Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Mari Smith: Engagement is Queen
“Content is King but engagement is Queen, and the lady rules the house!” —Mari Smith.
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Benny Hill: Parachutes
“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” —Benny Hill.
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Henry Ward Beecher: Art of being happy
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” —Henry Ward Beecher.
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Eunice de Souza: Catholic mother
Father X. D’Souza Father of the year. Here he is top left the one smiling. By the Grace of God he says we’ve had seven children (in seven years). We’re One Big Happy Family God Always Provides India will Suffer for her Wicked Ways (these Hindu buggers got no ethics) Pillar of the Church says…
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Eunice de Souza: Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen Well, you can’t say they didn’t try. Mamas never mentioned menses. A nun screamed: You vulgar girl don’t say brassieres say bracelets. She pinned paper sleeves onto our sleeveless dresses. The preacher thundered: Never go with a man alone Never alone and even if you’re engaged only passionless kisses. At sixteen, Phoebe asked…
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Eunice de Souza: Miss Louise
Miss Louise She dreamt of descending curving staircases ivory fan aflutter of children in sailor suits and organza dresses till the dream rotted her innards but no one knew: innards weren’t permitted in her time. Shaking her graying ringlets: “My girl, I can’t even go to Church you know I unsettle the priests so completely.…
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Rachel Brosnahan: Wrestling is like improv
“Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster than they do.” —Rachel Brosnahan.
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Eunice de Souza: Bequest
Bequest In every Catholic home there’s a picture of Christ holding his bleeding heart in his hand. I used to think, ugh. the only person with whom I have not exchanged confidences is my hairdresser. Some recommend stern standards, others say float along. He says, take it as it comes, meaning, of course, as he…
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G K Chesterton: Wood or stone
“I have always noticed that people who begin by taking the intellect very seriously end up by having no intellects at all. The idolator worships wood and stone; and if he worships his own head it turns into wood or stone.” —G K Chesterton.
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Robert Half: Customer will last
“When the customer comes first, the customer will last.” —Robert Half.
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Brad Pitt: Tension tabled
“At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled… until the next.” —Brad Pitt.
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Peter Bernstein: Unthinkable
“The unthinkable can always happen, and you have to run your affairs accordingly.” —Peter Bernstein.
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Thomas Merton: Nobody’s business
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.” —Thomas Merton.
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Nadia Comaneci: Run toward it
“Don’t run from a challenge. Instead run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.” —Nadia Comaneci.
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Harry S Truman: First victory
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.” —Harry S Truman.
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Martin Shrub: Theory and practice
“If a profession is to sharpen its skills, to develop new skills and applications, and to gain increasing respect and credibility, then theory and practice must be closely related. ” —Martin Shrub.
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Anonymous: Insight
“In today’s complex and fast-moving world, what we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight.” —Anonymous.
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Michael Leboeuf: Enjoy some of it
“The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.” —Michael Leboeuf.
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Will Harvey: Blind date with knowledge
“What is research but a blind date with knowledge?” —Will Harvey.
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Dick Kampe: Judgment does not walk off
“When research walks on the field, judgment does not walk off.” – Dick Kampe.
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: Research
“Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.” —Albert Szent-Gyorgyi.
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Wernher von Braun: Research
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.” —Wernher von Braun
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David Oglivy: Advertising people
“Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.” —David Ogilvy.
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Charlize Theron: Capital punishment
“Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question – I struggle with it morally.” —Charlize Theron. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/charlize_theron_359714
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Sean Penn: Only in innocence
“We’ve let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it’s only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.” —Sean Penn.
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Brad Pitt: Most beautiful thing in the world
“When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It’s just a first impression. Then there’s someone who doesn’t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren’t what you would call beautiful sex symbols.” —Brad Pitt.
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Zora Neale: Formalized curiosity
“Research is formalized curiosity, it is poking and prying with a purpose.” —Zora Neale.
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Albert Einstein: Research
“If we knew what were doing it wouldn’t be called research.” —Albert Einstein.
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Phil Collins: Caricature
“Yes, I am aware that I have become a caricature. I’ve thought about this. Conceptually, what I’d like to do is the equivalent of writing myself out of the script.” —Phil Collins.
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G K Chesterton: Tries to be ordinary
“The great man tries to be ordinary, and becomes extraordinary in the process. But the small man tries to be mysterious, and becomes lucid in an awful sense — for we can all see through him.” —G K Chesterton.
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African proverb: Favours the hunter
“Until the lion has its own storyteller, the story always favours the Hunter.” — African Proverb.
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Calvin Coolidige: Honor
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” —Calvin Coolidige.
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La Rochefoucauld: Ingratitude
“Nearly everyone is pleased to acknowledge a small debt. Many are grateful in acknowledging a moderate one. But there is hardly a man who does not, for a really great indebtedness, return ingratitude.”— La Rochefoucauld.
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Wendy Williams: Change is normal
“The ocean, after all, is not about stability but about change. Change is normal. Everything changes. All the time.” —Wendy Williams.
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Rajdeep Sardesai: Election to election
“Politicians will live and function election to election, citizens have to work relentlessly and long term to reclaim the beautiful, diverse and true fabric of this nation,the young have to use their imagination and defeat hate. ” —Rajdeep Sardesai.
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Federico Fellini: Oyster’s autobiography
“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” —Federico Fellini.
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Simon Sinek: Our best competitors
“Our best competitors reveal our weaknesses. The goal is not to ‘beat’ our competition but rather to improve ourselves.” —Simon Sinek.
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C S Lewis: Repentance
“Repentance means unlearning all the self-conceit and self-will that we have been training ourselves into… It means killing part of yourself, undergoing a kind of death.” —C S Lewis.
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Jen Sincero: Self-confidence
“As far as self-confidence goes, so much of social media is about approval, getting likes, comparing our lives to others’ – – – meanwhile, confidence is an inside job: it’s about how you feel about yourself regardless of what anyone else does or thinks. It’s a knowing that you’re human, you’re flawed and awesome in…
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Karen Cohen: Retention
“Retention is achieved by: 1. Genuinely caring about a person, on a personal level (start with empathy) 2. Genuinely caring about a persons professional growth. 3. Taking appropriate action to accommodate for their personal and professional needs. And no, you can’t pick 2.” —Karen Cohen.
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Brene Brown: Posse of friends
“Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.” —Brene Brown.
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Robbie Williams: Everybody loves your life but you
“Everybody loves your life but you.” —Robbie Williams.
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Byron Katie: When you argue with reality
“When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.” — Byron Katie.
