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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…
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Amelia Earhart: Flying awards
“So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.” —Amelia Earhart (1897-1937).
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Hart Crane: Drenched in words
“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. “ —Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932).
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Anushka Sharma: Loyalty
“In India, whether it is cricket or anything else that India loves a lot, be it your husband who first beats you at night and then in the morning claims to love you, that’s really the relationship that people have. But that’s not love. If you talk about sportsmanship and when people say that this…
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Ogden Nash: Marriage
“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up. ” —Ogden Nash, poet (1902-1971).
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Albert Einstein: Opportunity
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~Albert Einstein. Embed from Getty Images
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Anatole France: Books
“Never lend books — nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.” —Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (16 Apr 1844-1924).
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Jean Chretien: History
“You have to look at history as an evolution of society.” ~Jean Chretien.
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Clint Eastwood: Respect
“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” ~Clint Eastwood. Embed from Getty Images
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Joseph Addison: Obscurely good
“Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.” —Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1 May 1672-1719). Embed from Getty Images
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Francis de Sales: New tie
“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.” — Francis de Sales,bishop.
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Nelson Mandela: Success
Embed from Getty Images “Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” ~Nelson Mandela.
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Rodney Dangerfield: Ridiculous
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous—everyone hasn’t met me yet.” ~Rodney Dangerfield. Embed from Getty Images
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Francis Bacon, Sr: Hypocritical zeal
“The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays.” ~Francis Bacon, Sr. Embed from Getty Images
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Herman Melville: Salt and wine
“At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water, is like wine, in that respect.” ~Herman Melville. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/463914359
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Maria Sharapova: Impress me
“It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content.” ~Maria Sharapova. Embed from Getty Images
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Herbert Spencer: Contempt prior to investigation
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” —Herbert Spencer, philosopher (Apr 27 1820-1903).
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Thomas Szasz: Work
The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic — in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea — known to medical science is work. -Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (15 Apr 1920-2012). Embed from Getty Images
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Rita Rudner: Large breasts
“Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it’s quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.” ~Rita Rudner Embed from Getty Images
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Thoughts
“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings—always darker, emptier and simpler.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche. Embed from Getty Images
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Anne Lamott: God's image
You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. -Anne Lamott, writer (b. 10 Apr 1954). Embed from Getty Images
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Sylvester Stallone: Winners or losers
“I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to their hearts.” ~Sylvester Stallone Embed from Getty Images
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Katherine Hepburn: Men and women
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/110183516 “Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.” ~Katherine Hepburn.
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Condoleezza Rice: Headlines and history
“Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same.” –Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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Sigmund Freud: Small and large matters
“In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart. ” —Sigmund Freud. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107875010
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Tommy Politz: Information and application
“Information without application leads to deception. Information with application leads to transformation. Based on Hebrews 10” Tommy Politz.
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Henry David Thoreau: What do you see?
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ” —Henry David Thoreau. Embed from Getty Images
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Unknown: I am who I am
“i am who i am – your approval is not needed” unknown.
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Unknown: Burning bridges
“Burning bridges isn’t always a bad thing… sometimes it’s the only thing keeping you from going back to somewhere you never should have been to begin with!!!” unknown
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Nicolas de Chamfort: Pleasure and happiness
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. -Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (6 Apr 1741-1794).
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Aristotle: Fear
“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ” —Aristotle. Embed from Getty Images
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Anonymous: Tourists and terrorists
“Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns.” —Anon. Embed from Getty Images
