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Virginia Woolf: Conformity

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/171080859 “Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.” —Virginia Woolf.
Derek Bok: Humane and caring?

“I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say. ” —Derek Bok. Embed from Getty Images
Virginia Woolf: Locked in, locked out

“I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.” —Virginia Woolf.
Charles Caleb Colton: Paradox

“It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.” —Charles Caleb Colton.
O Henry: Womanly pastime

“If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.” ~O Henry. Embed from Getty Images
Walter Lippmann: Conscience

“Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.” —Walter Lippmann, journalist (1889-1974).
Peter Coyote: Fact, not opinion

“Interdependence is a fact, it’s not an opinion. ” —Peter Coyote. Embed from Getty Images
Virginia Woolf: Anonymous

“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” —Virginia Woolf.
Erma Bombeck: Bathing suits and spouses

“People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you’ll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow. ” —Erma Bombeck. Embed from Getty Images
Elias Canetti: Praise

“One should use praise to recognize what one is not. ” —Elias Canetti. Embed from Getty Images
Muhammad Ali: Silence

“Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” ~Muhammad Ali. Embed from Getty Images
Hrithik Roshan: Fitness mantra

“As actors, we create a persona… an illusion to sell dreams. I didn’t want to hide anymore. I wanted to be the person people thought I was — fit.” ~Hrithik Roshan.
An Wang: Heart and business

Embed from Getty Images “You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart. ” —An Wang.
Hrithik Roshan: Engines

“Our bodies are like engines. If our engine is running smoothly, our car will face lesser bumps on the road at high speed…We make a mistake when we starve ourselves. Food in our stomach is the fuel that makes us work better.” ~Hrithik Roshan. Embed from Getty Images
Max Lucado: Worry-slapper

“Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? ‘I’ll take care of it in a moment.’ Of course you don’t! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.” —Max Lucado. Embed from Getty Images
Usher: Body care

Embed from Getty Images “If you take care of your body, it’ll take care of you. The benefit obviously is that I’m protecting my body from being harmed.” ~Usher.
Philip Larkin: Nothing, like something, happens anywhere

“Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.” ~Philip Larkin.
Virginia Woolf: Truth

“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” —Virginia Woolf.
Bruce Lee: Limits

“If you always put limits on everything you do, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus; and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” ~Bruce Lee.
Anthony Bourdain: Control freak

“I’m a control freak. If you’re going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.” —Anthony Bourdain. Embed from Getty Images
Germaine Greer: Children

“We can only afford two children’ is a squalid argument, but more acceptable in our society than ‘we don’t like children’.” ― Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch. Embed from Getty Images
Sidney Sheldon: Up all night

“When people tell me I’ve kept them up all night, I feel like I’ve succeeded.” ~Sidney Sheldon. Embed from Getty Images
Sterling Hayden: Hamburger meat

I don’t think I’ll have to kill her. Just slap that pretty face into hamburger meat, that’s all.—Sterling Hayden. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/502331053
Germaine Greer: Men in uniform

“Men are the enemy in much the same way that some crazed boy in uniform was the enemy of another like him in most respects except the uniform. One possible tactic is to try to get the uniforms off.” ― Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch. Embed from Getty Images
Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld: Love

“There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.” -Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, aphorist (1613-1680).
Jonathan LaPaglia: Slapping and children

I just couldn’t imagine hitting a child. But in ‘The Slap’ it’s an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself – would you step in if a child was out of control? —Jonathan LaPaglia. Embed from Getty Images
Germaine Greer: Capture

“I got him’ is nonsense in terms of love relationships, and so is ‘I lost him’. If we could stop thinking in terms of capture, we would not have to fear the loosening of the captives’ bonds and our failing beauty, and he would not have ulcers about being outstripped or belittled.” ― Germaine Greer,…
Karl Kraus: Solitary confinement

“The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.” ~Karl Kraus.
Germaine Greer: Hoops of steel

“Every wife who slaves to keep herself pretty, to cook her husband’s favourite meals, to build up his pride and confidence in himself at the expense of his sense of reality, to be his closest and effectively his only friend, to encourage him to reject the consensus of opinion and find reassurance only in her…
Robert Brault: Don't Let Them Steal Your Peace

My Positive Outlooks Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. — Robert Brault View original post
Samuel Bueno: Running

Running down by the railroad track. It is an absolutely powerful feeling to run right next to the train while it is rolling by. I get this awesome feeling of power coursing through my body as if I am one with the train. —Runner’s World Challenger Samuel Bueno’s idea of a rave run.
Germaine Greer: Politeness and contempt

“I find that those men who are personally most polite to women, who call them angels and all that, cherish in secret the greatest contempt for them.” ― Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch. Embed from Getty Images
Roald Dahl: Not a joke anymore

Embed from Getty Images “The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it’s a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he’s…
Jessamyn West: Youth and elders

“There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. ” —Jessamyn West.
Germaine Greer: Status

“Status ought not to be measured by a woman’s ability to attract and snare a man.” ― Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch. Embed from Getty Images
Jessica Mitford: Embarrass the guilty

“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.” – Jessica Mitford, author, journalist, and civil rights activist (1917-1996). Embed from Getty Images
Hand-Me-Downs: People

Clothes and toys, recipes and jokes, advice and prejudice: we all have to handle all sorts of hand-me-downs every day. Tell us about some of the meaningful hand-me-downs in your life. (Thank you for the inspired prompt suggestion, Jen Groeber!) People are not hand-me-downs. Embed from Getty Images
Paul O'Grady: Opinion

If I wanted your opinion, I’d slap it outta ya. —Paul O’Grady. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/144408918
George W. Bush: American resolve

“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” —George W. Bush. Embed from Getty Images
Germaine Greer: Love object

“The love object occupies the thoughts of the person diagnosed as ‘in love’ all the time despite the probability that very little is actually known about it. To it are ascribed all qualities considered by the obsessed as good, regardless of whether the object in question possesses those qualities in any degree. Expectations are set…
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Hunter S Thompson: Weird pros

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” ~Hunter S Thompson.
Germaine Greer: Security

“Security is the denial of life.” ― Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch. Embed from Getty Images
Germaine Greer: Woman

“Maybe I couldn’t make it. Maybe I don’t have a pretty smile, good teeth, nice tits, long legs, a cheeky arse, a sexy voice. Maybe I don’t know how to handle men and increase my market value, so that the rewards due to the feminine will accrue to me. Then again, maybe I’m sick of…
HP Lovecraft: Creative minds

Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots. -HP Lovecraft, short-story writer and novelist (1890-1937).
Elizabeth Drew: Language

Language is like soil. However rich, it is subject to erosion, and its fertility is constantly threatened by uses that exhaust its vitality. It needs constant reinvigoration if it is not to become arid and sterile. -Elizabeth Drew, author (1887-1965). Embed from Getty Images
Pope Francis: Mercy

Embed from Getty Images “A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.” ~Pope Francis.
Jennifer Lopez: Just one thing

“I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing.” ~Jennifer Lopez. Embed from Getty Images
Hal Riney: Little ideas

“There are no big ideas, only little ones that become big.” ~Hal Riney.
Rita Gunther McGrath: Customers

“Don’t listen what your customers say. Watch how they behave.” ~Rita Gunther McGrath.