"Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste."

-- Mark Van Doren

#Acquired Taste Quotes #Taste Quotes #Truth Is Quotes

“Yes, I've just bought a new horse, named Jedi.”
“That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality - your soul, if you will - is as bright and shining as any that has ever been. Bright as Shakespeareâ€™s, bright as Gandhiâ€™s, bright as Mother Theresaâ€™s. Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly.”

Source : "George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". Commencement Speech, 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.
“The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities.”
“My girlfriend told me that she was seeing another man. I told her to rub her eyes.”
“It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.”
“Being a die-hard Knicks fan, I remember hunting down these orange-and-blue Nikes that they only released in England. And I used to hunt for sneakers when I DJ'd in Japan. But then Nike flooded the market with a head-spinning array of color combinations and it just didn't seem cool anymore.”
“To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead.”

Source : Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.70, WaterBrook
“When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.”

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