I have my own little world. But it's okay - they know me here.
~ Unknown
Markings
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
~ Roger Crawford
~ Roger Crawford
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Experience,
Truth,
Wisdom
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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Experience,
Opinion,
Truth,
Wisdom
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
~ Winston Churchill
~ Winston Churchill
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Government,
Society,
Wisdom
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
~ Roger Crawford
~ Roger Crawford
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Experience,
Suffering,
Wisdom
Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.
~ Unknown
~ Unknown
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Experience,
Morals,
Wisdom
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wisdom
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he is talking about.
~ Sam Ewing
~ Sam Ewing
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Experience,
Wisdom
Why do we tend to love actors' portrayals of misery when we would never wish such suffering upon ourselves?
~ St. Augustine of Hippo
~ St. Augustine of Hippo
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Christianity,
Suffering,
Truth,
Wisdom
The Distraction Addiction: When you are constantly interrupted by external things - the phone, texts, people with 'just one quick question', clients, children - by self-generated interruptions, or by your own efforts to multitask and juggle several tasks at once. The chronic distractions erode your sense of having control of your life. They don't just derail your train of thought; they make you lose yourself.
~ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
~ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
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Experience,
Society,
Wisdom
Dad's idea of adventure was driving his Ford Taurus to town without the wiper fluid filled to the top.
~ Monique Parsons
~ Monique Parsons
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Experience,
Wisdom
An intellectual is a person who is knowledgable in one field but speaks out only in others.
~ Tom Wolfe
~ Tom Wolfe
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Character,
Experience,
Opinion,
Wisdom
We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Labels:
Character,
Friendship,
Opinion,
Society,
Wisdom
The only people we can think of as normal are those we do not know very well.
~ Sigmund Freud
~ Sigmund Freud
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Character,
Experience,
Opinion
Travel far enough and you will meet yourself.
~ David Mitchell
~ David Mitchell
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Character,
Experience,
Wisdom
Any idiot can be liked. It takes talent to scare the crap out of people.
~ Alison Arngrim
~ Alison Arngrim
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Character,
Experience,
Wisdom
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
~ Will Rogers
~ Will Rogers
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Character,
Experience,
Morals,
Wisdom
We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy. Whiskey and action are easier.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
~ Mignon McLaughlin
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Experience,
Society,
Wisdom
Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides.
~ Frank Tyger
~ Frank Tyger
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Experience,
Opinion,
Society,
Truth,
Wisdom
There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
~ John Erskine
~ John Erskine
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Character,
Experience,
Society,
Wisdom
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
~ Ernest Hemingway
~ Ernest Hemingway
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Character,
Experience,
Wisdom
It takes considerable knowledge to realize the extent of one's ignorance.
~ Thomas Sowell
~ Thomas Sowell
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Character,
Experience,
Wisdom
One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
-~ Thomas More (1478-1535)
-~ Thomas More (1478-1535)
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Government,
Society,
Wisdom
Nominate the most conservative candidate who is electable.
~ William F. Buckley
~ William F. Buckley
Labels:
Government,
Society
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
~ The Peter Principle
~ The Peter Principle
Labels:
Experience,
Society
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
~ John Roberts, U.S. Chief Justice
~ John Roberts, U.S. Chief Justice
Labels:
Government,
Society,
Wisdom
People are poverty-stricken whenever their income, even if adequate for survival, falls markedly behind that of their community. Then they cannot have what the larger community regards as the minimum necessary for decency, and they cannot wholly escape, therefore, the judgment of the larger community that they are indecent.
~ J.K. Galbraith (in "The Affluent Society")
~ J.K. Galbraith (in "The Affluent Society")
Episcopalianism is great. You don't have to believe in anything.
~ Missouri Episcopal youth group member
~ Missouri Episcopal youth group member
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Character,
Christianity,
Morals,
Society,
Truth
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