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STATUS QUOtes — 20150806

Jeff

“By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.” — Voltaire

“Don’t fall before you’re pushed.” — English Proverb

“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no results.” — Gandhi

“With hurricanes, tornadoes, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?” — Jay Leno

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150805

Jeff

“Speed is useful only if you are running in the right direction.” — Joel Barker

“No person is rich enough to buy back their past.” — Unknown

“If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.” — Rumi

“Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150804

Jeff

“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.” — Benjamin Disraeli

“Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.” — Lane Olinghouse

“Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.” — Honore de Balzac

“They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150720

Jeff

“Joy is the best makeup.” — Anne Lamott

“I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.” — John Cleese

“When you win, say nothing; when you lose, say less.” — Paul Brown

“In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making them understand their language.[ed]” — Mark Twain

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150719

Jeff

“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.” — Seneca

“Talk between friends is always therapy.[ed]” — Jayne Anne Phillips

“Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.” — Serena Williams

“The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.” — Unknown

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150717

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“These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.” — Kobe Bryant

“The problem of power is how …to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.” — Robert F. Kennedy

“All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.” — Rudyard Kipling

“Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.” — Swedish Proverb

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150716

Jeff

“With lies you may get ahead in the world — but you can never go back.” — Russian Proverb

“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.” — Jack London

“The ability to say ‘No’ is a tremendous advantage for an investor.” — Warren Buffett

“I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.” — Oscar Wilde

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150715

Jeff

“When you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn’t matter who’s president.” — Louis CK

“The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.” — Jim Carrey

“Wanting to be someone you’re not is a waste of the person you are.” — Kurt Cobain

“Bad taste is often simply saying the truth before it should be said.” — Mel Brooks

 

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