"I think that Ronald Reagan wanted to hear other people's views, and he always listened carefully, and from time to time he changed his own mind about a position. And especially he took pains to listen carefully to foreign leaders with whom he was dealing."

-- Jeane Kirkpatrick

#Pain Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Views Quotes

“It's definitely the biggest lesson - not to take things personally. But it's also the hardest one.”
“I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.”
“Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.”
“Part of positive psychology is about being positive, but sometimes laughter and clowns are not appropriate. Some people don't want to be happy, and that's okay. They want meaningful lives, and those are not always the same as happy lives.”

Source : Eric Weiner (2014). “The Geography of Bliss”, p.325, Random House
“Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.”
“A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.”
“Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.”
“Are you going to tell me what that was about?â€ Adam asked as we went back upstairs. â€œSometime,â€ I told him. â€œWhen we're telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.”

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