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STATUS QUOtes — 20201105

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Sometimes our prayers are answered in the way our parents do, who reply to the pleas of their children with’Not just now’ or ‘I’ll have to think about that for a little while. [ed]'” — Roy M. Pearson

“He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.” — Samuel Johnson

“Learn from people further down the path than you and make their hindsight your foresight.” — Farnam Street

“Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5, 000 Gideon Bibles.” — Zsa Zsa Gabor

 

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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 — 20201104

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.” — Pope Pius II

“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” — Pearl S. Buck

“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness…. When experience is not retained, as among less advanced civilizations, infancy is perpetual [ed].” — George Santayana

“What shall we call our son so he does not get bullied at school? … We shall call him Englebert Humperdink… yes, that’ll work.” — Eddie Izzard

 

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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 — 20201103

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly.” — William Alexander Percy

“The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set some limit on infinite error.” — Bertolt Brecht

“I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.” — Khaled Hosseini

“I was at the breakfast table this morning and I read in the newspaper that more and more adults are living at home with their parents; that surprised me, I was like ‘Mom did you read this?'” — Brian Regan

 

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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 — 20201102

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“In the same degree that we overrate ourselves, we shall underrate others.” — Washington Allston

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” — A.A. Milne

“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.” — Mitch Albom

“Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.” — Milton Friedman

 

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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 — 20201101

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” — John Stuart Mill

“It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.” — Bette Midler

“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later when you’re sure they won’t laugh if you trip.” — Jonathan Carroll

 

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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 — 20201031

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.” — David Bowie

“We’ve got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.” — Michelle Obama

“Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.” — Publilius Syrus

“If I could write a letter to my teenage self, I’d probably say something like: ‘You ain’t gonna believe what will become of you.'” — Antony Sher

 

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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 — 20201030

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Who chases two hares at the same time, does not catch any.” — International Proverb

“I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view.” — Miguel de Cervantes

“We all romanticize the people we adore.” — John Green

“I just got a fortune cookie that says ‘Turn off your computer and read a book’ which is odd because I’m WRITING a book…on my computer!” — Meg Cabot

 

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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 — 20201029

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Whatever happens tomorrow, we’ve had today.” — David Nicholls

“Along with the differences that abide in each of us, there is also in each of us a maverick, the darling stubborn one who won’t listen, who insists, who chooses preference or the spirited guess over yardsticks or even history. I suspect this maverick is somewhat what the soul is, or at least that the soul lives close by and companionably with its agitating and inquiring force.” — Mary Oliver

“Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau

“If Dracula can’t see his reflection in a mirror, how come his hair is always so neatly combed?” — 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 — 20201028

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“If I could, I would apologize to the sky and my room ceiling for all of the nights I’ve awkwardly stared at them remembering things I should have forgotten.” — Maxwell Diawuoh

“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” — Anna Quindlen

“If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.” — Andrew Mason

 

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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 — 20201027

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“The way to find a soul mate is to be a person with soul.” — Thomas Moore

“Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.” — Herbert W. Boyer

“Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.” — Jonah Berger

“I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.” — Tim Vine

 

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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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