"We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them."

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Source : "Thoughts in Solitude". Book by Thomas Merton, 1958.

William Blake

#Rise Above Quotes #Contradiction Quotes #Resolve Quotes

“I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.”
“Reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all.”
“If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is going to want to test your mettle.”
“We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.”
“To run any system, you've got to grow your personnel and your players have to have a certain skill set.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“All my life I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, `Look at the poor dope, wilya?”

Source : Buster Keaton, Charles Samuels (2015). “My Wonderful World Of Slapstick”, p.8, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Wait a minute! I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff. During a briefing military stuff in which officials began telling him about missile silos.”
“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.”

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