Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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J R R Tolkien: Confusions and impossibilities
“I wisely started with a map and made the story fit… the other way about lands one in confusions and impossibilities.” — J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Wendy Williams: Learning and entertaining
“Learning and entertaining can go hand-in-hand.” —Wendy Williams.
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Hiram Johnson: First casualty of war
“The first casualty when war comes is truth.” —US Senator Hiram Johnson.
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Nancy Bird Walton: Beauty of the air
“The beauty of the air, from the air… You haven’t seen Australia unless you see it from the air. The coastline, the colours of the inland. The claypans, the forests. It’s just all so beautiful. You’d never see that from the road. People climb mountains to see these things. You see that every time you…
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David Foster Wallace: Everyone worships
“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” —David Foster Wallace.
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Aswath Damodaran: Big acquisition
“I have 53 stocks in my portfolio, and I have one trigger that will lead me to sell the stocks right away. You do a big acquisition, I’m out of your stock. I don’t care what justification you give me. Because I know my history. If you do a big acquisition, the odds are loaded…
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Marcus Aurelius: Celebrate behaving like a human
“Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or despondent because your days aren’t packed with wise and moral actions. But to get back up when you fail, to celebrate behaving like a human—however imperfectly—and fully embrace the pursuit that you’ve embarked on.” —Marcus Aurelius.
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Simon Sinek: Own private megaphone
“Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.” —Simon Sinek.
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John Candy: Overcome anything
“As long as you can savor the humorous aspect of misery and misfortune, you can overcome anything.” —John Candy.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Money
“Money corrupts those who talk (& write) about it more than those who earn it.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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George Gamow: Five billion years to make man
“It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!” —George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist (4 Mar 1904-1968).
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John C Maxwell: Desire to become exceptional
“Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.” ― John C. Maxwell.
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John C Maxwell: Completing one another
“To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.” ― John C. Maxwell.
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Alicia Vikander: Hundred nice words
“You can hear a hundred nice words about yourself, and you’ll only remember the one bad one.” —Alicia Vikander.
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Roy T Bennett: Problem
‘After the morning lecture, a student approached the Master and said, “I have a problem, will you solve it for me?” The Master said, “Sure, after the afternoon lecture.” After the afternoon lecture, the student went to the Master and said “Master, can you solve it now?” The Master said, “Sure, after the evening lecture.”…
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C S Lewis: Some distraction or other
“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.” —C S Lewis.
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James B Jordan: Superficial understanding
“When God says to do or not do some physical thing with our bodies, it is important that we pay heed because this is one of His ways of dealing with us in a total fashion. It shows a very superficial understanding of human existence to say, ‘Well, what matters is my heart attitude, not…
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Julianne Moore: Beauty and the Beast
“The nicest thing André ever said about me was ‘She’s Beauty and the Beast, I like the idea that nobody’s one or the other. You can be the regular girl and you can be the monster at the same time. They’re one and the same. The beast doesn’t have to be an evil or a…
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Nicole Scherzinger: Fearless yet vulnerable
“It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.” —Nicole Scherzinger.
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Julia Cameron: Spirituality
“Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, were guided in unexpected directions. We may want a lofty answer and we get the intuition to clean our bedroom. It can seem so humble and picky and that you dont necessarily think of it spiritual…
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Harold Hill: Pile up enough tomorrows
“You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don’t know about you, but I’d like to make today worth remembering.” —Harold Hill.
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Marcus Aurelius: How easy
“How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.” —Marcus Aurelius.
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Stella Parton: Peace is contentment
“Peace is contentment and I think that contentment is rather underrated.” —Stella Parton.
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Thomas Rhett: Shredded
“I would love to get shredded or whatever you want to call it, but at the same time, I really enjoy treating myself to a cheat meal more than once a week. I’ll eat a piece of bread, or I’ll drink a beer, and I’ll have fun with my friends. For me, it’s really more…
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Ricky Gervais: Christian telling an atheist
“A Christian telling an atheist they’re going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they’re not getting any presents from Santa.” —Ricky Gervais.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Jealousy you have to earn
“You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Grace Jones: Doing the unexpected
“If you are a fan of doing the unexpected, and I am, then it is an advantage to be highly skilled at changing your mind. If you do not want to limit yourself, then be prepared to change your mind—often.” —Grace Jones.
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Michelle Obama: Success
“Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. That’s what it means to be true to yourself.” — Michelle Obama.
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G K Chesterton: Combine reason and religion
“Secularists talk as if the Church has introduced a sort of schism between reason and religion. The truth is the Church was actually the first thing that ever tried to combine reason and religion. There had never before been any such union between the priests and the philosophers.” —G K Chesterton.
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Pope Francis: New path
“Sometimes we may feel we are alone in facing difficulties. But, even if He doesn’t intervene immediately, the Lord walks by our side and, if we keep going forward, He will open up a new path.” —Pope Francis.
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C S Lewis: Miseries
“I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” —C S Lewis.
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Shraddha Kapoor: Extremely mechanical
“Intimate scenes or a kiss is a very technical aspect of filmmaking. It is extremely mechanical.” —Shraddha Kapoor.
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Samuel L Jackson: Killing of one’s soul
“People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one’s soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.” —Samuel L. Jackson.
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Kerry Katona: Another way to fly
“A broken wing simply means, you have to find another way to fly. Have a wonderful day people.” — Kerry Katona.
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Jennifer Hudson Taylor: Love is as hard to hide as hate
“Love is as hard to hide as hate.” —Jennifer Hudson Taylor, Highland Blessings.
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Tiger Shroff: Stuntmen
“Stuntmen don’t have a lavish life. They are such hard working people, but not respected enough. And I don’t like that. If I become something in my life, I want to give them a better life, take them to a higher level.” —Tiger Shroff.
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Amber Heard: Different standards
“I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we’re held to.” —Amber Heard.
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John Wayne: Black and white
‘If everything isn’t black and white, I say, “Why the hell not?”‘ —John Wayne.
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Jerry Lee Lewis: Either be hot or cold
“Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.” —Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Arnold Newman: Better photographs
“A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they’ll be able to take better photographs. A better camera won’t do a thing for you if you don’t have anything in your head or in your heart.” —Arnold Newman.
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Marcus Aurelius: Ambition and sanity
“Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do…Sanity means tying it to your own actions.” —Marcus Aurelius.
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Ryōkan: By not knowing
“The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind; The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind. The flower opens, the butterfly comes; The butterfly comes, the flower opens. I don’t know others, Others don’t know me. By not-knowing we follow nature’s course. — Ryōkan.
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Lou Brock: Afraid to look bad
“Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.” —Lou Brock.
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Jessie Buckley: Ability to be dangerous
“We all have the ability to be dangerous and do things which are morally wrong.” —Jessie Buckley.
