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#1

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

tags: abilities

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#3

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong

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#4

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

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#5

“Are you always a smartass?'

Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

tags: humor, impudence, sarcasm, smartass

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#6

“I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty

tags: dresden, family, friends, friendship

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#7

“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
― Jim Butcher, Vignette

tags: evil, harry-dresden, stupidity

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#8

“The most dangerous thing in life is an incompetent that has been given a gun and a law enforcement badge.”
― Steven Magee

tags: affairs, badge, cia, dangerous, enforcement, fbi, given, gun, gun-violence, guns, incompetence, incompetent, incompetent-minions, incompetent-people, incompetent-person, internal, law, life, most, police, sheriff, shoot, shooting, thing

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#9

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#10

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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#11

“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade

tags: humor, misattributed-mark-twain, philosophy, theology

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#12

“That's Doctor Smart-ass. I didn't spend eight years in insult college to be called Mister.”
― Jim Butcher, Turn Coat

tags: sarcasm

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#13

“It isn't a club," I said calmly. "It's a walking stick."
"Six feet long."
"It's traditional Ozark folk art."
"With dents and nicks all over it."
I thought about it for a second. "I'm insecure?"
"Get a blanket." He held out his hand. I signed and passed my staff over to him. "Do I get a receipt?"
He took a notepad from his pocket and wrote on it. Then he passed it over to me. It read: Received, one six foot tall traditional Ozark walking club from Mr. Smart-Ass.”
― Jim Butcher, Turn Coat

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#14

“I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

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#15

“We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.”
― Jim Butcher, Grave Peril

tags: bob-the-skull, harry-dresden, humor, insanity

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#16

“The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.”
― Jim Butcher, Turn Coat

tags: humanity, people, psychology, sanity

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#17

“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

tags: harry-dresden

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#18

“You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.”
― Jim Butcher, Turn Coat

tags: america, diplomacy

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#19

“You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, clever girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.”
― Jim Butcher, Summer Knight

tags: elaine-mallory, harry-dresden, humor

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#20

“Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.”
― Jim Butcher

tags: evil, harry-dresden, molly-carpenter

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#21

“Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now. ”
― Jim Butcher

tags: dresden-files-books

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#22

“Sleep is God. Go worship.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

tags: sleep

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#23

“Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?"
The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about.
"Don’t be stupid?" ventured Alistaire.
"I should kill you now?" offered The Cat.
"Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren.
"No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That’s what I always say. ”
― Frank Beddor, ArchEnemy

tags: beheading, incompetent-minions

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#24

“It is supposed that power corrupts," the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "Yet the powerful are often corrupt before they are powerful. In fact, I find that they too often become powerful by being corrupt. Whether real or perceived, a lack of power can also corrupt.”
― Frank Beddor, ArchEnemy

tags: caterpillars, corruption, power

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#25

“You’re evil, you know that?” I said.
She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

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#26

“Abusers like to isolate their victims. People who feel that they are completely alone tend not to fight back.”
― Jim Butcher, Ghost Story

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#27

“Harry Dresden—I take responsibility for more impossible situations in the first twenty-four hours of being dead than most people do all day.”
― Jim Butcher, Ghost Story

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#28

“Just because someone has power over you doesn’t mean they’re going to use it to hurt you. People who believe that tend to either be:

People who have been victims of that sort of behavior, or . . .

People who, if given power, will use it to hurt you.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

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#29

“Just because you can't imagine something doesn't mean you can't do it.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

tags: inspirational

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#30

“I’d heard all this before, but I also knew that this line of argument worked. If you tell people that they’re being attacked for their beliefs, then suddenly they want to defend their beliefs, even if they didn’t really believe them before. It’s pretty amazing, really.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

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