"Work is the vessel into which we pour so much of ourselves hope and disappointment, elation and rage, satisfaction and frustration. Yet any damp display of these emotions is seen as weakness."

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Source : Lisa Belkin (2003). “Life's Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

Lisa Belkin

#Disappointment Quotes #Work Quotes #Frustration Quotes

“Nor love they least Who strike with right good will To vanquish ill And fight God's battle upward from the beast.”

Source : Richard Hovey (1908). “Along the Trail”
“Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.”
“Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.”

Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press
“In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.”
“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living.”

Source : "Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading," by Maria Popova, www.brainpickings.org. October 23, 2013.
“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.”
“At the heart of any poor soul not at one with the Force, there is only void.”

Source : Tim Lebbon (2013). “Into the Void: Star Wars Legends (Dawn of the Jedi)”, p.3, Del Rey
“The Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices have all been chosen from the lower federal courts. A nominee with relevant non-judicial experience would bring a different and useful perspective to the court.”

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