“I am hopelessly in love with a memory.
An echo from another time, another place.”
Michel Foucault (1926–1984) French philosopher
Martin Svoboda
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“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”
Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe (1943–1993) American tennis player
“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Variant: When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade.
“The way we see the problem is the problem.”
Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
“People are strange, they neither wish to live nor die.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Variant: you are so brave & quiet i forget you are suffering.
“you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
Source: The Sun Also Rises
“Those who spend too fast never grow rich.”
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Qui dépense trop n’est jamais riche. <br class="br"> La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_chat-qui-pelote [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket] (1830), translated by Clara Bell
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“I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Ian Fleming book You Only Live Twice
Source: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit. Fleming is quoting Jack London directly.
“I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.”
Michel Foucault (1926–1984) French philosopher
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
“Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Variant: A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Source: The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927), p. 112.