Overlooked Quotes

• Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

  Henry Miller

  Art, Mean, Way

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.24, New Directions Publishing

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• Conceit spoils the finest genius.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Life, Conceited, Genius

  1868 Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

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• Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Genius, Modesty, Little Women

  1868 Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

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• What is easiest to see is often overlooked.

  Milton H. Erickson

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• It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

  Mae West

  Funny, Sexy, Strong Women

  Belle of the Nineties (motion picture) (1934)

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• Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

  Ann Patchett

  Sight, Goal, Focus

  Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.246, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I've been dealing with being overlooked my whole life.

  LaDainian Tomlinson

  Nfl, Whole Life, Whole

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• Make a point to continually search for a better way of doing things, even when things are going well, to ensure that a better alternative has not been overlooked and to keep your creative talents in practice.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Practice, Creative

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• You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

  Bob Dylan

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Doors

  Song: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

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  We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Motivational, Strong Women, Voice

  Sheryl Sandberg's Commencement Address Barnard College in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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• If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Life, Humor

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• Kindly remember that the obvious is always overlooked.

  Drayton Bird

  Remember, Obvious

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• A patient, humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by the aspiring.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Humble, Blessing, Patient

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• Bait is made to look SO good you OVERlook the trap. Whether scratched or scarred you ALWAYS get hurt giving in to Temptation.

  LeCrae

  Hurt, Giving, Temptation

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• It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .

  Martin Scorsese

  Heart, Collaboration, Labor

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• Poems offer us counter-knowledges. They let us see what is invisible to ordinary looking, and to find in overlooked corners the opulence of our actual lives. Similarly, we usually spend our waking hours trying to be sure of things - of our decisions, our ideas, our choices. We so want to be right. But we walk by right foot and left foot.

  Jane Hirshfield

  Ideas, Feet, Choices

  Source: www.americanmicroreviews.com

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• I'd overlooked the obvious because my focus had always been elsewhere! All along, this that I had been seeking was already here.

  Brandon Bays

  Healing, Focus, Obvious

  Brandon Bays (2010). “Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential”, p.113, New World Library

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• You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

  Tamora Pierce

  Real, Animal, People

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• I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked.

  PJ Harvey

  Causes, Chips, Shoulders

  "Singer/Songwriter PJ Shares Her Soundtrack For The Come Up". Interview with Todd Davis, www.parlemag.com. September 9, 2016.

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• Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality. In the dream state our bodies are at rest, yet we see and hear, move about and are even able to learn. When we make good use of the dream state it is almost as if our lives were doubled: instead of a hundred years we live to be two hundred -- Tibetan Buddhist Tarthang Tulku from

  Stephen LaBerge

  Dream, Buddhist, Moving

  Stephen LaBerge (2012). “Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life”, p.7, Sounds True

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• Let's talk about how to fill out your 1984 tax return. Here's an often overlooked accounting technique that can save you thousands of dollars: For several days before you put it in the mail, carry your tax return around under your armpit. No IRS agent is going to want to spend hours poring over a sweat-stained document. So even if you owe money, you can put in for an enormous refund and the agent will probably give it to you, just to avoid an audit. What does he care? It's not his money.

  Dave Barry

  Humorous, Sweat, Giving

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• With an open mind, we gain insight into ideas and expressions that we may have overlooked or not noticed at all.

  James Van Praagh

  Expression, Ideas, Mind

  FaceBook post by James Van Praagh from Sep 27, 2012

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• Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

  Laura Linney

  Courage, Humility, Empathy

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• The fundamental laws of human nature are overlooked by social planners.

  James Cook

  Law, Fundamentals, Human Nature

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• Deep within every man there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the tremendous household of millions and millions.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Lying, Men, World

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