“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”
— Jim Rohn.
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Bertrand Russell: Collective fear
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct and produces ferocity toward those not regarded as members of the herd.”
~Bertrand Russell.
George Bernard Shaw: Spice
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”
~George Bernard Shaw.
George Bernard Shaw: Critic
“A dramatic critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.”
~George Bernard Shaw
Bruce Lee: Mistakes
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
—Bruce Lee.
Jim Rohn: Success

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“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.”
– Jim Rohn.
George Bernard Shaw: Lifetime of happiness

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But a lifetime of happiness! No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
– George Bernard Shaw.
Unknown: Life’s memories
“Life gives us brief moments with another… but sometimes in those brief moments we get memories that last a lifetime.” ~Author Unknown, quoted in “Count Your Blessings“.
George Polya: Pedantry against mastery

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Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry… To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery. –George Polya, professor of mathematics (1887-1985)
Source: http://www.wordsmith.org
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Gen Michel Aoun: Freedom
Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death.
– Gen Michel Aoun.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com dated March 10th, 2010.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. – Mark Twain
Andre Berthiaume: Masks
We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. -Andre Berthiaume, novelist (b. 1938)
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Never answer a critic, unless he’s right. – Bernard M. Baruch
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Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth.
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Kenneth G. Wilson: It depends
Often the accurate answer to a usage question begins, “It depends.” And what it depends on most often is where you are, who you are, who your listeners or readers are, and what your purpose in speaking or writing is. –Kenneth G. Wilson, usage writer (b. 1923)
Source: Wordsmith.org
Quote of the day:
Humor is also a way of saying something serious. – T. S. Eliot

Mark Twain: Only the wisdom
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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there — lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. –Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
Source: WORDSMITH.ORG
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Soren Kierkegaard

Dandamis: Judgment of another
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -Dandamis, sage (4c BCE)
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Warren Buffett: Watch the playing field

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“It’s true, of course, that, in the long run, the scoreboard for investment decisions is market price. But prices will be determined by future earnings. In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard.” – Warren Buffett
