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We hear them on a near daily basis. Famous quotes said by famous people - Winston Churchill, Dolly Parton, Edgar Allen Poe, and on it goes. Can you finish some of humankind's most significant quotes? Play on to test your knowledge!
Finish the Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "That which does not kill us makes us ________."
Stronger
Other famous Friedrich Nietzsche quotes include: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster." And: "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
Weirder
Meaner
Terrified
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Finish the Tom Hanks quote: "My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; ____________________________________."
you never know what you're gonna get
According to Tom Hanks, "If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great." And: "Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are."
always delicious
a quick treat
some people like it, and some people don't
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Finish the Robert Frost quote: "Two roads diverged on a wood, and I - I took the ________________."
risk of chance
hardened path
one less traveled
Other well-known Robert Frost quotes include: "These woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep." And: "The best way out is always through."
quickest one
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Finish the Albert Einstein quote: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must ___________."
keep your eyes open
wear a helmet
keep your ears open
keep moving
Other famous Einstein quotes include: "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." And: "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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Finish this Eleanor Roosevelt quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your _______."
Help
Consent
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt holds the record for holding her post alongside President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the longest length of time, from March 1933 to April 1945. Roosevelt led the way for future First Ladies by becoming active in the political and diplomatic worlds, a first for the post, and has become the standard for how First Ladies are measured in the eyes of the general public.
Money
Respect
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Finish this Edmund Burke quote: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is __________________________."
darkness
for good men to do nothing
Other commonly-known Edmund Burke quotes include: "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." And: "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."
will power
bad luck
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Finish this well-known J.R.R. Tolkien quote: "Not all those who wander are ____."
lost
Other J.R.R. Tolkien quotes include: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." And: "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
forgotten
young
wanderers
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Finish this Dolly Parton quote: " The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you've gotta ____________________."
put up with the rain
Other well-known Dolly Parton quotes include: "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." And%0D"Storms make trees take deeper roots."
buy some skittles
look for it
wear a raincoat
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Finish the George Sand quote: "There is only one happiness in this life, ____________________."
and that's all that matters
and that is pizza
to love and be loved
Other George Sand quotes include: "Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness." And: "Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it."
to be worry-free
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Finish this Alice Walker quote: "The most common way people give up their power is by ____________________________."
overusing it
thinking they don't have any
Alice Walker is also known for saying: "No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." And: "The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men."
ineffective leadership
dying
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Finish the Malcolm X quote: "If you don't stand for something you will _________________."
fall for anything
Other well-known Malcolm X quotes include: "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." And: "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."
become a couch potato
be forever indecisive
remain seated
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Finish the Mahatma Gandhi quote: "You must be the change you wish ___________________."
would just happen already
about to your god
to see in the world
Other famous Gandhi quotes include: "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." And: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
about every night when you should be asleep
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Finish this quote by John Lennon: "Life is what happens to you while you're ________________________."
dying
alive
living
busy making other plans
Other famous John Lennon quotes include: "Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." And: "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
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Finish the Albert Camus quote: "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and ___________."
don't stop
have fun
hold tight onto my hand
be my friend
Other well-known Camus quotes include: "Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is." And "nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."
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Finish this Theodore Roosevelt quote: "The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never _____________."
believed in anything
quits
does anything
Other commonly-known Theodore Roosevelt quotes include: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." And: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
had a dream
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Finish the Winston Churchill quote: "If you're going through hell, __________."
don't slow down
keep going
Other famous Winston Churchill quotes include: "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." And: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
tell the devil I say hello.
you better run fast
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Finish the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where __________________________________."
the wind takes you
your heart leads you
there is no path and leave a trail
Ralph Waldo Emerson is also famous for his quotes: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." And: "The only way to have a friend is to be one."
ever the heck you wanna go
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Finish the George Elliot quote: "It is never too late to be _________________________."
a new person
free
what you might have been
Mary Anne Evans wrote under the pen name George Elliot during the Victorian Era, a time where female writers were considered especially illegitimate and inferior. Other famous Evans quotes include: "Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." And: "Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love."
queen
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Finish the Wayne Gretzky quote: "You miss 100% of _______________________."
the opportunities you ignore
the shots you don't take
Wayne Gretzky played professional hockey for Canada and also spent time as a head coach. He played in the NHL for 20 seasons.
everything
life
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Finish the Charles Swindoll quote: "Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% _________________."
what happens to other people
how I react to it
Other well-known Swindoll quotes include: "The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day." And: "Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children."
learning from mistakes
utterly confusing
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Finish the Frank Sinatra quote: "The best revenge is _______________."
well planned
massive success
Frank Sinatra is also famous for saying: "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." And: "Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels."
letting it go
proving your haters wrong
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Finish the Confucius quote: "It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not ____."
doubt yourself
fail
hestitate
stop
Other well-known Confucius quotes include: "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." And: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
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Finish this well-known Thomas Edison quote: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ____________________."
alternative theories
ways that won't work
According to Thomas Edison, "genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Many consider Edison to be America's greatest inventor.
clues
mistakes
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Finish the Robert Frost quote: "In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: __________."
It is boring
It goes on
Robert Frost is a well-known American poet and the winner of four Pulitzer prizes. He died in 1963, after complications from prostate surgery.
We all die
Chill out, man
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Finish the Pablo Picasso quote: "Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to _________________."
neglect
live without
actually do tomorrow
die having undone
Other Pablo Picasso quotes include: "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." And: %0D"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."
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Finish the Edgar Allan Poe quote: "All that we see or seem is but ______________________."
a meme within a meme
steamy air
a dream within a dream
Poe is also famous for the following quotes: "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." And: "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
an illusion
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Finish the Andre Gide quote: "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be..."
hated for who you used to be
confused for another person
hated for what you are not
loved for what you are not
Other famous quotes by Andre Gide include: "Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it." And: "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
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Finish the Henry David Thoreau quote: "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you ___."
believe
see
Other famous Thoreau quotes include: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." And: "Things do not change; we change."
dream
know
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Finish the George R.R. Martin quote: "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads ______________."
lives only one
George R.R. Martin is also famous for his words: " Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him." And: "Sleep is good, he said. And books are better."
never lives
dies young
misses out
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Finish the Socrates quote: "The only true wisdom is knowing _____________________."
life goes on
yourself
when to shut up
that you know nothing
Other profound Socrates quotes include: "An unexamined life is not worth living." And: "To find yourself, think for yourself."
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Can you finish this Mark Twain quote? "So throw off the blow lines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. ________."
Discover
Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel L. Clemens, who is best known for authoring "The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." He also found much success in book publishing, and went on to publish President Ulysses S. Grant's memoir.
Just go already.
Set sail.
Be free.
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Finish the Audrey Hepburn quote: "Nothing is impossible, ___________________________________!"
keep trying
so don't doubt yourself
the word itself says 'I'm possible'
Additional Hepburn quotes include: "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." And: "The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."
except for a few things
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Finish the Amelia Earhart quote: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely ________."
tenacity
Other significant Amelia Earhart quotes include: "Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." And: "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
girl power
a piece of cake
smooth sailing
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Finish this well-known Dr. Seuss quote: "Don't cry because it's over, __________________________."
be happy you survived it
cry because you're sad
smile because it happened
Other popular Dr. Seuss quotes include: "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." And: "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
that's not a good enough reason to cry
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Finish the Anais Nin quote: "We don't see things as they are, we see them as ______."
disposable
inferior
we want to see them
we are
Other famous Anais Nin quotes include: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." And: "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
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