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| Ed Macauley-Sportsperson |
A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. - Ed Macauley
Charles Edward Macauley (1928-2011) was a professional basketball player.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Saturday, March 30, 2019
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| Andrew Carnegie-Industrialist |
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. - Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of the richest people in history. - Wikipedia
Friday, March 29, 2019
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| David Hume-Philosopher |
Custom is the great guide to human life. - David Hume
David Hume(1711-1776) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, scepticism, and naturalism. - Wikipedia
Thursday, March 28, 2019
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| Tony Robbins-Author |
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. - Tony Robbins
Anthony Jay Robbins (born 1960) is an American author, philanthropist and life coach. Robbins is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books. - Wikipedia
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
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| Octavio Paz-Poet |
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (1914-1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. - Wikipedia
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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| Eudora Welty-Writer |
All serious daring starts from within. - Eudora Welty
Eudora Alice Welty (1909-2001) was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards. - Wikipedia
Monday, March 25, 2019
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| Haruki Murakami-Writer |
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live. - Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami (born 1949) is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. - Wikipedia
Sunday, March 24, 2019
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| Jay-Z-Rapper |
Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself. - Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter, known as Jay-Z, is (born 1969) an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and record executive. - Wikipedia
Source: AZQuotes
Saturday, March 23, 2019
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| Derek Bok,-Lawyer |
There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot. - Derek Bok
Derek Curtis Bok (born 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University. - Wikipedia
Source: Wordsmith
Friday, March 22, 2019
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| Bayo Akomolafe-Author |
Thoughts don't come from "within"; neither do they come from "without." They emerge "between." - Bayo Akomolafe
Bayo Akomolafe is an author, speaker, lecturer, renegade academic, ethnopsychotherapeutic researcher and proud diaper-changer. He is globally recognized for his poetic, unconventional and counter-intuitive take on global crisis, civic action and social change.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
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| August Strindberg-Playwright |
By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible. - August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades. - Wikipedia
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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| Allen Ginsberg-Poet |
Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture. - Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an American poet, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. - Wikipedia
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
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| Judy Garland-Actress |
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland
Judy Garland (1922-1969) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and vaudevillian. During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. - Wikipedia
Monday, March 18, 2019
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| Philip Pullman-Novelist |
True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility. - Philip Pullman
Sir Philip Pullman (born 1946) is an English novelist. He is the author of several best-selling books, including the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and the fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. - Wikipedia
Sunday, March 17, 2019
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| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman-Politician |
I have given you independence, now go and preserve it. - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1922-1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. He is the founding father of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. - Wikipedia
Saturday, March 16, 2019
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| Laetitia Casta-Actress |
Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good. - Laetitia Casta
Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born 1978) is a French actress and supermodel. - Wikipedia
Friday, March 15, 2019
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| Wilson Mizner-Playwright |
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. - Wilson Mizner
Wilson Mizner (1876-1933) was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. - Wikipedia
Thursday, March 14, 2019
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| Henry Watson Fowler-Lexicographer |
Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid. - Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius". - Wikipedia
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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| Johann Kaspar Lavater-Poet |
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character. - Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian. -Wikipedia
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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| Anish Kapoor-Sculptor |
Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments - Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 1954) is a British sculptor. Born in Bombay, Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design. - Wikipedia
Source: inspiringquotes.us
Monday, March 11, 2019
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| Douglas Adams-Author |
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. - Douglas Noel Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (1952-2001) was an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist, and dramatist. - Wikipedia
Sunday, March 10, 2019
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| Barbara Corcoran-Businesswoman |
Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there. - Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoran (born 1949) is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality.
Saturday, March 9, 2019
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| Joan Rivers-Comedian |
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. - Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky aka Joan Rivers (1933-2014) was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. - Wikipedia
Friday, March 8, 2019
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| Luther Burbank-Botanist |
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature. - Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank (1849-1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. - Wikipedia
Thursday, March 7, 2019
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| John Donne-Poet |
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. - John Donne
John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. - Wikipedia
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
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| Otto von Bismarck-Statesman |
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. - Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890. - Wikipedia
Source: brainyquote.com
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
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| George Gamow-Physicist |
It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man! - George Gamow
George Gamow (1904-1968) was a Soviet-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory. - Wikipedia
Source: Wordsmith.org
Monday, March 4, 2019
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| Lord Shiva |
Fire is His head, the sun and the moon His eyes, space His ears, the Vedas His speech, the wind His breath, the universe His heart.
From His feet, the Earth has originated. Verily, He is the inner self of all beings. - The Upanishads
Sunday, March 3, 2019
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| Gloria Steinem-Journalist |
The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. - Gloria Steinem
Gloria Marie Steinem (born 1934) is a feminist, journalist, and social-political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. - Wikipedia
Saturday, March 2, 2019
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| Roland Barthes-Philosopher |
We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense. - Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes (1915-1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. - Wikipedia
Friday, March 1, 2019
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| Matsuo Bashō-Poet |
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. - Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku. - Wikipedia
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