"If You’re Not Making Mistakes, then You’re Not Doing Anything."
- John Wooden
9 months ago
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them."
- Mark Twain
10 months ago
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"The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t. If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny."
- The all-time most highlighted passage by Amazon Kindle readers, as quoted by Abraham Verghese in his book, Cutting for Stone (via brit)
10 months ago
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Even though not a real story, but still entertaining and inspiring :-)
Source: britOne night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the president’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner.
Following this conversation, President Obama asked Michelle, “Why was he so interested in talking to you?” She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her.
President Obama then said, “So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant?” to which Michelle responded, “No. If I had married him, he would now be the President.”
1 year ago
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"Rebellion is almost as stupid as obedience. In either case you let yourself be defined by what they tell you to do."
1 year ago
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"My dad’s motto is “Always Improve”, but he’s working on a better version."
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1 year ago
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"Successful people are successful because they are willing to do what unsuccessful are not willing to do."
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1 year ago
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"I never let school get in the way of my education."
- Mark Twain
1 year ago
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"Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
- Oscar Wilde
1 year ago
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"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."
- Paul Valery
2 years ago
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"Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter."
- D.H. Mondfleur
