I was determined to be someone who told the truth, using my voice to lift up the voiceless when I could, and to not disappear on people in need. I understood that when I showed up somewhere,
MICHELLE OBAMAA deep meaning often lies in old customs.
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The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
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The man-at-arms is the only man.
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It’s a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER -
Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.
DENIS WAITLEY -
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
JOHN DRYDEN -
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI -
There was a reason in the ’50s when communism was bubbling that there were a million zombie movies. Because that is the direct allocation.
ADAM PALLY -
I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.
BAO AI -
Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come.
OG MANDINO -
Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
ANNE LAMOTT -
It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.
CHANAKYA -
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
LUCRETIUS -
Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are.
AD REINHARDT