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William Faulkner: Artists and reviews
The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews. – William Faulkner
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George Eliot: What the world believes about us
“We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.” —George Eliot.
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Dorothy Parker: Curiosity
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. – Dorothy Parker. Embed from Getty Images
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Steven Weinberg: Good people doing evil things
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. – Steven Weinberg. Embed from Getty Images
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William Shakespeare: Physician to my love
“My reason, the physician to my love, angry that his prescriptions are not kept, hath left me.” —William Shakespeare.
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Jimmy Buffett: Laughter
“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” — Jimmy Buffett.
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Will Rogers: Politics
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that’s out always looks the best. – Will Rogers
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Darrin Weinberg: Winning and losing
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. – Darrin Weinberg
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Piet Hein: Naivety
Naive you are / if you believe / life favours those / who aren’t naive. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996). Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Szasz: Clear thinking
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. -Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (b. 1920). Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Szasz: God and schizophrenia
If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. -Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (b. 1920). Embed from Getty Images
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Tom Wolfe: Cults and religions
A cult is a religion with no political power. -Tom Wolfe, author and journalist (b. 1931). Embed from Getty Images
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Kenneth Tynan: Conformity and corruption
How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself. -Kenneth Tynan, critic and writer (1927-1980). Embed from Getty Images
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Jim Morrison: You don’t need to be told
You’re too young to be old You don’t need to be told You want to see things as they are You know exactly what I do Everything – Jim Morrison.
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Otto von Bismarck: Tell the truth
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. -Otto von Bismarck, statesman (1815-1898). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107875418
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Winston Churchill: World’s awe
“The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is someone outside its jurisdiction; someone before whom its allurements may be spread in vain; someone strangely enfranchised, untamed, untrammelled by convention,…
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Billy Joel: Things you might have done
“They showed you a statue and told you to pray/ They built you a temple and locked you away/ But they never told you the price that you pay/ For things you might have done.” —Billy Joel.
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Alfred Whitney Griswold: Better ideas
“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.” ~Alfred Whitney Griswold
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Buddha: Streams and rocks
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength, but through persistence.” ~ Buddha.
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J Petit Senn: Less character
“It requires less character to discover the faults of others than it does to tolerate them.” ~ J. Petit Senn
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George Macdonald: To be trusted
”To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” ~ George Macdonald.
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Jazz Dela Salde: My wish for you
“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt,…
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Richard Needham: Everybody and anybody
A sensible man knows you can’t please Everybody. A wise man knows you can’t please Anybody…—Richard Needham
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Peachy Centeno: Give it a try
“It’s impossible.” said pride. “It’s risky.” said experience. “It’s pointless.” said reason. “Give it a try.” whispered the heart. —Peachy Centeno
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Margaret Bonnano: Happily ever after
”It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.” ~ Margaret Bonnano.
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Carl Sagan: Dolphinese
“It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English — up to fifty words used in correct context — no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.”—Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996).
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T.S. Eliot: Life,wisdom,knowledge
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? —T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965).
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E.B. White: Tyranny begets tyranny
“We grow tyrannical fighting tyranny. The most alarming spectacle today is not the spectacle of the atomic bomb in an unfederated world, it is the spectacle of the Americans beginning to accept the device of loyalty oaths and witchhunts, beginning to call anybody they don’t like a Communist.” —E.B. White, writer (1899-1985). Embed from Getty…
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Anatole France: Why are men cruel?
“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.” —Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/171103710
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Charles Evans Hughes: A man’s good company
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. -Charles Evans Hughes, jurist (1862-1948). Embed from Getty Images
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Piet Hein: Luck and you
Nobody can be lucky all the time; / so when your luck deserts you in some fashion / don’t think you’ve been abandoned in your prime, / but rather that you’re saving up your ration. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996).
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Rabindranath Tagore: Bigotry and truth
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. -Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel Prize in literature (1861-1941). Embed from Getty Images
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Helen Keller: Place in the sun
“A man can’t make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.” ~ Helen Keller.
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George Matthews Adams: “Self-Made” Man
’There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.’ ~George Matthew Adams.
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Hafiz: Sun and earth
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. ~ Hafiz
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Dr. Napoleon Hill: To receive love, give love
“Recognize that love and affection constitute the finest medicines for both your body and your soul. Love changes the entire chemistry of the body and conditions it for the expression of a positive mental attitude. And love also extends the space you may occupy in the hearts of your fellowmen. And in this connection, it…
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Anne Frank: Best remedy
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.…
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Aristotle: Mark of an educated mind
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)
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Piet Hein: Men—good to their brothers
“Men, said the Devil, / are good to their brothers: / they don’t want to mend / their own ways, but each other’s.” —Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996).
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Walker Percy: Perilous affair
Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair? -Walker Percy, author (1916-1990).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Chief event
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/167160315 “A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882).
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George Leslie Brook: Standard English
Standard English is a convenient abstraction, like the average man. -George Leslie Brook, English professor, author (1910-1987)
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Arthur Helps: Reading, an ingenious device
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. -Arthur Helps, writer (1813-1875)
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Doing the opposite
“To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation.” —Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, scientist and philosopher (1742-1799).
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Benjamin Disraeli: When to
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. “ —Benjamin Disraeli
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Indian proverb: Life is a bridge
Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. -Indian proverb
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Ayn Rand: No way to rule innocent men
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of…
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Henry David Thoreau: Different drummer
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862). Embed from Getty Images
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La Rochefoucald: Matter of degree
“One forgives to the degree that one loves.” ~ La Rochefoucald.
