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STATUS QUOtes — 20230205

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

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“Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.” — Chinese Proverb

“The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

“The most sublime act is to set another before you.” — William Blake

“I believe in practicing prudence, at least once every two or three years.” — Molly Ivins

 

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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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STATUS QUOtes — 20220305

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

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“A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.” — Chinese Proverb

“It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it sadly fails me in framing an excuse; and always the lapse occurs at some crisis, when a facile word or plausible pretext is specially wanted to get me out of painful embarrassment.” — Charlotte Brontë

“Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.” — Smiley Blanton

“The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there’s only one other choice.” — Doug Larson

 



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Quote about the situation in Ukraine: “If the United Nations has any purpose, it is to prevent war, it is to condemn war, to stop war. That is our job here today. It is the job you were sent here to do – not just by your capitals, but by all of humanity.” — Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20211127

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

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“It is easier to visit friends than to live with them.” — Chinese Proverb

“Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” — Ayn Rand

“People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor; would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?” — Neil Simon

 

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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.””
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STATUS QUOtes — 20190124

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“He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left.” — Chinese Proverb

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.” — Paulo Coelho

“In your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go and sheltered so may thrive and grow.” — Louise Driscoll

“Donuts – – is there anything they can’t do?” — Homer Simpson

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181209

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“Take a second look, it costs you nothing.” — Chinese Proverb

“Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.” — Sydney Smith

“To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.” — Gwendolyn Brooks

“Not only do I not know what’s going on, I wouldn’t know what to do about it if I did.” — George Carlin

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181110

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“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.” — Chinese Proverb

“The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.” — Frank Herbert

“We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have these because we have acted rightly.” — Will Durant

“I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia; let them walk to school like I did!” — ‘Yogi’ Berra

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181020

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“A clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.” — Chinese Proverb

“The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.” — G. K. Chesterton

“Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“When I said I was ‘The Greatest,’ I never said I was the smartest!” — Muhammad Ali

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180926

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“When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.” — Chinese Proverb

“There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy.” — Sean Stewart

“There’s a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego — which can be destructive.” — Lee Iacocca

“Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.” — William Hazlitt

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180801

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“With money you can buy a house, but not a home.” — Chinese Proverb

“These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.” — Ayrton Senna

“I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Just a word of advice. Whenever you’re furious with your parents or you think they’re terrible, just remember, you vomited on them and they kept you.” — John Green

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180712

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“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” — Chinese Proverb

“The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind’s eye.” — Shana Alexander

“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life.” — Frank Zappa

“I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

 
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