"ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER."

-- Nellie Bly

#Badass Quotes #Praise Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“Life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between.”

Source : Christian De Duve (1995). “Vital Dust: Life As a Cosmic Imperative”, Basic Books
“Sam: â€œYouâ€”you greatly overestimate my self-control.â€ Grace: â€œIâ€™m not looking for self-control.”
“The pending merger with XM will offer unprecedented choice for consumers and create tremendous value for stockholders.”
“Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains.”
“There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.”
“There seems also to be a tremendous risk to indigenous cultures if we insist that all scholarship be conducted in English. We are, for example, dealing with ancient and very highly-developed cultures in Korea, Japan, China and the Middle East. What is the impact on cultural and scholarly vitality forcing everyone to do their work in English? I do not have an answer, but this issue has been very much on my mind.”
“I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music.”
“Want is a bitter and a hateful good, Because its virtues are not understood; Yet many things, impossible to thought, Have been by need to full perfection brought. The daring of the soul proceeds from thence, Sharpness of wit, and active diligence; Prudence at once, and fortitude it gives; And, if in patience taken, mends our lives.”

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