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Albert Einstein quote: "Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our..."
Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think. Albert Einstein
At no point in this did Frank think he was dreaming, probably because he seldom remembered dreams, or paid attention to them even if he did. And though this all had the alert immediacy of daytime Mexico in its ongoing dispute with its history, it would someday be relegated as well to the register of experiences he had been unable to find any use for. Thomas Pynchon
So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you. Tina Fey
Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it. Terry Prachett
There is no language so filthy as Spanish. There are words for all the vile words in English and there are other words and expressions that are used only in countries where blasphemy keeps pace with the austerity of religion. Ernest Hemingway
And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity. Dorothy Dunnett
Jane Austen quote: "I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice."
I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice. Jane Austen
When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Fear, after all, is our real enemy. Fear is taking over our world. Fear is being used as a tool of manipulation in our society. Its how politicians peddle policy and how Madison Avenue sells us things that we dont need. Think about it. Fear that were going to be attacked, fear that there are communists lurking around every corner, fear that some little Caribbean country that doesnt believe in our way of life poses a threat to us. Fear that black culture may take over the world. Fear of Elvis... Christopher Isherwood
Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we need to move the very stars to pity. Christopher Hitchens
At home, I mainly used to read. I wished to stifle with external sensations all that was ceaselessly boiling up inside me. And among external sensations the only one possible for me was reading. Reading was, of course, a great help. It stirred, delighted, and tormented me. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished,..."
How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life. Alfred Lord Tennyson
whenever they get a chance, never fear, people make you waste hours and months ... they use you as a wall to bounce their bullshit off of ... blah! and blah! and blahblahblah! ... you put up with it for an hour, you'll need two weeks to recover ... blah! blah! Louis-Ferdinand Celine
You may think you’ve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far you’ve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that you’re not what you used to be. Joel Osteen
John Steinbeck quote: "It was quite normal in that day for a man to use up three or..."
It was quite normal in that day for a man to use up three or four wives in a normal lifetime. John Steinbeck

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