Quote from David McCullough

To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.”; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]

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Quote from Derek Landy, Death Bringer

Still, he figured, sometimes you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, and then sometimes you’ve just got to run like hell after it’s done.

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Steve Maraboli Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Quote from Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them.

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P.D. James The Children of Men

Quote from P.D. James, The Children of Men

I don’t want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.

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Billie Jean King

Quote from Billie Jean King

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

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Petek Kabakci

Quote from Petek Kabakci

I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues.

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Mao Dun Rainbow

Quote from Mao Dun, Rainbow

You have the right to promote your own happiness just like everyone else, just like me. Your present dream has been shattered, but you can dream another. You should know that ‘you can’t relive old dreams.’ Even if you force them to come true, they won’t bring you happiness.

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Steve Maraboli Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Quote from Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.

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Tatsuhiko Takimoto

Quote from Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Welcome to the N.H.K.

If that type of bad God did exist, then we could go on living in good health. If we could push the responsibility for our misery onto God, then we would have that much more peace of mind, wouldn’t we?

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