“We were together. I forget the rest.”
– Walt Whitman
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Connection – Brene Brown
“The one thing that keeps us out of connection is the fear that we’re not worthy of connection.”
– Brene Brown
“Inside every cynical person is a disappointed idealist.”
– George Carlin
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Demons – Unknown
“Do not just slay your demons; dissect them and find what they’ve been feeding on.”
– Unknown
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Two types of people – Unknown
“There are two types of people, those who can extrapolate from incomplete data…”
– Unknown
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Decent bone – Ernest Hemingway
“The only decent bone in her body was mine.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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Listen – Chuck Palahniuk
“People don’t listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.”
– Chuck Palahniuk
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Judge – Albert Einstein
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
– Albert Einstein*
* Disputed
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Health – James Altucher
“You need to be healthy also. And not just physical health. But emotional healthy. Mental health (your idea muscle must be exercised every day) and Spiritual health (cultivating a sense of surrender to your current situation, feeling gratitude to the abundance both inside and outside of you).”
– James Altucher
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40 – Alain de Botton
“After 40 (old age for most of man’s history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come.”
– Alain de Botton
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Loneliness – John Cacioppo
(Loneliness) is a”debilitating psychological condition characterised by a deep sense of emptiness, worthlessness, lack of control and personal threat”.
– John Cacioppo
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Jury – Robert Frost
“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.”
– Robert Frost
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Noise – Mark Twain
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she has laid an asteroid.”
– Mark Twain
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Free – Franz Kafka
“I am free and that is why I am lost.”
– Franz Kafka
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Patience – Ambrose Bierce
“Patience [is] a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.”
– Ambrose Bierce