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STATUS QUOtes — 20240916

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“An appreciative listener is always stimulating.” — Agatha Christie

“It is not possible to read a person at first sight. The virtues are usually covered by the veil of modesty, while the flaws wear the mask of hypocrisy.” — Jean de La Bruyère

“Knowledge is the seed, intelligence is the stem, understanding is the branch, and wisdom is the fruit.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.” — Henry Adams

 

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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 — 20240914

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person’s capacity to act.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.” — George Eliot

“Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night’s sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.” — Zig Ziglar

“Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this BS before.” — Tommy Cooper

 

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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 — 20240912

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“No one is so tall that he never needs to stretch, and no one is so short that he never needs to stoop.” — Danish Proverb

“When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.” — James Earl Jones

“Everyone is jealous of what you have. No one is jealous of how you got it!” — Jimmy Carr

“I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn’t be an expert anymore.” — Harry Truman

 

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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 — 20240909

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“How do I know I don’t need what I want. I don’t have it.” — Byron Katie

“Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing that you don’t know something is nearly as valuable as knowing it. The worst situation is thinking you know something when you don’t.” — Ray Dalio

“We are kept from our goals not by obstacles but by a clear path to lesser goals.” — Robert Brault

“I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.” — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

 

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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 — 20240907

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“If you don’t want flour, do not get into the mill.” — Irish Proverb

“Every event that a man would. master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there’s a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.” — Alice Hoffman

“Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing taking.” — Tim McMahon

 

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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 — 20240905

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.” — B.C. Forbes

“To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests. And so are you.” — Elie Wiesel

“What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.” — Louise Nevelson

“Inside me there’s a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.” — Bob Thaves

 

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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 — 20240903

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” — Benjamin Franklin

“The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.” — Charles Caleb Colton

“The constant questioning of our values and achievements is a challenge without which neither science nor society can remain healthy.” — Aage Niels Bohr (son of Niels Bohr)

“We must believe in free will… we have no choice.” — Isaac Singer

 

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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 — 20240830

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” — Ernest Hemingway

“You don’t have to be the most educated or the most experienced to start the journey, but the most willing to out-learn and out-work everyone around you.” — Farshad Asl

“The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.” — Carol Gilligan

“Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.” — Doug Larson

 

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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 — 20240901

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.” — Menander

“How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.” — Theodore Dreiser

“It’s not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.” — Mary O’Connor

 “You know,some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help [ed].” — Bill Watterson

 

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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 — 20240828

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“T’ain’t worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.” — Sarah Orne Jewett

“Among the mind’s powers is one that comes of itself to many children and artists. It need not be lost, to the end of his days, by anyone who has ever had it. This is the power of taking delight in a thing, or rather in anything, not as a means to some other end, but just because it is what it is. A child in the full health of his mind will put his hand flat on the summer lawn, feel it, and give a little shiver of private glee at the elastic firmness of the globe.” — Charles E Montague, 1867

“The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.” — Brian Greene

“Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.” — Matt Groening

 

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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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