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STATUS QUOtes — 20231119

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 best to learn as we go, not go as we have learned.” — Leslie Jeanne Sahler

“Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter – we’re tribal by nature. Tribes today aren’t the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn’t just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It’s sports fans, it’s communities, it’s geography.” — Peter Guber

“I’m tired of a lifetime of springing forward and falling back. Can’t we just do something once and stay there?” — George Takei

“At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.” — Marshall Lumsden

 

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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 — 20231117

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Character is made by what you stand for; reputation by what you fall for.” — Robert Quillen

“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries [ed].” — Scott Adams

“Once you have flown, your eyes will ever gaze skyward. For once you have been there … There you will go again!” — Leonardo Da Vinci

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” — Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp. 1957

 

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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 — 20231115

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.” — Hindu Proverb

“I didn’t belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I’d known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.” — Bette Midler

“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” — Blaise Pascal

“There is no higher achievement for a southern woman than the ability to eat barbecue and walk away stain free.” — Julie Murphy

 

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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 — 20231113

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“That hardly ever happens is another way of saying ‘it happens.'” — Douglas Crockford

“Don’t argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.” — Winston Churchill

“It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.” — Karl Kraus

“In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody’s torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.” — Philip Dormer Stanhope

 

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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 — 20231111

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 want truly to understand something, try to change it.” — ​Kurt Lewin

“Like a clock of life on which the seconds race, the page number hangs over the characters in a novel. Where is the reader who has not once lifted to it a fleeting, fearful glance?” — ​Walter Benjamin

“From the very beginning of the world, the other species were a lifeboat for the people. Now, we must be theirs.” — ​Robin Wall Kimmerer

“A know-it-all is a person who knows everything except for how annoying he is.” — ​Demetri Martin

 

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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 — 20231107

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The sure sign of an amateur is he has a million plans and they all start tomorrow.” — Steven Pressfield

“Don’t you find it odd, that when you’re a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you’re older, somehow they act offended if you even try.” — Ethan Hawke

“There are questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers to them.” — Agatha Christie

“I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.” — Adlai E. Stevenson II, American politician

 

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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 — 20231105

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking.” — Bernard Baruch

“You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.” — Robert E. Lee

“The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.” — Yaa Gyasi

“Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it’s hard to go back to sleep.” — Fran Drescher

 

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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 — 20231103

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“When your happiness is someone else’s happiness, that is love.” — Lana Del Rey

“Like ancient scribes, we are once again scrolling down texts and sitting hunched over tablets. How to make sense of this combination of old and new?” — Martin Puchner

“Pretending is one of our greatest pleasures. But you have to know you’re pretending.” — Marty Rubin

“I try to learn one new thing a week to balance the one thing I forget a week, but lately I forget three things a week.” — Joseph Gies

 

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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 — 20231101

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.” — Nancy Willard

“I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…I burnt my fingers.” — Antonio Machado

“My first big break came when I was five years old. It’s taken me more than seventy years to realise that. You see, at five I first learnt to read. It’s that simple and it’s that profound.” — Sean Connery

“For everyday life, genius is as useful as a giant telescope in the theater.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

 

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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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