"Nothing comes merely by thinking about it."

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Source : John Wanamaker (1923). “Maxims of Life and Business”

John Wanamaker

#Thinking Quotes

“I think people perceive my creatures as absurd because they look different, but at the same time, they are a little bit familiar. I want people to feel a kind of empathy with them. When you think about it, all nature is kind of strange looking.. in fact, I'm a strange a looking creature.”
“As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.”
“Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.”
“Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot.”
“After the last shovel of dirt was patted in place, I sat down and let my mind drift back through the years. I thought of the old K. C. Baking Powder can, and the first time I saw my pups in the box at the depot. I thought of the fifty dollars, the nickels and dimes, and the fishermen and blackberry patches. I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over.”

Source : Wilson Rawls (2011). “Where the Red Fern Grows”, p.235, Laurel Leaf
“Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.”
“I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world.”
“Enchanted worlds still exist because the child within us never dies. The doorways may be more obscure, but we can still seek them out. There are still noble adventures to undertake. There are still trees that speak and caverns that lead to nether realms. There will always be faeries and elves within nature because they will always be dancing in our hearts.”

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