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| 94d7dd8 | This is where dad burried the little raccoon. I don't even know he existed a few days ago and now he's gone forever. It's like I found him for no reason. I had to say good-bye as soon as I said hello. Still...in a sad, awful, terrible way, I'm happy I met him. What a stupid world. | Bill Watterson | ||
| 9aa7353 | CALVIN: Hey, I got some mail! It's a Valentine card. HOBBES: From Susie Derkins! CALVIN: It says "Please be my Valentine." HOBBES: You're Susie's Valentine! CALVIN: I'm not her Valentine just because I got this in the mail, am I? Does the Post Master General know about this? HOBBES: Calvin and Susie, sitting in a tree-ee! Kay-eye-ess-ess-eye-en-gee! CALVIN: I don't have the KISS her, do I?! Is that what Valentines do??! Oh, gross! HOBBES:.. | calvin-and-hobbes-bill-watterson envelope hobbes mail smooch susie-derkins valentine | Bill Watterson | |
| e6cf750 | Writing. Opening a vein in your wrist with a spoon. | Ann-Marie MacDonald | ||
| ac7df9c | Having experienced her own disappearance, she is conscious of how important it is for people to be seen, so when she looks at them --even the blind one--she also looks for them, just in case they too have got lost and need finding. | Ann-Marie MacDonald | ||
| 6c8a13d | My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all. | determination | Ann-Marie MacDonald | |
| a4242d8 | She learns a valuable lesson: if you think you are good, just try doing good. You'll soon find out how inadequate your little drop of goodness is. | Ann-Marie MacDonald | ||
| 9a96a95 | As time went by, it mattered less and less that in 1969 a rocket went from Florida to the moon and men walked there. Good men. People's dads. Those were only events, scattered in time. Draw them close, rub them between thumb and finger till they look like larvae, soften like silk, distend to knot, to weave. It takes a village to kill a child. | Ann-Marie MacDonald | ||
| 867bdf4 | Education is like pruning ; it wrecks the natural growth of the tree in favour of a form that is useful to commercial society | Tom Hodgkinson | ||
| b15e6b3 | Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities. | idleness | Tom Hodgkinson | |
| 8d1bbb4 | She is gambling that he is good. There on the table, neither frozen nor yet moving, Lane Dean Jr. sees all this, and is moved with pity and with also something more, something without any name he knows, that is given to him to feel in the form of a question that never once in all the long week's thinking and division had even so much as occurred -- why is he so sure he doesn't love her? Why is one kind of love any different? What if he has .. | David Foster Wallace | ||
| 7fc1739 | Doubt your critics, never your dreams; your weaknesses, never your strengths; your enemies, never your friends; and your circumstances, but never doubt yourself. Embrace your intelligence, never your ignorance; your humility, never your pride; | critics-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes motivation-quotes motivational-quotations motivational-quotes wisdom-quotations wisdom-quotes wise-quotations wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 3f46be3 | 10 Noble Laws to Live By 1. Be yourself. 2. Love all. 3. Trust few. 4. Give more. 5. Take less. 6. Learn more. 7. Make peace. 8. Empower yourself. | life-lessons-quotes life-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes wisdom-quotes wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| c09dd7e | When you frown, it amuses your enemies. When you sulk, it gratifies your enemies. When you cry, it tickles your enemies. When you smile, it agitates them. When you laugh, it angers them. | Matshona Dhliwayo | ||
| ba91d3b | When I like a black person, they dislike me. When I like a white person, they despise me. When I like a mixed person, they harass me. When I like an illiterate person, they revile me. When I like an educated person, they attack me. When I like a weak person, they berate me. When I like a strong person, they condemn me. When I like a lowly person, they denounce me. When I like an eminent person, they renounce me. When I like a famous person,.. | ignorance-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes racism-quotes solomonology-quotes wisdom-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 2be66de | When you study success, you become a dreamer. When you study failure, you become a victor. When you study organisations, you become a mentor. When you study management, you become a leader. When you study nature, you become a scholar. When you study people, you become a counselor. When you study life, you become a thinker. When you study God, you become a philosopher. When you study magic, you become a sorcerer. When you study stars, you be.. | knowledge-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes wisdom-quotes wise-quotations wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 1f29702 | You were born happy, don't die sad. You were born full, don't die empty. You were born rich, don't die poor. You were born pure, don't die corrupt. You were born innocent, don't die guilty. You were born free, don't die shackled. You were born curious, don't die indifferent. You were born sensitive, don't die heartless. You were born tolerant, don't die prejudiced. You were born trusting, don't die cynical. You were born caring, .. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotes guru-quotes life-quotations life-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 4756106 | Having a brain does not make you a thinker. Having a student does not make you a teacher. Having a class does not make you a scholar. Having a degree does not make you a master. Having a sword does not make you a warrior. Having a following does not make you a leader. Having a position does not make you a ruler. Having an army does not make you a conqueror. Having a job does not mean you have a career. Having a servant does not mean you hav.. | knowledge-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes wisdom-quotes wise-quotations wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| d6d9ce6 | When I was young, I wanted power. Now that I'm old, I want peace. When I was young, I wanted titles. Now that I'm old, I want contentment. When I was young, I wanted money. Now that I'm old, I want happiness. When I was young, I wanted excitement. Now that I'm old, I want calm. When I was young, I wanted praise. Now that I'm old, I want respect. When I was young, I wanted houses. Now that I'm old, I want fulfillment. When I was young, I wan.. | matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes solomonology-quotes wisdom-quotes wise-quotes wise-sayings-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| fe63ded | I am injustice," said tyranny. "I am lawlessness," said corruption. "I am inequality," said bigotry. "I am intolerance," said racism. "I am destruction," said immorality. "I am independence," said freedom. "I am fairness," said justice. "I am humanity," said compassion. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotes guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotes sage-quotes solomonology-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| cf28952 | The world does not belong to: one class, one gender, one race, one tribe, one religion, nor one nation, | leader-quotes leadership-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes racism-quotes religion-quotations religion-quotes unity-quotes world-peace-quotes world-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 9a430c1 | Intelligence is a disciple, wisdom is its master. Caution is a disciple, prudence is its master. Discernment is a disciple, intuition is its master. Truth is a disciple, reality is its master. Experience is a disciple, awareness is its master. Illumination is a disciple, enlightenment is its master. Desire is a disciple, pleasure is its master. Laughter is a disciple, joy is its master. Need is a disciple, want is its master. Prudence is a .. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotes guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosophy-quotations sage-quotes solomonology-quotes wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 1987966 | Your mind is a paintbrush, your imagination is a canvass, and your thoughts are your masterpiece. Your heart is a paintbrush, your desires are a canvass, and your actions are your masterpiece. Your soul is a paintbrush, | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes guru-quotes life-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosophy-quotations solomonology-quotes wisdom-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 7ebbdc5 | Many of these slaveholding populists were celebrated by posterity as tribunes of the common people. Meanwhile, the self-made Hamilton, a fervent abolitionist and a staunch believer in meritocracy, was villainized in American history textbooks as an apologist of privilege and wealth. | Ron Chernow | ||
| c1b083a | As often is the case with addictions, the fanciful notion of a gradual discontinuance only provided a comforting pretext for more sustained indulgence. | adultery | Ron Chernow | |
| 8ea5e93 | Fisher Ames observed of Hamilton that the common people don't want leaders "whom they see elevated by nature and education so far above their heads." | Ron Chernow | ||
| aef8ce4 | Jay was attacked with peculiar venom. Near his New York home, the walls of a building were defaced with the gigantic words, 'Damn John Jay. Damn everyone that won't damn John Jay. Damn everyone that won't put up lights in the windows and sit up all night damning John Jay. | graffiti politics | Ron Chernow | |
| 0318cd1 | It was, Eliza Hamilton Holly noted pointedly, the imperative duty that Eliza had bequeathed to all her children: Justice shall be done to the memory of my Hamilton. | Ron Chernow | ||
| 25b75d8 | If Jefferson provided the essential poetry of American political discourse, Hamilton established the prose of American statecraft. | Ron Chernow | ||
| 3c52d84 | If one will just be still, shut up, and --lo, behold, the world'll sift through one's ideas for one, esp. in a grimy London railway station. | David Mitchell | ||
| e9d5c33 | War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. | David Mitchell | ||
| 724695d | Words are what you fight with but what you fight about is whether or not you're afraid of them. | arguments fighting words | David Mitchell | |
| 77b14cb | Sex may be the antidote to death but it offers life everlasting only to the species, not the individual. | David Mitchell | ||
| 56e4af3 | A Muzak version of 'Imagine' comes on and John Lennon wakes up in his tomb, appalled. | David Mitchell | ||
| eb97782 | come now, what's a reviewer?" I reasoned. "One who reads quickly, arrogantly, but never wisely..." | David Mitchell | ||
| 525a7bd | Hey, metaphysics seminar is on the roof. Just take the elevator up and keep walking until you hit the sidewalk. Anything is true if enough people believe it. | sucide truth | David Mitchell | |
| 1744c24 | What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?" I speculated such a suggestion could be seen as a serious deviancy. Melphi seemed delited. "Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So the.. | equality hatred justice perception racism | David Mitchell | |
| 2039ee2 | Whoever dies with the most stuff wins. | David Mitchell | ||
| b269abf | This "Not Today" attitude of yours is a cancer. Cancer of the character. It stunts your growth." | David Mitchell | ||
| bc355aa | S'pose heaven's not like a painting that's just hanging there forever, but more like ... like the best song anyone ever wrote, but a song you only catch in snatches, while you're alive, from passing cars, or ... upstairs windows when you're lost ... | David Mitchell | ||
| 528906a | There no such thing as something! Why? Because everything's already turning into something else! | David Mitchell | ||
| bf2c482 | The world unmakes stuff faster than people can make it. | David Mitchell | ||
| 3aee0b3 | Do spirals end? Or just get so tiny your eyes can't follow any more? | David Mitchell | ||
| 5274206 | Dust is gold in the light of dawn. | David Mitchell | ||
| 42f7daa | I'm not in the Scouts any more,' I remind her. Mr Moody our scoutmaster told me to get lost, so I did, and it took the Snowdonia mountain rescue service two days to find my shelter. | David Mitchell |