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31.
“The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend to ignore.”
Douglas Adams
Universe
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Perspective
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Human Nature
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Ignorance
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Humor
32.
“Plenty of people didn't care for him much, but there is a huge difference between disliking somebody – maybe even disliking them a lot – and actually shooting them, strangling them, dragging them through the fields and setting their house on fire. It was a difference which kept the vast majority of the population alive from day to day.”
Douglas Adams
Human Nature
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Violence
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Social Commentary
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Humor
,
Perspective
33.
“In the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Luke, Jesus teaches the importance of forgiveness. He knows we’re human and our natural tendency is to seek revenge, to strike back, to condemn those who hurt us, but this is wrong. We’re supposed to forgive, always.”
John Grisham
Forgiveness
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Morality
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Christianity
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Teachings
,
Human Nature
34.
“You burn a man’s pickup, and he’s ready for war.”
John Grisham
Revenge
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Conflict
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Human Nature
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Rural Life
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Social Dynamics
35.
“I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.”
John Grisham
Human Nature
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Morality
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Circumstances
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Ethical Flexibility
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Personal Limits
36.
“Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.”
John Grisham
Addiction
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Shame
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Human Nature
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Personal Degradation
,
Psychological Insight
37.
“They were dumbfounded. The man was thoroughly incapable of admitting a mistake or grasping the reality of the situation.”
John Grisham
Stubbornness
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Denial
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Character Flaw
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Human Nature
,
Social Observation
38.
“Sudden affluence triggers a desire for the better things in life.”
John Grisham
Wealth
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Materialism
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Human Nature
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Lifestyle Changes
,
Social Commentary
39.
“Some people have more guts than brains.”
John Grisham
Bravery
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Foolishness
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Risk-taking
,
Human Nature
,
Character Assessment
40.
“It's often the one you trust the most who'll cut your throat for the right price.”
John Grisham
Betrayal
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Trust
,
Loyalty
,
Human Nature
,
Cynicism
41.
“Rich folks can tolerate almost anything, but not rejection.”
John Grisham
Wealth
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Rejection
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Social Commentary
,
Human Nature
,
Class Differences
42.
“Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Judgment
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Hope
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Wisdom
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Open-mindedness
,
Human Nature
43.
“I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Truth
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Happiness
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Priorities
,
Desire
,
Human Nature
44.
“Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Laughter
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Joy
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Ease
,
Human Nature
,
Positivity
45.
“Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Personality
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Success
,
Behavior
,
Human Nature
,
Observation
46.
“I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Morality
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Order
,
Human Nature
,
Desire For Control
,
Disillusionment
47.
“Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know – because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Desire
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Loss
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Disappointment
,
Human Nature
,
Wisdom
48.
“The rich are different from us.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wealth
,
Class Divide
,
Social Commentary
,
Observation
,
Human Nature
49.
“The helpless ecstasy of loosing himself in her charm was a powerful opiate rather than a tonic.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love
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Addiction
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Charm
,
Intoxication
,
Human Nature
50.
“People living alone get used to loneliness.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness
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Adaptation
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Solitude
,
Human Nature
,
Observation
51.
“Have a drink Tom and then you won't feel so foolish to yourself.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alcohol
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Self-perception
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Coping Mechanism
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Advice
,
Human Nature
52.
“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Life
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Control
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Struggle
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Complexity
,
Human Nature
53.
“We all have souls of different ages.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Soul
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Age
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Individuality
,
Human Nature
,
Wisdom
54.
“I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something- most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love
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Curiosity
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Deception
,
Human Nature
,
Observation
55.
“Most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Human Nature
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Deception
,
Behavior
,
Truth
,
Observation
56.
“For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imagination
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Reality
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Fantasy
,
Escape
,
Human Nature
57.
“There are no second acts in American lives.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Culture
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Life Chances
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Destiny
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Critique
,
Human Nature
58.
“Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Youth
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Dreams
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Idealism
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Human Nature
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Nostalgia
59.
“There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Willpower
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Perseverance
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Motivation
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Human Nature
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Self-discipline
60.
“Premature success gives one an almost mystical conception of destiny as opposed to will power-at its worst the Napoleonic delusion.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Success
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Destiny
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Willpower
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Delusion
,
Human Nature
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