"Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it."

-- Kim Harrison

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“I am a creature of habit.”
“Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic power, this story never would have been written. Were it alone in these methods, public scorn would long ago have made short work of the Standard Oil Company. But it is simply the most conspicuous type of what can be done by these practices. The methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.”

Source : Ida M. Tarbell (2009). “The History of the Standard Oil Company”, p.287, Cosimo, Inc.
“Denial of numerous problems can happen in any organization, and I don't mean this as flip or negative as it's going to sound, but you see it a lot in corporate cultures right before they hit a wall. People tell themselves a story that it can turn around, it's going to turn around, we're doing all the right things, and then that story lasts until it's literally no longer sustainable or believable.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kate Clinton from Jun 26, 2013
“I swear to you, Patch, to take your love and cherish it. And in return, to give you my body and my heartâ€”everything I possess, I give to you. I am yours. Wholly and completely. Love me. Protect me. Fulfill me. And I promise to do the same.â€ ~ Nora + Patch”
“Learn from the past and let it go. Live in today.”
“But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.”
“Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.”

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