"Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy.""

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Source : John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.71, Diversion Books

John Eliot

#Crazy Quotes #Views Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“Mike Bloomfield sat down and started playing, and I went, whoa! Because I had never heard any white person play like that before. And he was about my age, and he just, that finished off my guitar career, just like that, in one afternoon.”
“Simpson, Homer Simpson/ He's the greatest guy in history/ From the/ Town of Springfield/ He's about to hit a chestnut tree.”
“One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s.”
“It is possible to be happy without having perfect health . . . Thank goodness my happiness doesn't come from my joints, but from my heart.”

Source : Beverly LaHaye (1995). “The Desires of a Woman's Heart”, Tyndale House Publishers
“You really have to humble yourself and take your ***** whippings to understand that you can learn something from somebody”
“I think 40 is a good age to run a country. But I've always been fast.”
“Cherry Money Baby is fabulous in every sense of the word! Itâ€™s earthy and smart and moving, laugh-out-loud funny, surprising, inventive, suspenseful, and â€” Oh, Hell â€” just gorgeously written!”
“On earth the living have much to bear; the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.”

Source : Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”

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