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STATUS QUOtes — 20240823

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.” — German Proverb

“A young man asked Mozart how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, ‘You’re far too young to write a symphony.’ The young man then said, ‘What? You were writing symphonies when you were 10, and I’m 21.’ Mozart smiled and replied, ‘Yes, but I didn’t go around asking people how to do it.'” — via Sahil Bloom

“Today I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good.” — Ernest Holmen

“If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I’d be making money in a very weird way.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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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 — 20240311

Jeff

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

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“No one has it all figured out.” — Sahil Bloom

“Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one.” — Yukio Mishima

“The point here is that I think this is one part of what teaching me how to think is really supposed to mean. To be just a little less arrogant. To have just a little critical awareness about myself and my certainties. Because a huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded. I have learned this the hard way…” — David Foster Wallace

“Unlike most other people, I’m just an average person.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

 

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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 — 20240108

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The most important work you do in the world will be within the walls of your own home.” — Stephen Covey

“No one has it all figured out…just focus on pointing your compass in the right direction, embracing curiosity, and getting around great people. If you do that, good things will happen.” — Sahil Bloom

“Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.” — Christian Morgenstern

“After a fellow gets famous it doesn’t take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.” — Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20231028

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Oh how sweet it is to hear one’s own convictions from another’s lips.” — ​Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You build a tower then you also build the chance it will fall. To think of life as foolproof is a fallacy of fools, he thought. Things happen, he believed, and there’s nothing you can do to keep them from occurring.” — Marianne Wiggins

“It’s not how long it glows. It’s not how long the light lasts. It’s what it says while it’s still visible.” — ​Sahil Bloom

“You can say this for ready-mixes – the next generation isn’t going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.” — ​Earl Wilson

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230714

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does.” — via Mary S. Almanac

“There is a price tag for anything you want to achieve in life. Every single thing you want is an output that requires certain inputs to buy or earn. There’s a ‘list price’ (actual, direct price to pay for the thing you want) and a ‘real price’ (List Price, plus the hidden, indirect price in the form of the tradeoffs and opportunity cost of the pursuit).” — Sahil Bloom

“Transformation is not accomplished by tentative wading at the edge.” — Robin WallKimmerer

“It is the kind of place where you can walk into a children’s bookstore and find a self-help section [ed].” — Jonathan Katz

 

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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 — 20220802

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.” — Elie Wiesel

“Figuring out who people are takes time. And it takes twice as much time if they’re trying to impress you.” — Dr. Gregory House

“Once you’re in the arena, never take advice from people on the sidelines. Their map is entirely formed from the outside looking in and is unlikely to provide value for someone in the game.” — Sahil Bloom

“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.” — Polly Berrien Berends

 

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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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