"I don't want to be considered a hero.... Imagine [if] young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary housewife and secretary."

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Miep Gies

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“The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the ups and downs of relating. Actually, I believe that the less I conceptualize things that way, the more likely it is that people will want to stay by me, because they will not feel burdened, consciously or unconsciously, by my projections, judgments, entitlements, or unrealistic expectations.”

Source : David Richo (2011). “Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy”, p.14, Shambhala Publications
“We need more moral compasses and less Sat Navs”
“I once lost a bill betting on the Red Sox, ...But that's another topic.”
“When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone â€”â€˜I didnâ€™t mean to startle her”
“The strongest feelings assigned to the conscience are not moral feelings at all; they express merely physical antipathies.”
“After all, all we demanded was a right to twinkle.”
“When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Oct 30, 2013
“Tequila is my drink. It is my favorite alcohol, my favorite liquor because, you know, it's a stimulant and not a depressant. If I go to a party and everyone's been drinking and I don't have time to really "catch up" - I'm not trying to get drunk but I want to feel good - I drink tequila.”

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