"A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will."

-- Joseph Joubert

#Memories Quotes #Motivation Quotes #Truth Quotes

“There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.”
“It is important to acknowledge all your feelings and not beat yourself up for having them. Your feelings are not good or bad, they just are.”
“You can't get a bad picture out of Bacall. There's nothing eccentric about her. She's perfect all over and yet she looks like nobody else.”
“When youâ€™re reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled.”
“Outside the youth center, between the liquor store and the police station, a little dogwood tree is losing its mind; overflowing with blossomfoam, like a sudsy mug of beer; like a bride ripping off her clothes, dropping snow white petals to the ground in clouds, so Natureâ€™s wastefulness seems quietly obscene. Itâ€™s been doing that all week: making beauty, and throwing it away, and making more.”

Source : Tony Hoagland, “A Color of the Sky”
“Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.”
“It isnâ€™t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.”
“The fact that Edward Snowden didn't approach the New York Times hurt a lot. It meant two things. Morally, it meant that somebody with a big story to tell didn't think we were the place to go, and that's painful. And then it also meant that we got beaten on what was arguably the biggest national security story in many, many years. Not only beaten by the Guardian, because he went to the Guardian, but beaten by the Post, because he went to a writer from the Post. We tried to catch up and did some really good stories that I feel good about. But it was really, really, really painful.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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