Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Salman Rushdie: Freedom of expression
“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” —Salman Rushdie.
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Eva Hoffman: Humanity in strange faces
“There’s nothing like a gleam of humour to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face.” —Eva Hoffman.
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Robert M Hutchins: Universities
“There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.” —Robert M. Hutchins.
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Dianne Feinstein: Winning and losing
“Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.” —Dianne Feinstein.
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Elizabeth II: Bible
“To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible? ” —Elizabeth II.
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Lillie Langtry: Blame
“I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done. ” —Lillie Langtry
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Theodore H White: Heroism
“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.” —Theodore H. White.
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Stephen Ambrose: Holocaust
“The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed. ” —Stephen Ambrose.
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David Lloyd George: Iron in his soul
“He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul. ” —David Lloyd George.
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Mark Twain: Honesty
Honesty is the best policy – when there is money in it. Mark Twain Source: http://quotes4all.net/quote_1100.html [Powered by QuotesPlugin v1.0 for Windows Live Writer]
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Anonymous: Number one goal
“If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence.” –Anonymous
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Sir Anthony Hawkin: Cramped conversation
“Your ignorance, cramps my conversation.” —Sir Anthony Hawkin.
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P J O’Rourke: Buying and selling—legislators
“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” —P. J. O’Rourke (1947 – ).
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Benjamin Disraeli: Feelings and Apologies
”Never apologize for showing feelings. Remember that when you do, you apologize for the truth.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
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Taylor Swift: Fearlessness
“Fearless” is living inspite of those things that scare you to death. —Taylor Swift.
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Steve Jobs: Dent in the universe
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe.” —Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (1955-2011).
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Robertson Davies: Grudges
Never harbour grudges ; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else. —Robertson Davies
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Dave Barry: Just get up and dance
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. just get up and dance. —Dave Barry.
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David Lloyd George : Big step
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. -David Lloyd George, British prime minister (1863-1945)
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Ted Koppel: Competitive screeching
Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching : what is trivial takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.
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Roberta Bondar: Knowledge
Without knowledge, the world is bereft of culture. and so we must be educators and students both. —Roberta Bondar.
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Kahlil Gibran: Utterers and listeners
He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth. -Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (1883-1931).
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Saul Bellow: Need for illusion
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
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Malcolm de Chazal: Expressions and words
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don’t understand us. -Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)
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Jorge Luis Borges: Resources
A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given…
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Edward Abbey: Anarchism
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. – Edward Abbey.
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Abraham Lincoln: Tact
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Tallulah Bank head: Mistakes
If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. – Tallulah Bankhead
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Heinrich Heine: More fools than people
There are more fools in the world than there are people. – Heinrich Heine
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Fritz Perls: Expectations
I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. – Fritz Perls
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Sydney J Harris: Mirrors
“Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” —Sydney J. Harris, journalist and author (1917-1986).
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Randy K Milholland: Friendship
Friendship is being there when someone’s feeling low and not being afraid to kick them. – Randy K. Milholland
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Calvin Coolidige: Meeting trouble
“Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.” — Calvin Coolidge.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Telling of jokes
“Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.” —Kurt Vonnegut.
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Jean Paul Richter: Sleep, riches and health
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. -Jean Paul Richter, writer (1763-1825)
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Henry David Thoreau: Aim above morality
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.” -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862).
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Walter Scott: Willows and oaks
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. -Walter Scott, novelist and poet (1771-1832).
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Derek Bok: Education and ignorance
”If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ” ~ Derek Bok.
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Cheryl Garcia Jausions: Irresistible
A man told the fairy godmother to make him irresistible to women. So she turned him into a credit card. Cheryl Garcia Jausions
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Saadi: Sorrow and joy
“That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.” —Saadi, poet (c. 1213-1291).
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George Bernard Shaw: Hell
“A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.” —George Bernard Shaw. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51505995
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Franklin P. Jones: Opinion
“Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success – yours or his.”—Franklin P. Jones.
