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I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#i think #into #more #people #read

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had. ↗

— David Beckham

#alex #best #ever #ferguson #had

Tonight I want to forget all your insecurities. Tonight I want you to reject anyone or anything that has made you feel like you don't belong, or don't fit in, or has made you feel like you're not good enough or pretty enough or thin enough, or like you can't sing well enough or dance well enough, or write a song well enough, or like YOU'LL NEVER WIN A GRAMMY, or like YOU'LL NEVER SELL OUT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN! You just remember that you are a god damn superstar and you were born this way! ↗

— Lady Gaga

#inspirational #lady-gaga #inspirational

An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try. ↗

— Jen Knox

#jen-knox #philosphy #psychology #intelligence

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#reading #imagination

I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#hell #intelligence #paradise #stupidity #intelligence

The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights. ↗

— Joe Andrew

#between #decisions #good #good and bad #goods

Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition. ↗

— Louis Zukofsky

#infinity #intelligence #math #mathematics #mind

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. ↗

— Henry Miller

#debate-fodder #intelligence #reading #wisdom #intelligence

Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#foolishness #intelligence #madness #passion #intelligence