Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Phanishwar Nath 'Renu': Friends
“Friends have a knack of stabbing you with a pillow.” ~Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’.
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Ambrose Bierce: Vote
“Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.” ~Ambrose Bierce.
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Cole Porter: Inspiration
“My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.” —Cole Porter, composer and songwriter (9 Jun 1893-1964) .
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O Henry: Honesty and dishonesty
“There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other…one who attempts this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other.” ~O Henry. Embed from Getty Images
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Virat Kohli: Target
“They target my technique. They target my focus. It doesn’t matter. I target the moment” – Virat Kohli.
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Deepak Chopra: Good leaders
Embed from Getty Images “Good leaders are not philosophers. They are responsive to feedback and set goals. Be responsible for yourself. If you are not physically or emotionally healthy, you are not going to be a good leader.” ~Deepak Chopra.
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Sammy Davis Jr: Commitment versus fear
You always have two choices: Your commitment versus your fear.” — Sammy Davis Jr.,American entertainer. Embed from Getty Images
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Marguerite Yourcenar: Memories
The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. -Marguerite Yourcenar, novelist (8 Jun 1903-1987).
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Caroline Rhea: Someone else's version
“Don’t compare yourself with someone else’s version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.” ~Caroline Rhea.
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CS Lewis: Mental pain
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is also more common and harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: It is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken’. ~CS Lewis. Embed from Getty Images
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Robert Fulghum: Problems and inconveniences
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of…
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Thomas Szasz: Biting the hand that feeds you
“Maybe you should bite the hand that feeds you, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.” ~Thomas Szasz. Embed from Getty Images
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Shannon L. Alder: Moments of stupidity
“I don’t understand women that call themselves a “bitch”. It doesn’t empower a woman. Rather, it reveals to everyone that you were deeply hurt at one time. Because of the pain your still carrying, you will continue to hurt anyone that reminds you of those moments when you let your guard down and were fooled.…
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Shannon L. Alder: Dignity
“Dignity /ˈdignitē/ noun 1. The moment you realize that the person you cared for has nothing intellectually or spiritually to offer you, but a headache. 2. The moment you realize God had greater plans for you that don’t involve crying at night or sad Pinterest quotes. 3. The moment you stop comparing yourself to others…
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Jack Kevorkian: Death
Dying is not a crime. -Jack Kevorkian, pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, author, and composer (26 May 1928-2011) . Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Jefferson: Government
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” ~Thomas Jefferson.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Moral arc
“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Anand Challani: Dating
“Dating is about capturing magical moments, texting won’t ever create them. I’ve seen couples get into arguments with each other because they couldn’t understand the tone of their partner’s text.” ~Anand Challani, stand-up comedian, relationship coach.
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Moliere: Accountability
It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. -Moliere, actor and playwright (15 Jan 1622-1673).
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Shannon L. Alder: Love's evolution
“Never love someone beneath your level of evolution. If you want a monkey, you can visit one at your local zoo.” ~Shannon L. Alder, author.
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Bill Shankly: Football
“Some people think that football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.” ~Bill Shankly, Liverpool manager.
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George Santayana: Language
“Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.” —George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952).
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Cyril Lionel Robert James: Cricket
“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” ~Cyril Lionel Robert James.
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Neil Tyson: Small yet big
“When I look up in the universe, I know I’m small but I’m also big. I’m big because I’m connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me.” —Neil Tyson. Embed from Getty Images
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Edward Abbey: Growth
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (29 Jan 1927-1989).
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Carl Rogers: Educated
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” ~Carl Rogers.
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Ambrose Bierce: Grief
“Grief is an artist of powers as various as the instruments upon which he plays his dirges for the dead, evoking from some the sharpest, shrillest notes, from others the low, grave chords that throb recurrent like the slow beating of a distant drum. Some natures it startles; some it stupefies. To one it comes…
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Anais Nin: Tolerable
“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” ~Anais Nin.
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Ernest Hemingway: Listen
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway.
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Gillian Anderson: Service
“Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.” —Gillian Anderson.
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Words and deeds
“Enough words have been exchanged; now at last let me see some deeds!” ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
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Devdutt Patnaik: Politics
“A girl married a boy because she had no other option. The boy is convinced it is because he is fabulous. So it is in politics often.” ~Devdutt Patnaik.
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Thich Nhat Hanh: Inside the skin
“The essence of love and compassion is understanding the ability to recognise the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves ‘inside the skin’ of the other. Shallow observation as an outsider is not enough. ~Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Pericles: Politics
Embed from Getty Images “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” ~Pericles.
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Honore de Balzac: Women
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. -Honore de Balzac, novelist (20 May 1799-1850).
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Pierre Bayle: Tolerance and intolerance
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/463912849 “It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.” ~Pierre Bayle. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/173400465
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Dame Judi Dench: Best combination
“You should take your job seriously but not yourself. That is the best combination.” ~Dame Judi Dench. Embed from Getty Images
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Guy de Maupassant: Patriotism
“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.” —Guy de Maupassant, short story writer and novelist (1850-1893). Embed from Getty Images
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Paul Dirac: Earthly flower
“Pick a flower on earth and you move the farthest star. “ —Paul Dirac, theoretical physicist (1902-1984). Embed from Getty Images
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Thornton Wilder: Housebreaking
Everybody’s talking about people breaking into houses but there are more people in the world who want to break out of houses. -Thornton Wilder, writer (17 Apr 1897-1975). Embed from Getty Images
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Max Frisch: Hatred
I feel fairly certain that my hatred harms me more than the people whom I hate. – Max Frisch, architect, playwright, and novelist (15 May 1911-1991).
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Rumi: Irritated mirror
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” — Rumi, poet and theologian. Embed from Getty Images
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Pain and laughter
“Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (1792-1822).
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Herman Melville: Poor criticisms
“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.” —Herman Melville, novelist and poet (1819-1891).
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C. Northcote Parkinson: Decisions
“The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.” —C. Northcote Parkinson, author and historian (1909-1993).
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Eric Hoffer: Excellence and self
“The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his holy cause. A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind…
