"We think we should have to work in order to feel. We want to have our cake resist us; and then we want to eat it, too."

-- Leslie Jamison

#Thinking Quotes #Order Quotes #Cake Quotes

“The Republican Party has become more conservative. The Democratic Party has become marginally more liberal. There's almost no overlap in the middle, ideological overlap, in either house of Congress. That leaves moderates homeless. We have had a hollowing out of the middle in the U.S. Congress. There's less opportunity for compromise.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.”
“Know that you yourself are a miracle.”
“I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”

Source : William Lyon Phelps (1935). “... Yearbook”
“Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.”
“But the adjectives change,â€ said Jimmy. â€œNothingâ€™s worse than last yearâ€™s adjectives.”
“I've trained all my life. I've always been one who enjoys training so it's not something that I think I can just stop doing. It might not be as regular but I want to keep training.”
“If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be”

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