Words from the Wise: Over 6,000 of the Smartest Things Ever SaidSkyhorse, 2007 M11 17 - 592 páginas When faced with life's greatest quandaries, there's just one place to go for advice: all your beloved heroes and heroines. These 6,000 thought-provoking quotations cover almost every imaginable dilemma and come from writers like Confucius, Horace, Shakespeare, Twain and Austen; modern figures such as Andy Rooney and Meryl Streep; and fictional TV favorites Homer Simpson and Chandler Bing. Need help when considering a new look? Jim Morrison warns: "Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts." Want to know if a new relationship is going to work out? Woody Allen can tell you, "The only love that lasts is unrequited love." Arranged alphabetically, this wordfest encompasses everything from attraction to zen, cats to dogs, and politics to religion. |
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... mean uncertainty and insecurity, which lead to anxiety and fear. What Homo sapiens craves most is certainty. Hence the popularity of the “expert” in his many manifestations – guru, life-coach, inspirational guide, etc. The expert has ...
... mean uncertainty and insecurity, which lead to anxiety and fear. What Homo sapiens craves most is certainty. Hence the popularity of the “expert” in his many manifestations – guru, life-coach, inspirational guide, etc. The expert has ...
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... think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Action is the antidote to despair. Nicolas Chamfort Joan Baez What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing. George Bernard Shaw It is not doing the things we.
... think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Action is the antidote to despair. Nicolas Chamfort Joan Baez What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing. George Bernard Shaw It is not doing the things we.
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... mean stop growing. Tom Robbins We live a protracted adolescence. At some point you must leave the party. Don Henley But childhood prolonged cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell ... means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your.
... mean stop growing. Tom Robbins We live a protracted adolescence. At some point you must leave the party. Don Henley But childhood prolonged cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell ... means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your.
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... means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and – here's the big curve – for your parents. ADULTERY Wendy Wasserstein I said to the wife, “Guess what I heard in the pub? They reckon the milkman has made love to every ...
... means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and – here's the big curve – for your parents. ADULTERY Wendy Wasserstein I said to the wife, “Guess what I heard in the pub? They reckon the milkman has made love to every ...
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... overcoat. James R. Lowell I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing. A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. Oscar Wilde Voltaire The most important thing in an argument, next to being.
... overcoat. James R. Lowell I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing. A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. Oscar Wilde Voltaire The most important thing in an argument, next to being.
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Albert Camus Albert Einstein Anon answer beautiful become believe better Charles child Chinese proverb death E. B. White Eric Hoffer everything fear feel fool Frank Friedrich Nietzsche G. K. Chesterton Georg Christoph Lichtenberg George Bernard Shaw George Carlin George Santayana give H. L. Mencken happens happy hate heart hell Henry David Thoreau Henry Miller Hubbard human James Jean John keep laugh listen live Logan Pearsall Smith look man’s Mark Twain marriage married means Mignon McLaughlin mind moral mother never one’s Oscar Wilde P. J. O’Rourke people’s person Peter Ralph Waldo Emerson religion Robert Heinlein Robertson Davies Samuel Johnson secret someone soul Stanislaw Steven Wright tell There’s thing Thomas thought truth what’s who’s William Winston Churchill wisdom wise woman women Woody Allen words wrong