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STATUS QUOtes — 20240228

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 


“Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.” — Eliot Porter

“Unbelief is as much of a choice as belief is. What makes it in many ways more appealing is that whereas to believe in something requires some measure of understanding and effort, not to believe doesn’t require much of anything at all.” — Frederick Buechner

“But a person is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it.” — Diana Gabaldon

“In school they told me ‘Practice makes perfect.’ And then they told me ‘Nobody’s perfect,’ so then I stopped practicing.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20231109

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Kicking the proverbial can down the road only increases the size of the can.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The man who is denied the opportunity of making decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to make.” — Northcote Parkinson

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?” — Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Do people in Australia, call the rest of the world, Up Over?” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20230505

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” — Diane Arbus

“Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you’ll probably make it worse.” — George Saunders

“To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.” — Phillips Brooks

“I saw a subliminal advertising executive today, but only for a second.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20220919

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“They wrote me off, but I didn’t write back.” — Geno Smith

“I think we get stuck in routines so easily that when an absurd moment in life seems to be there for no reason, it wakes you up out of your everyday pattern. You pull back and look at life a little bit wider because of that one weird thing you weren’t expecting.” — Kurt Braunohler

“Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” — Arthur Koestler

“I wrote a few children’s books… not on purpose.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20220727

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Without data you’re just a person with an opinion.” — W. Edwards Deming

“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.” — Ram Dass

“If you want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” — Giuseppe di Lampedusa

“I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20220430

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot.” — Joe Vitale

“I want to be the kind of person who can … move on and forgive people and be healthy and happy. It seems like an easy thing to do in my head. But it’s not so easy when you try it in real life.” — Susanane Colasanti

“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.” — Victor E. Frankl

“I went to a general store, but they wouldn’t let me buy anything specific.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20220221

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.” — Assyrian Proverb

“But no one knows who they really are. You are an overflowing river that shifts its banks when the rains come. That’s why you cannot hold on to who you are.” — Iain Thomas

“But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.” — Albert Camus

“How come irons have a setting for ‘permanent’ press?” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20211223

Jeff

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

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NOTE: No STATUS QUOtes on 12/25/22

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.” — Herman Wouk

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own [person] is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” — Rudyard Kipling

“There’s a big difference between probability and outcome. Probable things fail to happen — and improbable things happen — all the time.” — Howard Marks

“I like to reminisce with people I don’t know… granted, it takes longer.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20211110

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.” — Benjamin Franklin

“I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.” — Bella Abzug

“Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.” — William Hazlitt

“Officer, I know I was going faster than 55 MPH, but I wasn’t going to be on the road an hour.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20210108

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

 
“He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.” — Publilius Syrus

“To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.” — Aldοus Huxley

“In all affairs –love, religion, politics, or business– it’s a healthy idea, now and then, to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” — Bertrand Russell

“If it’s zero degrees outside today and it’s supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?” — Steven Wright

 

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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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