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• Take winter as you find him, and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow; with no nonsense in him, which is a great comfort in the long-run.

  James Russell Lowell

  Running, Winter, Long

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.21

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• Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a blessing I'm not left to my own devices. Because the truth is I have amazing friends and a deep faith in God, to whom I can turn. I have a cool kid, a sweet boyfriend, darling pets. I've learned to pay attention to life, and to listen. I'd give up all this for a flatter belly? Are you crazy?

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Sweet, Giving Up

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• Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wisdom, Kindness, Mirrors

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Doors, House

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.7

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• Inspirational leadership connects to a highly motivated workforce which, in turn, means inspirational results

  Nigel Crouch

  Business, Mean, Management

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• Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Attitude, World, Way

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• In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

  Confucius

  Archer, Character, Men

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants.

  Charles Lyell

  Science, Perfection, Wish

  Sir Charles Lyell (1845). “Travels in North America, in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia”, p.15

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• Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important. Where once it used to able, by its total command of a worldview, to prevent the emergence of rivals, it can now only impede and retard-or try to turn back-the measureable advances that we have made.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Running, Science, Important

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.268, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and somehow turns into a story idea.

  Janet Evanovich

  Real, Writing, Ideas

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• I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I put in alternate things...and things that might be alternates or improvements. I'll turn the page and do it again. I'll turn the page and do it again, or incorporate the improvements. Eventually, I end up with some material, and often it needs to be ordered.

  James Taylor

  Writing, Three, Needs

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• You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.

  Peter Shilton

  Stress, Talking, Mental Health

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• Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind,Reality's dark dream!I turn from you, and listen to the wind,Which long has raved unnoticed.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Dream, Dark, Reality

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1854). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.193

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• Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre. Let us also celebrate the JOYS.

  Deborah Lipstadt

  Joy, Faces, Celebrate

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• It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.

  Charles Sanders Peirce

  Men, Envy, Lasts

  Charles Sanders Peirce, Nathan Houser, Christian J.W. J. W. Kloesel (1992). “The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893)”, p.122, Indiana University Press

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• More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to the margins of mainstream society, banished to a political and social space not unlike Jim Crow, where discrimination in employment, housing, and access to education was perfectly legal, and where they could be denied the right to vote.

  Michelle Alexander

  Space, Mainstream Society, Racism

  Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.58, The New Press

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• The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."

  William Rehnquist

  Rights, Funny Marriage, Holy

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• Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Nature, Book, Reading

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• Turn off your cell phone. Honestly, if you want to get work done, you’ve got to learn to unplug. No texting, no email, no Facebook, no Instagram. Whatever it is you’re doing, it needs to stop while you write... A lot of the time (and this is fully goofy to admit), I’ll write with earplugs in - even if it’s dead silent at home.

  Nathan Englander

  Home, Writing, Phones

  "How I Write: Nathan Englander". Interview with Noah Charney, www.thedailybeast.com. March 27, 2013.

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• Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can’t give, that just proves that you haven’t understood anything. Take things as they come; don’t turn them into a drama. You’re not piloting the ship, you’re following the course of your destiny.

  Yasmina Khadra

  Drama, Fall, Mean

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• A ceiling fixture that places a floating assembly of large pebbles below a simple modern aluminum disc. These in turn reflect each other, bouncing light between their taught bio-morphic surfaces and reflecting the environment around them. During the day, the piece acts as a sculptural object reflecting the dynamics of natural light and movement of people around them.

  Ross Lovegrove

  Simple, Light, People

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• Daisy chains are pretty fragile, and it turns out that families are too.

  Cathy Cassidy

  Daisies, Chains, Fragile

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• Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive the world.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Perception, Way, World

  Stephen Batchelor (1983). “Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism”, p.98, Grove Press

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• Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and exquisite detail, Stachniak has resurrected one of the most compelling ages in history. Turn off the phones and lock the doors—you will not put it down.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Heart, Doors, Phones

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• I'm actually a hardcore otaku who likes maids more than having three meals a day. And I only read books related to maids. Also, I only visit maid cafes. Of course, I also collect maid figurines. I play games which feature female maids and it turns me on so much. Then I'll wear the maid uniforms and jump in joy. I'll take my leave now.

  Hiro Fujiwara

  Book, Games, Play

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