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STATUS QUOtes — 20240916

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

 

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“An appreciative listener is always stimulating.” — Agatha Christie

“It is not possible to read a person at first sight. The virtues are usually covered by the veil of modesty, while the flaws wear the mask of hypocrisy.” — Jean de La Bruyère

“Knowledge is the seed, intelligence is the stem, understanding is the branch, and wisdom is the fruit.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.” — Henry Adams

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20240422

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“The ax forgets but the cut log does not.” — African proverb

“Taken slowly, or mindfully, even eating an orange or a bowl of soup, or a small piece of dark chocolate for that matter, can take on the flavor or prayer.” — Mary DeTurris Poust

“We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.” — Cicero

“If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much sausage he served on the side [ed].” — Orson Card

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20231107

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“The sure sign of an amateur is he has a million plans and they all start tomorrow.” — Steven Pressfield

“Don’t you find it odd, that when you’re a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you’re older, somehow they act offended if you even try.” — Ethan Hawke

“There are questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers to them.” — Agatha Christie

“I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.” — Adlai E. Stevenson II, American politician

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200731

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“The shell must break before the bird can fly.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” — Agatha Christie

“No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.” — Jacob Bronowski

“You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20190501

Jeff

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“Sometimes you get a flash of what you look like to other people.” — Zadie Smith

“It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.” — Agatha Christie

“Agreement in likes and dislikes — this, and this only, is what constitutes true friendship.” ― Catiline

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. ― Oscar Wilde

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190228

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“I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.” — E. B. White

“Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.” — Agatha Christie

“It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

“The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the train before.” — G.K. Chesterton

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181127

Jeff

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“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life – reciprocity.” — Confucius

“Exactly! It is absurd — improbable — it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! one cannot escape from the facts.” — Agatha Christie

“The Greek word for ‘return’ is nostos. Algos means ‘suffering.’ So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.” — Milan Kundera

“My knowledge of art is limited to Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh.” — Woody Allen

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180501

Jeff

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“The things that make me different are the things that make me.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

“I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you.” — Agatha Christie

“In the long run, a short cut seldom is.” — Malcom Forbes

“Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn’t be seen dead at.” — Bill Vaughn

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180127

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Every once in a while a blind squirrel finds an acorn.” — Unknown

“Sometimes, we need a few people in our lives who will calmly call our bluff.” — Dr. SunWolf

“Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.” — Agatha Christie

“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” — Oprah Winfrey

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170827

Jeff

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“It is completely unimportant… That is why it is so interesting.” — Agatha Christie

“Americans are funny about taxes: When we complain about them, we don’t moan that we are paying too much—we lament that others are paying too little.” — Kevin D. Williamson

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.” — Thucyclides

“Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.” — Orson Welles

 
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