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Jason Mraz: No secrets anymore
“I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there’s no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be. ” —Jason Mraz.
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J K Rowling: Potter books
The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry, and I think it’s one of the reasons that some people don’t like the books, but I think that it’s a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and…
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Hannah More: Idleness
“Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper. ” Hannah More
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Pema Chodron: Nothing ever goes away
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. —Pema Chodron
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Violence and non-violence
“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. ” —Mohandas Gandhi.
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Charles Schwab: Greatest asset
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab. Embed from Getty Images
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Buddha: Road To Truth
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. —Buddha. Embed from Getty Images
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Nuisances and Occupations
“A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.” —Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Abraham Lincoln: Important principles
“Important principles may and must be inflexible.” —Abraham Lincoln
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Blaise Pascal: Limits
“We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.” —Blaise Pascal.
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Harmon Killebr: Power
“I didn’t have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power. ” —Harmon Killebr
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Unknown: Everything
“Most everything in my brain, someone else helped put there.” -Unknown
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John Stuart Mill : Belief Versus Interest
“One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interest. ” John Stuart Mill.
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Margaret Fuller: Knowledge
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. —Margaret Fuller
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Alex Tan: Tears
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” -Alex Tan
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Natalie Babbitt: Interesting and not
Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn’t. —Natalie Babbitt.
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Kinky Friedman: Humility and cockiness
If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There’s always time to be humble later, once you’ve been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong. —Kinky Friedman.
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Ruy Castro: Lacking imagination
An ill-tempered individual merely lacks imagination. —Ruy Castro.
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Robert Frost: Fire and ice
“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.” ~ Robert Frost.
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John Updike: Leaders
“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ” John Updike.http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/525759159
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Francis Bacon: Knowledge and human power
“Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ” —Francis Bacon
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Salman Rushdie: Freedom of expression
“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” —Salman Rushdie.
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Eva Hoffman: Humanity in strange faces
“There’s nothing like a gleam of humour to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face.” —Eva Hoffman.
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Robert M Hutchins: Universities
“There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.” —Robert M. Hutchins.
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Dianne Feinstein: Winning and losing
“Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.” —Dianne Feinstein.
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Elizabeth II: Bible
“To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible? ” —Elizabeth II.
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Eve Denise Curie: Peace
We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all. Eve Denise Curie
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Lillie Langtry: Blame
“I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done. ” —Lillie Langtry
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Theodore H White: Heroism
“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.” —Theodore H. White.
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Stephen Ambrose: Holocaust
“The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed. ” —Stephen Ambrose.
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David Lloyd George: Iron in his soul
“He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul. ” —David Lloyd George.
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Mark Twain: Honesty
Honesty is the best policy – when there is money in it. Mark Twain Source: http://quotes4all.net/quote_1100.html [Powered by QuotesPlugin v1.0 for Windows Live Writer]
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Anonymous: Number one goal
“If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence.” –Anonymous
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Sir Anthony Hawkin: Cramped conversation
“Your ignorance, cramps my conversation.” —Sir Anthony Hawkin.
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Mason Cooley: Peace
“The only peace is being out of earshot. ” —Mason Cooley.
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P J O’Rourke: Buying and selling—legislators
“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” —P. J. O’Rourke (1947 – ).
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Benjamin Disraeli: Feelings and Apologies
”Never apologize for showing feelings. Remember that when you do, you apologize for the truth.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
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Taylor Swift: Fearlessness
“Fearless” is living inspite of those things that scare you to death. —Taylor Swift.
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Steve Jobs: Dent in the universe
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe.” —Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (1955-2011).
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Robertson Davies: Grudges
Never harbour grudges ; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else. —Robertson Davies
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Dave Barry: Just get up and dance
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. just get up and dance. —Dave Barry.
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David Lloyd George : Big step
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. -David Lloyd George, British prime minister (1863-1945)
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Ted Koppel: Competitive screeching
Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching : what is trivial takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.
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Roberta Bondar: Knowledge
Without knowledge, the world is bereft of culture. and so we must be educators and students both. —Roberta Bondar.
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Kahlil Gibran: Utterers and listeners
He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth. -Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (1883-1931).
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Saul Bellow: Need for illusion
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
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Malcolm de Chazal: Expressions and words
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don’t understand us. -Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)
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Jorge Luis Borges: Resources
A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given…
