“Why are trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out.”
– Oliver James
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Author: SS
My good friends tell me I'm genuine, kind, intelligent, wise, and funny. But I wouldn't take their word for it, they're mainly idiots (an example of me trying to be funny).
"I contain multitudes"
- Walt Whitman
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Take a chance – Jim Carrey
“So many of us chose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn’t believe that was possible for him. So, he made a conservative choice and instead he got a job as an accountant. When I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job. Our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which is that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
– Jim Carrey
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Thank you – William Arthur Ward
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?'”
– William Arthur Ward
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Commitment – Mark Manson
“In many ways, commitment provides one with more freedom than non-commitment. And that doesn’t just go for relationships.”
– Mark Manson
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Scientists – Yuval Noah Harari
“Scientists generally agree that no theory is 100 percent correct. Thus, the real test of knowledge is not truth, but utility. Science gives us power. The more useful that power, the better the science.”
– Yuval Noah Harari
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Real life – Oscar Wilde
”One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead”
– Oscar Wilde
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Tree – Unknown
“Somewhere out there there’s a tree working very hard to produce oxygen so that you can breathe. I think you should go and apologise to it.”
– Unknown
”I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
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Losing – Muhammad Ali
“I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”
– Muhammad Ali
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Models – George Box
“All models are wrong, some are useful.”
– George Box
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Story – Mary Lou Kownacki
“There isn’t anyone you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story. ”
– Mary Lou Kownacki
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Magic things – William Butler Yeats
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
– William Butler Yeats
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The fight is won or lost – Muhammad Ali
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”
– Muhammad Ali
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Exaggerate – Honoré de Balzac
“We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.”
– Honoré de Balzac
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See – James Joyce
“Shut your eyes and see.”
– James Joyce