“Knowledge is Life with wings”
– William Blake
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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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Flags – Wanda the Owl
“You know, it’s funny; when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.”
– Wanda the Owl, BoJack Horseman
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Truth and facts – Maya Angelou
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
― Maya Angelou
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Believe – Maya Angelou
“When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
– Maya Angelou
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Needy – John Bowlby
“We’re only as needy as our unmet needs.”
– John Bowlby
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Frank criticism – Michel de Montaigne
“We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly; and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship; for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love for him.”
– Michel de Montaigne
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Attempt the absurd – Miguel de Cervantes
“In order to attain the impossible one must attempt the absurd.”
– Miguel de Cervantes
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Live – J.K Rowling
“It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”
– J.K Rowling
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Progress – George Bernard Shaw
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
– George Bernard Shaw
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Impossible – Nelson Mandela
“It always seems impossible until its done”
– Nelson Mandela
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Washington – John F. Kennedy,
“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.”
– John F. Kennedy,
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Leadership – Grace Hopper
“You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.”
– Grace Hopper
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One small candle – Robert Alden
“There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle”
– Robert Alden
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Wounds kissed – Amrit Sagoo
“You don’t need another Human Being to make your life complete, but let’s be honest. Having your wounds kissed by someone who doesn’t see them as disasters in your soul, but cracks to put their love into, is the most calming thing In this World.”
– Amrit Sagoo
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Keep on knocking – Rumi
“Keep on knocking
’til the joy inside
opens a window
look to see who’s there…”
– Rumi