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STATUS QUOtes — 20240724

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

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“Language etches the grooves through which your thoughts must flow.” — Noam Chomsky

“The fish only knows that it lives in the water, after it is already on the river bank. Without our awareness of another world out there, it would never occur to us to change.” — Prince William

“The power of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing.” — Blaise Pascal

“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.” — Chuck Nevitt

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20231115

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

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“When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.” — Hindu Proverb

“I didn’t belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I’d known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.” — Bette Midler

“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” — Blaise Pascal

“There is no higher achievement for a southern woman than the ability to eat barbecue and walk away stain free.” — Julie Murphy

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20221210

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

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“Innovators increase the probability of the impossible.” — Braden Kelley

“Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.” — Charles A. Cerami

“Reason’s last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.” — Blaise Pascal

“The Japanese tend to be far more co-operative and docile and group-oriented. It would be easier to get the entire population of Tokyo to wear matching outfits than to get any two randomly selected Americans to agree on pizza toppings.” — Dave Barry

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20210523

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

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“When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.” — Thomas Fuller

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” — Blaise Pascal

“You learn your limitations and then you try to work within them.” — Al Hirschfeld

“I’m at a point where I want a man in my life, but not in my house. Just come in, attach the VCR, and get out.” — Joy Behar

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20210417

Jeff

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

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“You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.” — Dick Armey

“One of the silliest lines ever said in a feature film came from Love Story, the 1970s hit, which immortalized the phrase, ‘Love means never having to say you’re sorry.’ There are few people who would actually want to share a life with someone who held that concept near and dear.” — Marge Kennedy

“We desire to live an imaginary life in the minds of others, and for this purpose we endeavor to shine.” — Blaise Pascal

“You know who must be very secure in their masculinity? Male ladybugs.” — Jay Leno

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190801

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“A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us.” — Blaise Pascal

“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices—to be found only in the minds of men.” — Rod Serling

“I’m not crazy, my reality is just different than yours.” — Tim Burton

“If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.” — Muhammad Ali

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180402

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“Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.” — Lyndon Johnson

“As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.” — Clarence Darrow

“Little things console us because little things afflict us.” — Blaise Pascal

“Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.” — Albert Einstein

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180118

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“Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.” — Blaise Pascal

“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

“Envy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth.” — Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

“I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20171207

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“We know truth, not only by reason, but also by the heart.” — Blaise Pascal

“One small crack does not mean that you are broken. It means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” — Linda Poindexter

“If one hasn’t a horse, one is one’s own horse.” — Vincent Van Gogh

“When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.” — Bob Hope

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20160817

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“A golden cage is still a cage.” — Anita Krizzan

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.” — Mignon McLaughlin

“An advocate who has been well paid in advance will find the cause he is pleading all the more just.” — Blaise Pascal

“When your mind stops working, don’t forget to turn off the sound.” — Vikrant Parsai

 

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