"Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used."

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Source : Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

Amy Poehler

#Inspirational Quotes #Graduation Quotes #Heart Quotes

“It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity to use wealth in this world, and neither I nor my friends, nor anyone else I have ever met, has so much of it that they are interested in putting themselves at a disadvantage by sharing their secrets.”
“You don't get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become.”

Source : Jodee Blanco (2010). “Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational True Story”, p.159, Adams Media
“I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.”
“I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.”
“The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.”
“One of the most beautiful things about 'Game of Thrones' is it's told from so many different points of view, and these characters can convince you that what they're doing is right. But they're only showing you a bit of the picture, and when you see it from another character's point of view you may switch allegiances.”
“You want bold? Ask the hundreds of defensive backs I ran over during my career if they think I'm bold.”
“What an economy really wants, after all, is not more investment per se but better investment. It wants capital to flow to companies that will create value - not in the form of a rising stock price but in the form of more goods for less cost, more jobs, and rising wages - by enhancing productivity.”

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