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15 People Share the Quotes They Live Their Lives By

If you’re looking for some inspiration (or just some good old-fashioned humor) check out these 15 quotes people use to steer their lives.

#15. What you have not

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

#14. What have you got to lose?

“if you don’t ask, the answer is always no”

#13. Whole-ass

“I don’t fear the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks. I fear the man who has practiced one kick, ten thousand times.

-Bruce Lee

Or, if you prefer a more modern version

Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.

-Nick Offerman”

#12. Cook the steak

“You don’t win friends with salad.”

#11. Arm yourself

“It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.” – Chinese Proverb”

#10. A water bill

“The grass isn’t greener on the other side, it’s greener where you water it.”

#9. Never normal

“one that ive always gone by is “Normal is an illusion. What is normal to the spider is chaos to the fly.” – Morticia Addams.”

#8. Drink, instead

“Don’t worry about things you can’t change.”

#7. Practice makes perfect

“It doesn’t get better, you just get better at it.”

Really gives me a solid foundation.”

#6. Why you’re built

“A ship is safe in a harbor, but that‘s not what ships are built for”

#5. Wisdom from ancient Rome

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

-Marcus Aurelius”

#4. Selling something

“Life is pain, whoever says different is selling something.”

#3. Good people

“Another one is

“Good people plant trees in which they will never sit in the shade of” or something to that effect.

I like to think it means that you should always consider the long term effects of what you’re doing and be less selfish.”

#2. The first time

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou”

#1. The one you feed

“An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies & ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, & truth.” The boy thought about it, and asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?” The old man quietly replied, “The one you feed.” -Author Unknown”

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In 1917 you could order…

In 1917 you could order a belt-fed machine gun from a Sears catalog: “Machine guns are used largely by police organizations, home guards and municipalities in case of riots.” 00

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13-Year-Old Discovers a Danish King’s Buried Treasure

Talk about the discovery of a lifetime. In January 2018, amateur archaeologist René Schön and a 13-year-old student named Luca Malaschnitschenko were exploring the German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea when their metal detector hit on something.

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At first, the two thought it was simply aluminum, but they later realized they’d stumbled upon a 10th-century coin from a buried treasure that belonged to a Danish king. It wasn’t until a few months later that German archaeologists uncovered the entire hoard of treasure on the island. Schön and Malaschnitschenko were both invited back to take part in the big dig.

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The archaeologists uncovered pearls, about 100 silver coins ranging from the 700s to the 900s, a Thor’s hammer, and jewelry. What a find for a 13-year-kid (and his trusty adult helper).

Researchers believe that the treasure trove belonged to Viking-born Danish king Harry Bluetooth, who abandoned the Viking lifestyle and brought Christianity to Denmark. The king fled Denmark in the late 980s, around the time the recently discovered treasure was buried. Bluetooth’s nickname came from a dead, bluish tooth he sported. The Bluetooth technology we all know and love today is named after the former king.

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h/t: Mental Floss

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12 Cool Facts About Cars

Most of us (unless we live in a place that has good public transportation) rely on cars A LOT. They’re just a part of everyday life, there’s no better way to put it.

Here are 12 facts about one of life’s necessities: cars.

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This Poster Breaks down Every Beatles Song by Instrument

This poster is a must-have for Beatles fans, no question about it. The Fab Four were extremely prolific in their relatively brief career together as the most popular band in the world, and the poster breaks down every song they recorded by instrument.

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The poster comes to us from Pop Chart Lab and is called “Come Together” (after the song, duh). It contains every song the boys from Liverpool recorded from 1963-1970.

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Check out the full poster below and click HERE to purchase this nice piece of art.

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h/t: Mental Floss

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The History of Walt Disney World

Florida, “The Sunshine State” of the USA has always been famous for its beaches, hot weather and relaxing holidays. But on the morning of 1st October 1971 Florida added another feather to its cap, when Walt Disney World opened its doors for the first time, to become the largest theme park in the world. It all started in the early 1960’s, almost half a decade after Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. Disneyland was not big enough to accommodate Mr. Walt Disney’s vision of a dream park, however, it did not take him long to act as he planned the search

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The History of Cheese

Most experts consider that the history of cheese first started in the Middle East, probably coinciding with the domestication of sheep and goats and the realisation that they could be milked. But legend has it that it was ‘found’ by an obscure Arab wanderer. He is said to have filled a saddlebag with milk to support him on a long trip on horseback.  Following a few hours riding, he stopped to extinguish his thirst, to find that the milk had separated into a pale watery fluid and strong white lumps. Since the saddlebag, which was produced using the stomach of

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These 12 Comics from the 1930s Prove That People Never Change

These Latvian comics from the 1930s feature “everyday” people going about their lives – the “humor,” I suppose, is in the fact that the inside jokes are widely and easily understood.

Which pretty much means human beings have been awful for a long while.

#12. That cheating is funny is a running theme…

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#11. So lucky!

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#10. And you thought “Baby It’s Cold Outside” was creepy

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#9. *eyeroll*

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#8. Just hilarious #sarcasmfont

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#7. Because that’s what matters

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#6. Kids have always been brats

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#5. Salesmanship

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#4. #womensrights

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#3. Some lovely racism here

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#2. They spelled “creepy” wrong

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#1. How is this still a thing?

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h/t: Brightside

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The History of Alcatraz

The Island of Alcatraz was inhabited by the indigenous people who arrived there 10,000-20,000 years ago. The first known inhabitants of the island were the people of the Miwok and Ohlone tribes who lived around the coastal areas between Point Sur and the San Francisco Bay. How these people used the island is difficult to document as most of the oral histories of these tribes were lost. It is believed that the indigenous people used the area to collect food, namely bird eggs, and marine life. They also used the island as a place of banishment or isolation for members

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