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Sooner barbarity than boredom. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#boredom #sooner #than

Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#because #family #family life #getting #how

If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#enough #know #really #said #things

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses. ↗

— David Storey

#another #essence #friendship #lapses #little

When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#being myself #easily #everything #falling #fully

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#average #before #choosing #committee #crap

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own. ↗

— Connie Mack

#born #own #strikes #take #third

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. ↗

— David Storey

#confidence #done #little #little thing #thing

I don't enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people's amusement. I enjoy it if I'm being paid a lot for it. ↗

— David Storey

#amusement #being #enjoy #field #football

Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning. ↗

— Hannah Storm

#colin #colin powell #joining #morning #much