"To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens, you're close enough to squeeze through."

-- Pierre Omidyar

#Couple Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Doors Quotes

“Twilight was the worst hour, because it was the hour of indecision.”

Source : Helen Eustis (2015). “The Horizontal Man: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.69, Library of America
“Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment.”
“It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I write really depressing stuff.”
“I slept with my mother until I was nine years old. It was OK for the first few years, and then I don't know what happened. I just couldn't do it anymore. I mean, sleeping with the same woman, night after night. Boring!”
“Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.”

Source : Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”
“In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.”

Source : Speech at the Louis Marshall Award Dinner of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Americana Hotel, New York City, November 11, 1962.
“As soon as one bad actor like China massively cheats, they win at the expense of us; they win at the expense of Europe and over time it threatens the entire integrity of the global financial system and the global trading system.”
“I got to a happier point and then started making a record [Wild Things]. I don't mind at all that it sounds like LA, because LA was integral to me feeling better. Seeing the sunshine and all that other sorts of stuff was definitely a huge part in why the album sounds like it sounds.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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