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Peter De Vries: Value of marriage
“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.” —Peter De Vries.
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Confucius: Things past
“Things that are done, it is needless to speak about…things that are past, it is needless to blame.” —Confucius
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A few reasonable words
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable words.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832).
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Lopez Lomong: Pure, absolute joy
Today I run for pure, absolute joy! Lopez Lomong, U.S. Olympian and Lost Boy from Sudan
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Doug Larson: Utility, luxury, opulence and paradise
“Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three – and paradise is when you have none. ” Doug Larson
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Martin Farquhar Tupper: Tiring adversity
“He who does not tire, tires adversity. ” —Martin Farquhar Tupper.
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David Icke: Madness
“So reports of my madness, as they say, were greatly exaggerated. Not that I give a bugger either way. ” —David Icke.
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Eugene Sue: Virtue
“Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty. ” Eugene Sue Related articles Reading Eugene Peterson(writingsistersblog.wordpress.com)
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Henry Miller: Stifled impulses
“One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ” Henry Miller
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Michel de Montaigne: Firm belief
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.” —Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592).
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Aldous Huxley: Facts
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” —Aldous Huxley
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Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online
Related articles TED: Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online – Markham Nolan (2012)(ted.com)
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Alfred Austin: Public opinion
“Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. ” Alfred Austin
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Edsger Dijkstra: Computer science
“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ” —Edsger Dijkstra.
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Josh Billings: Reason and conscience
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. -Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (1818-1885).
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Paul Simon: Serious comedy
“If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. ” Paul Simon Related articles Music from the US – Paul Simon(xworldmusic.wordpress.com) Paul Simon: Paul Simon (1972)(reprog.wordpress.com) Paul Simon And Rufus Wainwright…
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Camilo Di Cavour: Lotteries
“Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles. ” —Camilo Di Cavour
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Apprehension and reality
“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality. ” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
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Thomas Keneally: Writing
“I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it’s the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers. ” —Thomas Keneally.
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Rollo May: Doubtful commitment
“The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it’s not without doubt but in spite of doubt. ” Rollo May Related articles Moving Through Fear(deborahcampbellcoach.com) The 5 Positive Powers of Self-Doubt(empwaynek.wordpress.com)
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Benjamin Cohen: At the end of the day…
“At the end of the day I’m pleased with the site I created. ” Benjamin Cohen
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Mark Twain: Truth and fiction
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” —Mark Twain.
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Moby: Secret
My secret is being not terrible at a lot of things. – Moby
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Adam Smith: Discipline
“The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. ” —Adam Smith Related articles Goal clarity(observer.org.sz) QOTD: Adam Smith on Banking(ritholtz.com) Guest Post: The Dark Age Of Money(zerohedge.com) Elusive ‘wealth of nations’…
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John Erskine: The written and the spoken
“The great men in literature have usually tried to bring the written word into harmony with the spoken, instead of encouraging an exclusive language to write in.” —John Erskine, novelist, poet, and essayist (1879-1951).
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Unknown: Fruit tree in winter
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
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William Least Heat-Moon: Beware…
“Beware thoughts that come in the night. ” —William Least Heat-Moon Related articles Quote of the Day: William Least Heat Moon(allaboardbeat.wordpress.com)
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Olin Miller: What people think
“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. ” Olin Miller
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Lao Tzu: Love and courage
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” –Lao Tzu
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James Howell: All work…
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” James Howell
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Rod Laver: The next point
“The next point – that’s all you must think about. ” —Rod Laver Related articles Mary Laver, wife of Rod Laver, dies at 84(miamiherald.com) Top 5 left handed sportsmen(sportskeeda.com) Mary Laver, wife of Rod Laver, dies at 84(kansascity.com) Mary Laver, wife of Rod Laver, dies at 84(sportsillustrated.cnn.com) Mary Laver, wife of Rod Laver, dies at…
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Paul J Meyer: Writing
“Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action. ”—Paul J Meyer
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Mark Twain: Reading
“A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. ” —Mark Twain.
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Kahlil Gibran: Giving
“You give little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” —Kahlil Gibran.
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Anais Nin: Living ideas
“My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.” —Anais Nin.
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Roberto Rosselini: On actresses
“Don’t get married to an actress because they’re also actresses in bed. ” Roberto Rosselini Related articles Bella Donna: Isabella Rossellini(bellasugar.com) Ingrid Bergman’s letter to Roberto Rossellini…..(tallulahbankhead.wordpress.com)
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Edmund Burke: True economy
“Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.” —Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797).
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Two-faced
“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (1804-1864).
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Michael Bublé: Not the best I can be
“I’m still not even close to being the guy I know I can be, but at least I’m aware of it.At least I work on it.” —Michael Bublé.
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Chrissie Wellington: Discomfort
It’s when the discomfort strikes that they realize a strong mind is the most powerful weapon of all. Chrissie Wellington, four-time World Ironman Champion Related articles Chrissie Smiles (fitnessfatale.com)
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Thomas Paine: Error, not truth
“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.” —Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809).
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Sigmund Freud: Indisputable favourite
“A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror. ” —Sigmund Freud
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Emile M Cioran: Tolerance
“Tolerance — the function of an extinguished ardor — tolerance cannot seduce the young. ” —Emile M Cioran
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Robert Frost: Men and boys
“A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ” —Robert Frost.
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Ernest Hemingway: The best people
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” —Ernest Hemingway, author and journalist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961).
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Jessamyn West: Facial truth
“Nothing ruins a face so fast as double-dealing. Your face telling one story to the world. Your heart yanking your face to pieces, trying to let the truth be known.” —Jessamyn West, novelist (1902-1984).
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Marilyn Monroe: My worst, my best
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” –Marilyn Monroe Related articles Marilyn quote: deserve me(thezoepages.com) 15 quotes by Marilyn Monroe(cath-b.com)…
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Robert Wilensky: Monkeying around…
“”We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.”” —Robert Wilensky.
