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STATUS QUOtes — 20221220

Jeff

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

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“Leave well – even ‘pretty well’ – alone that is what I learn as I get old.” — Edward Fitzgerald

“I think that’s one of the biggest signs a person has matured—knowing how to appreciate things that matter to others, even if they don’t matter very much to you.” — Colleen Hoover

“Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we‘d give blood.” — Charles Dickens

“Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” — Michael Pollan

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20211219

Jeff

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

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“I will prepare, and some day my chance will come.” — Abraham Lincoln

“But it was home. And though home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.” — Charles Dickens

“Authenticity matters little, though– our willingness to accept legends depends far more upon their expression of concepts we want to believe than upon their plausibility.” — David P. Mikkelson

“The Pilgrims didn’t have any experience when they landed here. Hell, if experience was that important, we’d never have anybody walking on the moon.” — Doug Rader

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20201219

Jeff

“To be amused by what you read–
that is the great spring of happy quotations.”
— C. E. Montague —

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“Inspiration gives no warnings.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“‘I wear the chain I forged in life,’ replied the Ghost. ‘I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.'” — Charles Dickens

“No, you’re not a bad person…and I’m not a bad person. We’re just people, and people sometimes do stupid things.” — Francesca Zappia

“When a person implores you to be reasonable what he means is that you should speed round forthwith to his point of view.” — Alice Thomas Ellis

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190919

Jeff

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“Nobody roots for Goliath.” — Wilt Chamberlain

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those dark, clustered houses encloses it.” — Charles Dickens

“The oldest, shortest words — ‘yes’ and ‘no’ — are those which require the most thought.” — Pythagoras

“The reason I love my dog so much is because when I come home, he’s the only one in the world who treats me like I’m The Beatles.” — Bill Maher

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180329

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“You must lose a fly to catch a trout.” — George Herbert

“Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.” — Charles Dickens

“Big shots are only little shots who kept on shooting.” — Dale Carnegie

“The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.” — Unknown

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20160522

Jeff

“Remember tonight for it is the beginning of always.” — Dante Alighieri

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than the dirt itself.” — Charles Dickens

“Money isn’t everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.” — J. Paul Getty

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151117

Jeff

“I have been bent and broken, but I hope into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens

“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.” — Confucius

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” — Soren Kierkegaard

“There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.” — Don Herold

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150604

Jeff

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which everyone has many.” — Charles Dickens

“There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment” — Cardinal de Retz

“We may be afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.[ed]” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“I wouldn’t touch the metric measuring system with a 3.048m pole.” — Anonymous

STATUS QUOtes — 20150301

Jeff

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” — Rumi

“Just learn to be quiet, still and solitary. And the world will freely offer itself to you unmasked.” — Franz Kafka

“There is always more mystery.” — Anais Nin

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

STATUS QUOtes — 20150209

Jeff

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker

“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power.” — Charles Dickens

“Success is a great deodorant.” — Elizabeth Taylor