"Nietzsche famously said "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you."

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Source : Conan O'Brien's Commencement Address at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.dartmouth.edu. June 12, 2011.

Conan O'Brien

#Stress Quotes #Stronger Quotes #Said Quotes

“I'm sure there isn't an after-life. If there were, Ivor Novello would have got a message to us.”

Source : "I'll Let You Know: Musings from Myrtlebank". Book by Arthur Marshall, p. 63, 1981.
“A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.”
“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

Source : "Fictional character: Baron". "The Cat Returns", www.imdb.com. 2002.
“Because our entire universe is made up of consciousness, we never really experience the universe directly we just experience our consciousness of the universe, our perception of it, so right, our only universe is perception.”
“If you are thinking of nything with dependence upon it, there is a motive of curiosity, or pleasure, or success, and though the thinking will help towards satisfaction you will still be in bondage. There is no harm in this, but the higher samadhi, without such motives, is best.”
“When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.”

Source : William Wells Brown (2012). “The Narrative of William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it's like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static result to be achieved. If you want to succeed, if you want to achieve all your outcomes, you have to think of success as a process, a way of life, a habit of mind, a strategy for life.”
“I'm ready to meet a nice man!”

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