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STATUS QUOtes — 20220217

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“You can’t expect to win unless you know why you lose.” — Benjamin Lipson

“The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer, because people online are more interested in criticizing people than helping them.” — Gurwinder Bhogal

“A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.” — Michel de Montaigne

“The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, ‘What about me?’ and you can just hear the universe replying, ‘Well, what about you?'” — Terry Pratchett

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220215

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You invite things to happen. You open the door. You inhale.” — Dave Eggers

“A change in direction does not mean you’re abandoning your path. Few paths are wide, straight, or predictable.” — Doe Zantamata

“We all have blind spots; we need people that love us to call us out and then walk with us while we do the work.” — Emma Watson

“I think, therefore I am’ is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.” — Milan Kundera

 

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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 — 20220213

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Boredom is the most horrible of wolves.” — Jean Giono

“Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky

“There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.” — Michael Pollan

“The fact is, I don’t like to hear cut‑and‑dried sermons. No — when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees!” — Abraham Lincoln

 

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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 — 20220211

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.” — Jules Verne

“Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.” — Maya Angelou

“Don’t look away. Look straight at everything. Look it all in the eye, good and bad.” — Henry Miller

“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.” — Alice May Brock

 

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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 — 20220209

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Do not counsel what is most pleasant, but what is best.” — Solon

“Who haven’t I been exposed to that would inspire me if I knew they existed or knew the details of their lives? And how could I learn about those people?” — Barrett Brooks

“We live for the quiet, intimate moments that mark not our calendars but our hearts.” — Robert Dugoni

“Sometimes I’m so sweet even I can’t stand it.” — Julie Andrews

 

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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 — 20220207

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Understanding and believing are not the same thing.” — Gertrude Stein

“Rather, the comfort of knowing one’s sense of right and wrong was shared by another, and thus was somehow more true.” — Amor Towles

“When you’re a big deal early on, you have to maintain that level forever, and it’s very scary. You have to keep hitting those home runs, turning out hits.” — Kathy Baker via Tony Bennett

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.” — Oscar Wilde

 

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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 — 20220205

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“There are wounds that, instead of opening our skin, open our eyes.” — Pablo Neruda

“You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising.” — Joseph Campbell

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” — Bible (Hebrews 13:2 )

“A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.” — John Tudor

 

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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 — 20220203

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Moral gaps are where our values are born.” — Mark Manson

“That is what literature offers—a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place.” — Jeanette Winterson

“Sometimes things make more sense the second time around. People change, you change and the universe changes, if we keep ourselves confined to first chances only, we will truly miss out on some of the most beautiful things in life.” — Rania Naim

“The older I get the more I realize how many kinds of smart there are. There are a lot of kinds of smart. There are a lot of kinds of stupid, too.” — Jeff Bezos

 

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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 — 20220201

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Unfortunately for many people school is the end, not the beginning.” — Robert Kiyosaki

“If the Egyptians had so capably built their temples and pyramids without the benefit of modern architectural tools, then I, the daughter of this great civilization, must be capable of more than I knew. We all are. Anything we can conceive of can be built. Perhaps not through our efforts alone, but also by the generations of dreamers whose feet will rest on our shoulders.” — Alicia Keys

“What a person knows at fifty that they did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable [ed].” — Adlai Stevenson

“Often you don’t know whether you’re the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining order arrives.” — Tim Kreider

 

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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 — 20220130

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.” — Publilius Syrus

“Wonder takes our breath away, and makes room for new breath. That’s why they call it breathtaking. We’re individuals in time and space who are often gravely lost, and then miraculously, in art, found.” — Anne Lamott

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts

“I just have basically too much personality for one person, and not quite enough for two.” — Carrie Fisher

 

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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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