Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Money
“They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money. ” —George Saville Related articles Money and Trust (psychologytoday.com)
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Simms: Proverbs answer
“The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.” —Simms.
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Albert Einstein: Ideas
“Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.” —Albert Einstein. Related articles This is Cool! Albert Einstein’s Library Online (freetech4teachers.com) Albert Einstein Archive Now Online (learningwithtechs.wordpress.com) How Albert Einstein Saved A Former Lover From The Nazis (businessinsider.com) Albert Einstein archives go online (cbc.ca) Albert Einstein passionately fought race prejudice, according to new and old…
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Michel De Montaigne: He who fears
“He who fears will suffer, he already suffers from his fear. ” —Michel De Montaigne. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/173275264
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Karl Kraus: Being human
“When a man is treated like a beast, he says, ‘After all, I’m human.’ When he behaves like a beast, he says ‘After all, I’m only human.’ ” Karl Kraus Related articles “I’m only human” (dietproofyourlife.wordpress.com)
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Marion Jones: No reason
“You forget that sometimes people are out there to get you — they don’t even have a reason. ” —Marion Jones.
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Henry Kissinger: Peace
“If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.” —Henry Kissinger.
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Benjamin Franklin: Involve
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Scientific spirit
“Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty. ” —James D Watson
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Wheeler Wilcox: Borrowed mirth
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone. / For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, / But has trouble enough of its own.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
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Real Live Preacher: Forgetful love
“You can forget a lot of things, but you cannot forget a woman’s name and claim to love her.” Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, October 20, 2003
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Ronald Reagan: Abortion
“I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. ” —Ronald Reagan Related articles Bursting the ‘Ronald Reagan wouldn’t recognize today’s GOP’ media narrative bubble (twitchy.com) For the Gipper: Ronald Reagan may soon have a highway in N.J. (nj.com) RonaldReagan.com: Better than you’d think! (examiner.com)
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Edgar Allan Poe: Nasal mob
“The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led. ” —Edgar Allan Poe Related articles The Odd Poe Out (themillions.com) Edgar Allan Poe: Vulgar and Insane (jfloodgroningen.wordpress.com)
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On running
We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it. Deena Kastor
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Dag Hammarskjold: Firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer
“If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, — quieter, warmer.” —Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961).
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Enrique Jardiel Poncela: On writing
“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” —Enrique Jardiel Poncela Related articles Great Writing Quotes – With Fabulous Commentary and Pics! (bethtrissel.wordpress.com) writing (patheticapathetic.wordpress.com) The right way to write; Paragraph 3 (bbroseproductions.wordpress.com) Writing is My Therapy (kateschannel.wordpress.com) A Quick Write is Better Than A No Write (never2late2write.com) Reconnecting…
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What is…
If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Envious heart, treacherous ear
“An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.” Zora Neale Hurston, “Their Eyes Were Watching God“ Related articles ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ still resonates (inamerica.blogs.cnn.com) All About Black Woman Writer Zora Neale Hurston (musicians4freedom.com) Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library set to reopen March 22 (tcpalm.com) Zara’s Book Giveaway #1 – Black History Month (Feb) (zaraalexis.wordpress.com)
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James Thurber: Rules and exceptions
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. –James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961) Related articles Are You the Exception or the Norm? (betterlifecoaching.wordpress.com) Today’s Birthday: James Thurber (1894) (euzicasa.wordpress.com) Happy Birthday James Thurber (waldina.com) Motivational Monday #6 Awareness (edenchanges.wordpress.com)
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Edward B Butler: Enthusiasm
“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life. ” —Edward B Butler. Related articles The Value of Enthusiasm (flbl.wordpress.com) Enthusiasm Sells! (lifeworkelements.wordpress.com) Enthusiasm (akissofbliss.wordpress.com)
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William Makepeace Thackeray: The secret
“Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. ” —William Makepeace Thackeray
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Never wrong…
“A person determined never to be wrong won’t likely accomplish much.” —Ken Wisdom Related articles Wisdom vs Knowledge (naydanielle.wordpress.com) Discovering Wisdom Through Practice (metaphyzgirl.wordpress.com) 3. Proverbs 1:1-6 The Personality Of Wisdom part 3 v.2 (stevemidkiff.wordpress.com) James 3: Doing Wisdom (kingdomnewtestament.wordpress.com) Words of Wisdom (auntymoggsblog.wordpress.com) Whats the Point of Wisdom in Business Intelligence? (b-eye-network.com) Wisdom (joequatronejr.wordpress.com)
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Margaret J. Wheatley: Aggression
“Aggression only moves in one direction – it creates more aggression. ” —Margaret J. Wheatley.
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Jane Austen: Voluntary spies
“Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. ” —Jane Austen.
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Ed Parker: Intelligent man
“The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. ” —Ed Parker. Related articles Some Great Martial Arts Quotes (tricitymartialartsblog.com)
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Purpose of business
“The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders. ” —Leo Burnett Related articles would you make leo burnett proud? (brandflakesforbreakfast.com)
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Hope, passion and skills
“Just having hope ain’t going to cut it. You’ve got to have hope, passion and skills. ” —Tim Reid
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Cicero: Decisions, decisions, decisions
“Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.” —Cicero
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Kurt Vonnegut: Voce populi
“People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say. ” —Kurt Vonnegut.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: It worked
“It worked,” said J. Robert Oppenheimer after witnessing the first atomic detonation.
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Byron Pulsifer: Be brilliant and thoughtful
If you cannot be silent be brilliant and thoughtful. —Byron Pulsifer.
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George Bancroft: No authority
“Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. ” —George Bancroft
