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Alfred Hitchcock: Drama
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.” —Alfred Hitchcock, film-maker (1899-1980)
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Edith Hamilton: Education
“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought — that is to be educated.” —Edith Hamilton, educator…
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Robert Green Ingersoll: True civilization
“The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. ” —Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899).
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James Carville: So much information, so little knowledge
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/155611572 “How can it be that we have so much information and so little knowledge?” —Political strategist James Carville.
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Daniel J Boorstin: Unsung heroes
“In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard…
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Sargent Shriver: Travel
“Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting. ” ~Sargent Shriver. Embed from Getty Images
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Sam Snead: Never let up
Embed from Getty Images “Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players’ minds the next time out. ” ~Sam Snead.
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Simone de Beauvoir: Genius
“One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. ” ~Simone de Beauvoir. Embed from Getty Images
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Bill Cosby: Kids
Embed from Getty Images “Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you’re telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much. ” ~Bill Cosby.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: Something good
If you can’t say something good about someone, sit right here by me.” — Alice Roosevelt Longworth, writer.
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Plato: Partisanship
“The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions. ” ~Plato. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/159373629
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Tallulah Bankhead: Exactness
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.” ~Tallulah Bankhead. Embed from Getty Images
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Hal Higdon: Capacity
“Each runner’s capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.” ~Hal Higdon, author and contributing editor for Runner’s World.
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Elizabeth Fishel: Sisters
“A sister is both your mirror – and your opposite.” —Elizabeth Fishel. Embed from Getty Images
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Plato: Excess
“Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.” ~Plato. Embed from Getty Images
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Larry Bird: 100%
“I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” ~Larry Bird, former NBA basketball player. Embed from Getty Images
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Horace Walpole: Bills of credit
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. -Horace Walpole, novelist and essayist (1717-1797). Embed from Getty Images
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Don Marquis: Self-reproach
“There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. ” Don Marquis. Embed from Getty Images
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Mary Tyler Moore: Pain and courage
“Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” Mary Tyler Moore. Embed from Getty Images
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Euripides: Authority
“Authority is never without hate. ” —Euripides. Related articles Of Paradoxes and Caves(rogueclassicism.com)
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Tracy Kidder: Purpose of life
“You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. ” —Tracy Kidder.
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Peter Arno: Tell me about yourself…
“Tell me about yourself – your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number. ” Peter Arno. Related articles A head for numbers (thehindu.com)
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Thomas Hardy: Way to the better? Look at the worst!
“If a way to the better there be, it lies in taking a full look at the worst.” —Thomas Hardy.
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Emma Goldman: What the mind craves…
“All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves. ” —Emma Goldman.
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Elizabeth Wurtzel: Depression
“A human being can survive almost anything as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, so that it’s impossible to see the end.” ~Elizabeth Wurtzel.
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Blaise Pascal: Happiness
“If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion from thinking of it in order to make ourselves happy. ” –—Blaise Pascal.
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Sun Tzu: Pretense
“Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. ” —Sun Tzu.
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Mark Twain: Instructive
Portrait of Samuel Clemens as a youth holding a printer’s composing stick with letters SAM. Daguerreotype; sixth plate. Plate mark: Scovill. Inscribed in case well: G.H.[?] Jones Jonco? / Hannibal Mo / 1850 / Nov. 29th. On case pad: Samuel L. Clem-/ens – [illegible] / Taken Dec. 1850 / Age 15. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “I…
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Kahlil Gibran: Confidence and doubt
“Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.” —Kahlil Gibran.
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Deborah Tannen: Communication and action
“Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. ” —-Deborah Tannen.
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James Goldsmith: Praise
“Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.” —James Goldsmith.
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Confucius: Distant sorrow
“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.” —Confucius.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Pain and beauty
“The pain passes but the beauty remains.” —Pierre-Auguste Renoir, artist [responding to Matisse on why he painted in spite of his painful arthritis] (25 Feb 1841-1919).
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Lucille Ball: Everyday religion
“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. ” —Lucille Ball.
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Theodor Adorno: Self-consciousness
“Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. ” —Theodor Adorno.
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Red Auerbach: Natural abilities
“Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. “ —Red Auerbach.
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Dale Carnegie: Inaction
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. ~Dale Carnegie. Action Builds Confidence!(erinschreyer.com)
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Pat Riley: Management
“Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn’t management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team’s mission. ” Pat Riley. Related articles Pat Riley Moved into an $11 Million Penthouse in Miami Beach(slamonline.com)
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Brian Tracy: Move out of your comfort zone
“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” —Brian Tracy, self-help author and motivational speaker. [13/366] La marca de su empresa (Photo credit: César González – Destinos360 )
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J K Rowling: Measure of a man
“If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. ” —J K Rowling.
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Albert Einstein: Crowding
“The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.” —Albert Einstein
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El Sarcastico: Silence
“Silence doesn’t mean I’ve quit, it means you’re just not worth it.”—El Sarcastico.
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Micah True: Authenticity
If I were to be remembered for anything at all, I would want that to be that I am/was authentic. No Mas. Run Free! Micah True, American ultrarunner and a central character in Christopher McDougall‘s book Born to Run.
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Bruce Nauman: No excuses
“If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses. ” —Bruce Nauman.
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Len Wein: Brevity
“In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you’re halfway home. ” —Len Wein. Embed from Getty Images
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David McCullough: Success
“There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.” —David McCullough.
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Benjamin Franklin: Liberty versus security
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. ” ~Benjamin Franklin. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/180269750
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Jiddu Krishnamurti: Life
“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. ” –—Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Maureen Duffy: Rise
We all have to rise in the end, not just one or two who were smart enough, had will enough for their own salvation, but all the halt, the maimed and the blind of us which is most of us. -Maureen Duffy, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1933). Embed from Getty Images
