"And as Dad said to me, 'You can't always stop people from being mean. But you can stop them from making you mean."

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Source : Mike Mason (2009). “The Blue Umbrella: A Novel”, p.192, David C Cook

Mike Mason

#Dad Quotes #Mean Quotes #People Quotes

“If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable of controlling your pride.”
“My father and I are very similar and have a wonderful relationship, but we both stand by our opinions.”
“Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry player without knowing they just launched a competing product. With the right background research, he could have avoided that and other landmines - and so can you.”
“We hear in these days a great deal respecting rights--the rights of private judgment, the rights of labor, the rights of property, and the rights of man. Rights are grand things, divine things in this world of God's; but the way in which we expound these rights, alas! seems to me to be the very incarnation of selfishness. I can see nothing very noble in a man who is forever going about calling for his own rights. Alas! alas! for the man who feels nothing more grand in this wondrous, divine world than his own rights.”
“If you have clutter, you're richer than you think!”

Source : Donna Smallin (2014). “Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing Your Home and Your Life”, p.65, Storey Publishing
“He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear and I might suffer. The gods throw the dice, and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.”
“You must render: never report.”
“Symbol and metaphor are as much a part of the architectural vocabulary as stone and steel.”

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