"I began to think that melancholy was a dialect that only some people knew-or could even hear-and in my conversations, I sought these people out."

-- Virginia Heffernan

#Depression Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they donâ€™t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think theyâ€™re going to go home one night and have the girl theyâ€™ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever somethingâ€™s too good to be true, thatâ€™s because itâ€™s a con.”
“Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access to resources. That's not sexy, it doesn't sound great at a rally or a forum, but that is actually the work that it will take to change cities. We know that.”

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“Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you're capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.”
“You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.”
“It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly.”
“I must always march on in my life. What's done is done.”
“I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.”
“When you go out on the mound and you're confident in your body, you feel you can do anything.”

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