"I surround myself with inspirational quotations."

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Source : Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.58, Random House

Blake Mycoskie

#Surround Quotes #Quotations Quotes

“... Michael Bloomfields' musical understanding was broad and deep, and he knew how to turn that understanding into communication .. his influence was phenomenal ... his story is about those kinds of things and about the people he knew and the audiences he thrilled and the times he had ...”
“First they use technology to poison the planet, then they develop it further to escape from the planet they have poisoned.”
“I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.”

Source : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.86, Broadway Books
“There could never be a more beautiful you; dont buy the lies, disguises and hoops they make you jump through; you were made to fill a purpose that only you could do; so there could never be a more beautiful you.”

Source : Song: More Beautiful You, Album: More Beautiful You, 2009
“When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.”

Source : Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.330, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.”
“If you live in a baboon troop in the Serengeti, you only have to work three hours a day for your calories, and predators don't mess with you much. What that means is you've got nine hours of free time every day to devote to generating psychological stress toward other animals in your troop. So the baboon is a wonderful model for living well enough and long enough to pay the price for all the social-stressor nonsense that they create for each other. They're just like us: They're not getting done in by predators and famines, they're getting done in by each other.”
“If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side up , he will roll over to prove that he is dead. [Footnote:] While he is playing dead, you can go straight up to him and step on his head or smash him with a big club.”

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