"The future has to do with fear. Don't attempt to come up here. Don't attempt to go forward, you were nobody, you are nobody, and you'll always be nothing, so don't even think about coming here because if you do, something awful will happen to you."

-- Malachy McCourt

#Thinking Quotes #Awful Quotes #Come Up Quotes

“There is a chill air surrounding those who are down in the world, and people are glad to get away from them, as from a cold room.”
“I've always been the kind of woman who had a man in her life even when he was the wrong man.”
“People drink and do drugs for a reason. Cause it makes them feel good - until it doesn't anymore.”
“In an age of constant live connections, the central question of self-examination is drifting from â€˜Who are you?â€™ towards â€˜What are you doing?”

Source : Tom Chatfield, The School of Life (2012). “How to Thrive in the Digital Age”, p.32, Pan Macmillan
“They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.”
“Every night before you go to bed write down three things good that happened to you that day. That's pretty much all it takes to get a happiness boost over time.”
“The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free”

Source : Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.40, Random House
“When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys over there. And me and the fat kids over here. Those kids were fat! One girl had to be cut out a hula hoop.”

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