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STATUS QUOtes — 20240823

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

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“Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.” — German Proverb

“A young man asked Mozart how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, ‘You’re far too young to write a symphony.’ The young man then said, ‘What? You were writing symphonies when you were 10, and I’m 21.’ Mozart smiled and replied, ‘Yes, but I didn’t go around asking people how to do it.'” — via Sahil Bloom

“Today I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good.” — Ernest Holmen

“If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I’d be making money in a very weird way.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20240714

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

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“Crooked logs also make straight fires.” — German Proverb

“Sometimes we learn the most about forgiveness when we realize how desperately we need it ourselves.” — Glad Munaiseche

“To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.” — Bette Davis

“It takes a lot of intellectual contortion to deny the obvious, but never underestimate the contortions of an intellectual.” — Steven Landsburg 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230515

Jeff

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

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“The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.” — German proverb

“As you move through this life and this world, you change things slightly; you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leave marks on you.” — Anthony Bourdain

“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then.” — T. S. Eliot

“Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.” — Lisa Alther

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200730

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

 

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“Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson.” — T.S. Eliot

“We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Skepticism, is that anything more than we used to mean when we said, Well, what have we here?” — Robert Frost

“I’ve got my doubts, there’s no doubt about it.” — Alan Brazil

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200729

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

 

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“Until the donkey tried to clear the fence, he thought himself a deer.” — Arthur Guiterman

“I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing they weren’t the same thing.” — Maggie Stiefvater

“When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you.” — Matthew McConaughey

“Instead of the mahi mahi, may I just get the one mahi because I’m not that hungry.” — Anna Faris

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200728

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

 

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“Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.” — German proverb

“This is what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around and telling stories. Window stories and mirror stories.” — John Green

“Any business that’s in business to sell you a cure is motivated not to focus on prevention.” — Derek Sivers

“We cannot make bargains for blisses, / Nor catch them like fishes in nets; / And sometimes the thing our life misses, / Helps more than the thing which it gets.” — Alice Cary

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180815

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“To begin is easy, to persist is art.” — German Proverb

“The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.” — Henry S. Hoskins

“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Whatever happened to the good old days when kids was scared to death of their parents?” — Archie Bunker

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180810

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NOTE: Hello STATUS QUOtes readers. We have had some connectivity issue over the last couple of days, but it appears that the problem has been resolved. Here are today’s quotes via a DELAYED EDITION.

 

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“Who begins too much accomplishes little.” — German Proverb

“Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.” — Norman Cousins

“The person who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended. [ed]” — Aristotle

“A cookie without sugar is a cracker.” — Gary Gulman

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180121

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“In the looking-glass we see our form, in wine the heart.” — German Proverb

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” — William Shakespeare

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall – think of it, ALWAYS.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“The most dangerous thing about American food?… the portions.” — Jay Leno

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170513

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” — German Proverb

“If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.” — Warren Buffett

“Every plant teaches us. When the blossom dies, the fruit appears in it.” — Vikrant Parsai

“When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.” — Kovac’s Conundrum

 

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