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Isaac Asimov: Great annoyance
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” —Isaac Asimov.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Troubles and happiness
—Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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Marvin J Ashton: Be the one
“Be the one who nurtures and builds.Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.” —Marvin J Ashton.
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J D Salinger: Terrific friend
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” —J.D. Salinger, writer (1 Jan 1919-2010) .
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every day
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Christine Lagarde: Economic jargon
“I know this is economic jargon, but essentially, if you bring more women to the job market, you create value, it makes economic sense, and growth is improved. There are countries where it’s almost a no-brainer: Korea, Japan, soon to be China, certainly Germany, Italy. Why? Because they have an aging population.” —Christine Lagarde.
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Paul Boese: Forgiveness
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” —Paul Boese.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Hell
—Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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John Denver: Words to go by
“We don’t teach kids how to feel, we don’t give them the words to go by.” —John Denver.
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Unknown: Being wrong
“Sometimes we choose to be wrong, not because we really are wrong, but because we value our relationship more than our pride.” —Unknown.
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Simon Sinek: More work
“If we push people away because of work, then when we’re finally free, there will be no friends left … just plenty of time for more work.” —Simon Sinek.
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Sue Grafton: High heels
“If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.” —Sue Grafton.
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Sue Grafton: Flyweights of the world
“It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world. They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn.” —Sue Grafton.
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Rudyard Kipling: Alone
“He travels the fastest who travels alone.” —Rudyard Kipling.
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Robert Muller: Untold peace and happiness
“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” —Robert Muller.
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Rajesh Khanna: With a smile
“Luck may run out and the public, which is so kind, may turn cruel but when that happens I’ll go down with a smile” ― Rajesh Khanna.
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Will Durrant: Map of human character
“It is a mistake to think that the past is dead. Nothing that has ever happened is quite without influence at this moment. The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time. You, too, are your past; often your face is your autobiography; you are what you are because…
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Mary Tyler Moore: Really strangers
“Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers.” —Mary Tyler Moore.
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Unknown: Forgiving and moving on
“Forgiving you is my gift to you. Moving on is my gift to myself.” —Unknown.
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Woodrow Wilson: Brains
“I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have borrowed a lot.” —Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president, Nobel laureate (28 Dec 1856-1924).
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Seneca: Wants
“Nature’s wants are small, while those of opinion are limitless.” —Seneca (Letters from a Stoic).
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Woodrow Wilson: Against the stream
“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” —Woodrow Wilson.
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Dennis Waitley: Find the answer
“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving towards finding the answer.” —Dennis Waitley.
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Epicurus: Nature or opinion
“If you live according to nature, you will never be poor; if you live according to opinion, you will never be rich.” —Epicurus (via Seneca).
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Salman Khan: Working very hard
“Have you seen a duck gliding smoothly on water? Does it ever look like it is paddling furiously underneath the surface? I don’t have to show that I am working very hard. ” —Salman Khan.
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Louis Pasteur: Barren skepticism
“Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.” —Louis Pasteur.
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Daniel Burnham: Make no little plans
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. … Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.” —Daniel Burnham, architect and urban designer.
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Ben Franklin: Continual Christmas
“Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no ambition corrupt thee, no example sway thee, no persuasion move thee, to do any thing which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollily; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.” ––Ben Franklin.
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George Michael: Ego
“It takes so much strength to say to your ego, ‘You know what? You’re going to keep me lonely, so I have to ignore you.’” —George Michael.
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Mao Zedong: Politics and war
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” —Mao Zedong.
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Logan Pearsall Smith: Test of vocation
“The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.” —Logan Pearsall Smith, writer.
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Rod Serling: Tools of conquest
“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of…
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Isaac Newton: Not understanding
“A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.” —Isaac Newton.
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Walter Isaacson: Be interested in everything
“For me, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci have the same life lesson, which is: be interested in everything…. If you can be interested in everything, if you can be cross-disciplinary, then you can see the patterns of our cosmos, and how we connect to them. And that’s the magic of Ben Franklin, but even…
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Charlie Munger: Worldly wisdom
“Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group … then to hell with them.” —– Charlie Munger.
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Anil Kapoor: Feel-good film
“If you make a feelgood film which is complete candyfloss, where everybody is good and everything is beautiful and hunky dory, it won’t appeal to the audience.” —Anil Kapoor.
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Saint Ignatius: Bodily exercise
“Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.” —Saint Ignatius.
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Neale Donald: Struggle ends
“The struggle ends when gratitude begins.” -Neale Donald.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan: No meaning
“Sir, an equation has no meaning for me unless it expresses a thought of GOD.” —Srinivasa Ramanujan.
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Harry Shearer: Absolute
“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?” —Harry Shearer.
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N K Jemisin: Fear
“Some people react to fear by seeking security, change, control. The rest accept the change and just go on about their lives.” —N.K. Jemisin,writer.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Be on our own
“We must be our own before we can be another’s.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Vanessa Paradis: Fear
“Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.” —Vanessa Paradis.
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Scott Morrison: Awareness
“Just let awareness have its way with you completely.” -Scott Morrison.
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Rebecca West: Doormat
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” —Rebecca West, author and journalist (21 Dec 1892-1983).
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Eric Hoffer: Species of vigor
“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something…
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Jane Fonda: Feminism
“Feminism is not just about women; it’s about letting all people lead fuller lives.” —Jane Fonda.
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Robert Brault: Friends will adjust
“Do what you must, And your friends will adjust.” -Robert Brault.
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Anthony Bourdain: Non-American
“No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.” —Anthony Bourdain, chef and television personality.
