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Erich Fromm
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
Winston Churchill
“Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, it’s an outrage.”
Mae West
“A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.”
Albert Camus, The Plague
“…But again and again, there comes a time in history when one who dares to say that 2+2=4 is punished with death. The school-teacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether 2+2=4”
Frank Bruni
“Our struggle with this pandemic has convinced me that somewhere along the way, we went from celebrating individual liberty to fetishizing it, so that for too many Americans, all sense of civic obligation and communal good went out the window.”
George Carlin
“An artist has an obligation to be en route, to be going somewhere. There’s a journey involved here. You don’t know where it is and that’s the fun. You’re always gonna be seeking, looking and going, trying to challenge yourself.”
Albert Einstein
“Strive not to be a success but to be of value.”
Mark Twain
“You can’t depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Write drunk and edit sober.”
Ric Ocasek
“When I was crazy, I thought you were great.”
Anthony Scaramucci
“This thing is not a swamp. Actually, it’s a gold plated hot tub without a drain.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Empathy is a natural human trait. It’s the most important trait for any leader at any level.”
Ringo Starr & George Harrison
“Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,
And you know it don’t come easy.
I don’t ask for much, I only want your trust,
And you know it don’t come easy.”
Louis Armstrong
“If you have to ask, you will never know.”
Jerry Cantrell
“I’ve always been drawn to music that tells the sadder tale and tells the deeper, truer tale, which at times can be very dark.”
Marshawn Lynch
“You don’t feel in Beast Mode. It feels you.”
Paulo Coelho
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.”
Miles Davis
“Sometimes it takes a long time to learn how to play like yourself.”
