May 2012
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“Every social code presupposes the trained personality, that is, the individual...”
– Edith B. (Edith Bertha) Ordway The Etiquette of To-day (via )
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“if choice were to be had, Paul now goes on, he would certainly opt for...”
– Gordon D. Fee Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) (via Manan Grover)
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“And the destruction of freedom by inches (though he does not see it to be the...”
– Hilaire Belloc The Servile State (via Kevin Holmes)
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“The history of man is, to a large degree, the history of sin.”
– Charles Hodge Systematic Theology Volume 1 (via Justin R. Andrusk)
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“nettled”
– Terry Brooks The Sword of Shannara (via Kyle Stults)
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“whenever we pause, and enter the quiet, and rest in the utter stillness, we can...”
– Ken Wilber The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion (via David F. Teachout)
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“Secrecy is a vacuum and nothing fills a vacuum like paranoid speculation.”
– Max Brooks World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (via J. E. Martini)
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“Never encourage tattling or detraction; if there were no listeners this petty...”
– Anonymous A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies (via )
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“Somehow we realize that great stories are told in conflict, but we are unwilling...”
– Donald Miller A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life (via )
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“If you need me to motivate you, I probably don’t want to hire you.”
– Daniel H. Pink Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (via Timothy M. Dilg)
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“Keep your finger-nails scrupulously clean, and avoid the disagreeable habit of...”
– Anonymous A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies (via )
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“Kevin got a few things, too, though only after suffering through the usual round...”
– Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Kristenevol)
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“Ladies of good taste seldom wear jewelry in the morning, and when they do,...”
– Anonymous A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies (via )
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“since Christ is the singular passion of his life, he wins in either case,...”
– Gordon D. Fee Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) (via Manan Grover)
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“Avoid the extreme mode; and, in adopting the style of your friend, be careful...”
– Anonymous A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies (via )
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“It was the perfect balance she had held between their loyalty to others and...”
– Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence (via )
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“Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.”
– Ann Voskamp One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are (via Lynn)
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“War in the post-Enlightenment age has reflected the Enlightenment’s creation of...”
– William Pfaff The Irony of Manifest Destiny (via Wael Hamadeh)
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“You have to test yourself everyday gentleman. Once you stop testing yourself you...”
– Mike Mahler Live Life Aggressively! What Self Help Gurus Should Be Telling You (via )
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“He’expressed a heathen philosophy that chilled me. “I want you.” Followed by,...”
– Muriel Canfield Broken and Battered (via )
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“Simon rolled his eyes. “It’s a good thing we know the person who’s dating...”
– Cassandra Clare Mortal Instruments 5: City of Lost Souls (via M. Townes)
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“You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the...”
– Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference (via Michalis Maimaris)
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“ “Your ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable...”
– Craig M. Porter Rollins The Wholesaler’s Companion (via Craig M. Porter Rollins)
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“safety-net programs finally are serving fewer people, an analysis of government”
– By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Fewer draw on federal support in USA TODAY (via Belinda Cali)
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“They do their fretting well dressed and, whenever possible, over lunch. Or, if...”
– Eric Weiner The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World (via )
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“Yes. Of course, sending them away does not ensure that one of Adju Lupa’s men...”
– Miyuki Miyabe Brave Story (via )
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“And what d’you know about it?” said Mr. Grice, kindling”
– VIRGINIA WOOLF Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) (via Stephanie Zia)
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“draw on federal”
– By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Fewer draw on federal support in USA TODAY (via Belinda Cali)
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“pain is inevitable. Eventually, it touches us all. Suffering, however, is...”
– Sean Stephenson Get Off Your “But”: How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself (via )
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“have heard that Jesus Christ came to save sinners. That is true. But the New...”
– Frank Viola From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God (via Robert Curtis)
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“Bran thought about it. “Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?” “That is the...”
– George R.R. Martin George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice & Fire) (via )
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“(18.2) The temperature of Universe at recombination was about 3000 K. If...”
– Thomas T. Arny, Stephen E Schneider Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy (via )
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“disciples cannot be mass-produced.[3] Disciples are handmade, one relationship...”
– David Kinnaman You Lost Me (via jonbatch)
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“Every day of the week, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. This data comes...”
– Noreen Burlingame The Little Book of BIG DATA, 2012 Edition (via A. P. Holtz)
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“What is it to one if one’s a capacious brain, and understands everything,...”
– IVAN TURGENEV Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated) (via Gary Glass)
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“Happiness Is Boredom”
– Eric Weiner The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World (via )
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“We … fear … Mormont slain with all … with all his …...”
– George R.R. Martin A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three (via )
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live,”
– J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) (via )
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“Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the...”
– Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton South: The Story of Shackleton’s 1914-1917 Expedition (via John Borthwick)
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“And then I thought, ‘That’s a bit weird, isn’t it, ’cause I’ve just equated...”
– Stewart Lee How I Escaped My Certain Fate (via )
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“Look”
– Ed Silvoso Transformation: Change The Marketplace and You Change the World (via )
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“Out there is an entrepreneur who is forging a bullet with your company’s...”
– Josh Linkner Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity (via Stephen Hawkridge)
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– Andrew Sobel, Jerold Panas Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others (via MikeMonar)
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“Everyone knows that no party won an outright majority – 326 of the 650 MPs – in...”
– Michael White The most revolting parliament in history in The Guardian and the Observer (via R Gray)
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– Stephanie Rowe Darkness Seduced (Primal Heat Trilogy #2) (Order of the Blade) (via )
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“La luna guardava la terra da vicino da piú tempo di chiunque altro....”
– Murakami Haruki 1Q84 (Supercoralli) (Italian Edition) (via )
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“And the [threshing] floors shall be full of grain and the vats shall overflow...”
– Zondervan Amplified Bible (via )
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“God has a very positive opinion of you and He is commanding you to shift from...”
– Ed Silvoso Transformation: Change The Marketplace and You Change the World (via )
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“James is one of the smartest of the thousands of students I have known at HBS...”
– Clayton M. Christensen, Karen Dillon, James Allworth How Will You Measure Your Life? (via L. Lebbos)
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“A fool in love like that will blow The sun and moon and all the stars To amuse...”
– Goethe Faust, Part I: The First Part of the Tragedy Pt. 1 (Penguin Classics) (via erikdschiller)