L. Frank Baum Quotes
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To be individual, my friends, to be different from others, is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and we are various enough to enjoy one another's society; so let us be content.
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Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived.
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I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.
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The Scarecrow watched the Woodman while he worked and said to him "I cannot think why this wall is here nor what it is made of." "Rest you brains and do not worry about the wall," replied the Woodman, "when we have climbed over it we shall know what is on the other side.
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I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
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You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
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If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!
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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
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You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
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The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.
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No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.
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For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.
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I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...
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Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man
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Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved.
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How very wet this water is.
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My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.
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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
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"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly."
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
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Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?
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You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.
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You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.
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If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.
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As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to realize that, after all, God was at all times on our side. The eventual outcome was, we discover, by far the best solution for us, and what we thought should have been to our best advantage, would in reality have been quite detrimental.
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To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.
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The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.
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Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.
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No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
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When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.
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