"Life is not all about accomplishment; it's all about doing, participating, progressing, growing, learning."

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Source : Hernacki, Mike (2001). “The Ultimate Secret to Getting Absolutely Everything You Want”, p.121, Pelican Publishing

Mike Hernacki

#Kindness Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes

“A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text.”
“The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that matter in the long run, not the ones imposed on us by other people.”

Source : Judith Rich Harris (1999). “The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do”, p.251, Simon and Schuster
“As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in a yellow pongee silk suit. They sniffed cocaine in Mayfair and they penetrated forbidden swamps with a faithful native boy and lived in the native quarter of Tangier smoking hashish and languidly caressing a pet gazelle.”
“I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.”
“Harry Potter isnâ€™t real? Oh no! Wait, wait, what do you mean by real? Is this video blog real? Am I real if you can see me and hear me, but only through the internet? Are you real if I can read your comment but I donâ€™t know who you are or what your name is or where youâ€™re from or what you look like or how old you are? I know all of those things about Harry Potter. Maybe Harry Potterâ€™s real and youâ€™re not.”
“The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.”
“Opportunity is all around us, but we have beliefs and habits that block it.”
“You donâ€™t read, you donâ€™t understand. You donâ€™t know what itâ€™s like to live in different worlds, to travel on great adventures through the galaxy with people you know better than you know your own family. To live and die with them. These are my friends, my best friends in the world.”

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