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STATUS QUOtes — 20210126

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

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“I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.” — Annie Dillard

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: They both begin where reason ends.” — Harper Lee

“Leverage is everything; don’t begin to pry till you have got the long arm on your side.” — Oliver W. Holmes Sr.

“Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.” — Laurence J. Peter

 

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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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“I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam.” — Annie Dillard

“If you wish to drive a car successfully it requires most attention forward – with a few quick glances to the side and at the rearview mirror – Successfully driving your life is the same.” — Chase LeBlanc

“Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.” — Voltaire

“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.” — Steve Carrell as Michael Scott – The Office

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20191011

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“It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.” — Henry Ward Beecher

“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.” — Annie Dillard

“I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.” — Martha Hall Kelly

“Does it disturb anyone else that ‘The Los Angeles Angels’ baseball team translates directly to ‘The The Angels Angels?’” — Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190503

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“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.” — Annie Dillard

“One of the best feelings in the world is knowing that your presence and absence both mean something to someone.” — Unknown

“I’ve been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I’m driving, I hear I’m a moron. I like being a moron.” — Adam Sandler

“Have you ever called the wrong number? They’re always in aren’t they?” — Lee Evans

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20170121

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

“We are advertis’d by our loving friends.” — William Shakespeare

“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” — Mary Oliver

“My heart is a bargain today. Will you take it?” — W. C. Fields

“Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.” — Annie Dillard

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160627

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“At the foot of the lighthouse it is dark.” — Japanese Proverb

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.” — Pearl S. Buck

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” — Annie Dillard

“The older you get, the better you realize you were.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151026

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“Ignoring the signs is a good way to end up at the wrong destination.” — Unknown

“…The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.” — Annie Dillard

“Close some doors not because of pride incapacity or arrogance but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.” — Paulo Coelho

“If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.” — Jerry Seinfeld

 

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