"Time is the thief you cannot banish."

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Phyllis McGinley

#Thieves Quotes #Aging Quotes

“Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“In my work, we're not looking at an icon, we're not looking at a sign, we're not looking at a representation. We're looking at something. I do have this feeling of trust that people can read it for themselves.”
“You stop viewing yourself as being "pushed around" by the world when you realize that only you can "push" yourself. To quote Buddha: "Nothing is upsetting you. You get upset because you are upsettable."”
“I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.”
“I know a lot of people with obsessive qualities, and there's a positive and negative part to it. There's the appeal of someone who's so deadly focused on something that they want or desire - there's a dedication and a single-mindedness that's great. But then if it goes on too long it becomes a psychosis. What's the French term for it? Idee fixe.”
“In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.”

Source : Howard Schultz (2011). “Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul”, p.200, Rodale
“You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy.”
“I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.”

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