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STATUS QUOtes — 20181213

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.” — Norman Vincent Peale

“She fought him by reminding herself what her father had said …that they lived in a country where believing had taken the place of knowing.” — Ursula Hegi

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” — Abraham Lincoln

“He has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.” — Reverend Sydney Smith

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181212

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.” — Randy Pausch

“Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal.” — Stanislaw Lec

“Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past — let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” — John F. Kennedy

“How do migrating birds know which one to follow? What if the lead bird just wants to be alone?” — Bill Bryson

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181211

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“You bring your own weather to the picnic.” — Harlan Coben, Caught

“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” — Margaret Thatcher

“You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” — Charles Bukowski

“I definitely rediscovered reading for pleasure by devoting such a large swath of my time to sitting on airplanes. I am now painfully adept at removing my shoes so as to have the least amount of foot surface area touching an airport floor.” — Sloane Crosley

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181210

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.” — Al-Ghazali

“If you can’t do anything about it, laugh like hell.” — David Cook

“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” — Corrie Ten Boom

“Oh my God, seven years of college, down the drain.” — John Belushi

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181209

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Take a second look, it costs you nothing.” — Chinese Proverb

“Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.” — Sydney Smith

“To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.” — Gwendolyn Brooks

“Not only do I not know what’s going on, I wouldn’t know what to do about it if I did.” — George Carlin

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181208

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The silent man is the only consistent man.” — Simeon Carter

“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” — Kahlil Gibran

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.” – Charlie Munger

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” — Erma Bombeck

 
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Video-Ohs – A Poignant Story – A Life with Chess

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The Last Chess Shop in NYC

“I came here to get a PhD in American literature, and here I am, with pictures of American writers on the wall—a chess vendor.”

In my teenage years, through high school, I was an avid chess player. We would spend hours playing chess, reading chess magazines and competing. Believe me, chess can add a lot to one’s life. Unfortunately after the Fischer-Spassky match, my interest waned. The video above is an inside look at another era when a quiet game like chess could affect lives in profound ways.

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181207

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.” — Fred Rogers

“For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned.” — George Santayana

“You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge. Apologize for mistakes. Apologize for unintentionally hurting someone – profusely. But don’t apologize for being who you are.” — Danielle LaPorte

“[A formula for answering controversial letters — without even reading the letters:] Dear Sir (or Madame): You may be right.” — Henry Louis Mencken

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181206

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.” — Noel Coward

“I always wanted a happy ending… Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” — Gilda Radner

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people; to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole.” — Lauren Oliver

“I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can’t stop eating peanuts.” — Orson Welles

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20181205

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You have to be careful who you let define your good.” — Lois McMaster Bujold

“One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble.” — A .W. Hare & J. C. Hare

“You may not be responsible for being down, but you are responsible for getting up.” — Jesse Jackson

“I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?” — Ingrid Bergman

 
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