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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#been #divine #doing #huge #i

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#belief #doctrine #everything #including #optimism

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#agreeable #another #arising #contemplating #misery

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#positive #top #voice

Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#discern #draw #genius #having #just

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#fortune #good #good fortune #kinds #misfortunes

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#any #controversy #either #impartial #perceive

If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#diverse #electricity #emissions #gases #greenhouse

What a waste my life would be without all the beautiful mistakes I've made. ↗

— Alice Bag

#life-lessons #mistakes #philosophy #beauty

And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood. ↗

— William Tyndale

#blood #christ #even #flesh #god