Matshona Dhliwayo

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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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230403

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Birds build nests because they cannot fly forever.”  —  Matshona Dhliwayo

“My definition of ‘made it’ is when you no longer have anxiety dreams about showing up to a school final exam and realizing you haven’t been to the class all year.”  —  Sahil Bloom

“When you choose to collect experiences rather than things, you never ever run out of storage space.”  —  Joshua Becker

“Every Sunday morning, Jeff (Bezos) makes pancakes. He wakes up early. He gets the Betty Crocker cookbook out every time, and I’m like, ‘OK, you’re the smartest man in the world; why don’t you have this memorized yet?’ But he opens it up every time: Exact portions make the best pancakes in the world.”  —  Derek Blasberg via Lauren Sánchez

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20221102

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Manna may fall from Heaven but you still need to pick it up.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“The moment we decide things don’t have to be a certain way, we create the possibility that they could be better than we know to imagine them.” — Lori Deschene

“I used to think that the person I loved had to live up to a list of my expectations. I was wrong. Love has no list.[ed]” — Rachel Gibson

“Responsible, who wants to be responsible? Whenever something bad happens, it’s always, who’s responsible for this?” — Jerry Seinfeld

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220610

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.” — Aleksandr Pushkin

“Arm yourself with wisdom, arm yourself with knowledge; folly is a fierce lion roaming the streets.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“My definition of an entrepreneur is simple. One hundred people look at the same herd of goats. Ninety-nine see goats. One sees a cashmere sweater. And the alertness of the one isn’t due to data analytics. It stems from a willingness and ability to look beyond and to see something more than meets the eye, and then to do something about it.” — Luke Burgis

“If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time, you are the grandma.” — Theresa Bloomingdale

 

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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 — 20220410

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Not knowing is not a problem, not wondering is.” — Chase Weir

“The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but it’s in the curving paths that the best things are found.” — Lygia Fagundes Telles

“The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“There is this friend of mine whose name I don’t know, and I’ve known him for too long to ask him.” — Georges Feydea

Bonus Quote – “Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave… I am the dream and the hope of the slave.” — Maya Angelou as quoted by soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20201224

Jeff

“To be amused by what you read —
that is the great spring of happy quotations.”
— C. E. Montague —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“If you throw in your towel, someone may pick it up and use it better than you.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.” — John Locke

“If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.” — Saint Augustine

“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail.” — Josh Billings

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200116

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” — John C. Maxwell

“If you place flowers in the same vase, they will not argue over who is more beautiful.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness, if greatness is expected of him.” — John Steinbeck

“If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is worth any number of old ladies.” — William Faulkner

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180104

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.” — Louise Smith

“The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The higher a tree wants to rise, the lower its roots must grow.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“I’ll be spending the holidays with my family; nothing special, just some light bickering and biting sarcasm.” — Ray Romano

 
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STATUS QUOtes — Picture Quote — 20171211

Jeff

Today’s Picture Quote

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first - Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first.
Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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STATUS QUOtes — 20171110

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“When people think the world of you, be careful with them.” — Margaret Cho

“On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.” — Steve Jobs

“If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.” — Raymond Chandler,detective novelist & screenwriter

 
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