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STATUS QUOtes — 20151123

Jeff

“Don’t look for your dreams to come true; look to become true to your dreams.” — Michael Beckwith

“His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.” — Lois McMaster Bujold

“Explain your anger, don’t express it and you will immediately open the door to solutions instead of arguments.” — Unknown

“Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.” — Kim Hubbard [corrected attribution 11/24/15 ]

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151122

Jeff

“Halfway isn’t all the way, but it’s better than no way.” — John Updike

“We assume others show love the same way we do and if they don’t, we worry it’s not there.” — Unknown

“You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you.” — Arthur Miller

“Sometimes, you have to air your soul out to someone who isn’t legally bound to listen. That’s where friends come in handy, because clergymen judge you and bartenders require a two-drink minimum.” — Michael Grady

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151121

Jeff

“The gods too are fond of a joke.” — Aristotle

“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.” — Warren Buffett

“If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me.” — Jimmy Buffett

“Dentist: A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.” — Ambrose Bierce

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151120

Jeff

“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“When one man has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.” — Jacques Cousteau

“It’s not what I feel for you… it’s what I don’t feel for anyone but you.” — Unknown

“I hate small towns because once you’ve seen the cannon in the park there’s nothing else to do.” — Lenny Bruce

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151119

Jeff

“When you blame others, you give up the chance to change yourself.” — Don Eduardo García

“Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” — Margaret Atwood

“There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.” — Shmuley Boteach

“If I ever need a heart transplant, I want his… it’s never been used.” — George Raveling

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151118

Jeff

“We are who people think we are.” — David Foster

“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” — Omar N. Bradley

“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” — H. G. Wells

“Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire?… the one nearest the door of course.” — George Bernard Shaw

 

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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 — 20151116

Jeff

“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.” — Gerry Spence

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” — Mother Teresa

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!” — Pericles

“Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.” — Stieg Larsson

 

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English Anguish

Jeff

I don’t declare that I am a grammar expert and I do have to look up certain grammar rules from time-to-time. The difference is that I take that extra step and do the research.

I am not an official member of the grammar police even though there are certain violations of English grammar rules that annoy me.

The proper use of then and than, the differences between two, two and too and of course…

 

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are most disconcerting!

Many people are confused about when to use commas, but as you can see (below) it is even more confusing when they are not used.

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Credit where credit is due. Even though JBRish is pleased to present the above as infotainment, it is not original to us. These were originally presented as part of a BuzzFeed post. You can see all of their grammar gift recommendations by clicking here:

STATUS QUOtes — 20151115

Jeff

“You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.” — Arthur Ashe

“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late” — Felix Frankfurter

“Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.” — Maya Angelou

“When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there’s a good chance the transmission is shot.” — Larry Lujack

 

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