"Just stand aside and watch yourself go by; Think of yourself as 'he' instead of 'I'."

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Source : Strickland W. Gillilan (1910). “Including Finnigin: A Book of Gillilan Verse”

Strickland Gillilan

#Thinking Quotes #Watches Quotes #Think Of You Quotes

“I'm the old-fashioned type who prefers to meet a woman in a more normal setting. I don't like to feel that I'm being hunted down. I've always liked to do my own hunting when it comes to meeting women.”
“I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can. I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to everyone who will take it. . . seek knowledge from those wiser and teach those who wish to learn from me.”
“The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.”
“When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding.”
“It's important that the drivers stay together, because in difficult moments we have each other. If we are not together the financial and political interests of the organisers and constructors come to the fore.”
“I have a personality defect where I sort of refuse to see myself as an underdog... It's because of my parents. They raised me with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man.”
“It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.”
“Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that you seek, at any rate you will have had the happiness of seeking it.”

Source : Andrew Lang, Henry Justice Ford, Lancelot Speed (1966). “The Red Fairy Book”, p.260, Courier Corporation

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