#rut

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#active #active life #commendation #duties #gives

American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing. ↗

— Corey Clark

#american idol #come #corporation #dealing #either

I don't understand people who say they need more "Me Time." What other time is there? Do these people spend part of their day in someone else's body? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#life #me-time #time #truth #wisdom

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#best #bizarre #competing #competition #competitor

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#costs #i #i wish #lives #really

V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

Truth is on the side of the oppressed. ↗

— Malcolm X

#side #truth #truth is

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#having #only #right #say #them

I am a lie who always speaks the truth. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#am #i #i am #lie #speaks

The truth is that most small businesses will not succeed and you need to be emotionally prepared for this. ↗