German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.



Who has not watched a mother stroke her child's cheek or kiss her child in a certain way and felt a nervous shudder at the possessive outrage done to a free solitary human soul?

Who has not watched a mother stroke her child's cheek or kiss her child in a certain way and felt a nervous shudder at the possessive outrage done to a free solitary human soul?



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I loved doing Supergirl, but I would love to do Batgirl. I would absolutely love to do a live-action Batgirl!



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The US is to an unusual extent a business-run society, where short-term concerns of profit and market share displace rational planning.



In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.

In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.




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