Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Jackie Chan: I’m not Superman
“A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.” —Jackie Chan.
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Jeanette Witherspoon: Writers
“Writers are not here to conform. We are here to challenge. We’re not here to be comfortable—we’re here, really, to shake things up. That’s our job.” Jeanette Winterson
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Omar Khayyam: Moving finger
“The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.” —Omar Khayyam.
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Darrell Hammond: Sterile, risk-averse and structured environments
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Franz Stampfl: If the spirit’s there
“There’s nothing a man can’t do if the spirit’s there.” – Franz Stampfl, Austrian running coach who pioneered interval training.
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Colin Powell: Excellence
“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” —Colin Powell.
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Norman Angell: Disinterested motives of good men
“The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.” — Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (1872-1967).
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Maya Angelou: Travel
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” —Maya Angelou, poet (4 Apr 1928-2014) .
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Maya Angelou: Success
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” —Maya Angelou.
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George Washington: Abundant reason to rejoice
“We have abundant reason to rejoice, that, in this land, the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened age, and in this land of equal liberty, it is our…
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Saina Nehwal: Giving
“Incidentally, it is not easy to ‘give’ as we seem to think. One, your family should back you. Two, you must have the money to spare! And, most importantly, you need the will to donate.” —Saina Nehwal.
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Eddie Murphy: Advice
”The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.” —-Eddie Murphy.
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E M Forster: Exams and jobs
” As long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously.” — E M Forster.
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Emile Zola: Quality and quantity
“If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.” —Emile Zola.
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Peter De Vries: Safe universe
“The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.” —Peter De Vries, editor, novelist (27 Feb 1910-1993) .
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Karol Bunsch: Roads endure
“Roads endure longer than pyramids.” —Karol Bunsch, novelist (22 Feb 1898-1987).
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Al Gore: Holler
“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.” —-Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States.
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Thurgood Marshall: Grave threats to liberty
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.” —Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice (1908-1993) .
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Vincent Van Gogh: Paint
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” —Vincent Van Gogh.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky: Lying man
“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky, novelist (1821-1881) .
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Haruki Murakami: Run in void
“I just run. I run in void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to acquire a void.” —Haruki Murakami.
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Monte Davis: Clear-headedness
“It’s hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time. Also, there are those hours of clear-headedness that follow a long run.” —Monte Davis in the book, The Joy of Running.
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Elle MacPherson: Peace and serenity
“But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn’t make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won’t be reached by getting thinner or fatter.” —Elle MacPherson.
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Thom Markham: Empathy
“Empathy lies at the heart of 21st century skillfulness in teamwork, collaboration and communication in a diverse world.” —Thom Markham.
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Lady Gaga: Artists and record deals
“A record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.” —Lady Gaga.
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Quentin Tarantino: Movies
“Movies are not about the weekend that they’re released, and in the grand scheme of things, that’s probably the most unimportant time of a film’s life.” —Quentin Tarantino.
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Robert H Schuller: Shape your future
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” —Robert H Schuller.
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Michelangelo: Death and love
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” —Michelangelo. 5 of 7 As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. It is well with me…
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Anais Nin: More painful
“And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anais Nin, writer (21 Feb 1903-1977).
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Gloria Steinem: Law and justice
“Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.” —Gloria Steinem.
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Hyemeyohsts Storm: Mouse ways
“This Mouse must give up one of his Mouse ways of seeing things in order that he may grow.” —Hyemeyohsts Storm,writer.
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Harry Houdini: What the mind believes
“What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.” —Harry Houdini.
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Marianne Williamson: Playing small
“Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone, and as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give…
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Raphael: Vindictive bandit
“Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty sockets.” —Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino or Raphael.
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Anonymous: Hell
“Somebody once told me the definition of hell: ‘On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.’” — Anonymous.
