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“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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“Would you like to know your future?
If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator.
So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator.
So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
“No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
“Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.”
― Runemarks
― Runemarks
“We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing.”
― The Murder Room
― The Murder Room
“We rarely do anything with on single motive.”
― Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change
― Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change
“Why didn't you kill me like you did that guy back there? Billy? Or does it even make any sense to ask? Are you beyond why?'
Oh shit, we're all beyond why, you know that.”
― Desperation
Oh shit, we're all beyond why, you know that.”
― Desperation
“To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“I can hear you preach about freedom,
yet your motive that makes me listened.”
― Master of Stupidity
yet your motive that makes me listened.”
― Master of Stupidity
“Should we still be friends when it could be more profitable if otherwise?”
― Master of Stupidity
― Master of Stupidity
“There were three things sought by invaders who crossed
oceans to discover America. Those were gold, gospel, glory.
There are four things sought by aliens who crossed heavens
to discover planet earth. Those are gold, gospel, glory, gene.”
― My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
oceans to discover America. Those were gold, gospel, glory.
There are four things sought by aliens who crossed heavens
to discover planet earth. Those are gold, gospel, glory, gene.”
― My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“Gurion would lament: What is the good of trying to do justice if God will kill me and my family whether or not I do justice?”
― The Instructions
― The Instructions
“Her flippant remark about seeing other people had been so far off base he considered the comment completely AWOL.” ”
― Catch .22
― Catch .22
“Christ was of course not the slightest bit envious. His perspective was to take care of the poor not out of hatred for the rich, but out of love for the poor; and though we try to imitate His teachings, due to our corrupt and sinful nature, oftentimes, this obvious fact is still so easily neglected.”
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“[Creation is first about attention;] Making something that people are going to pay attention to, and that's going to affect someone; it's going to make them laugh or make them think; and that's all that matters.
That's where almost every Tiktoker is right now.
And then at some point it gets to be that your graphs change a little bit and being able to sustain this activity is more important: to find ways to make money off of it; to have it be your job.
[And then you get to a stage when you have an audience for your creations, you make money from your creations and at some point] it's almost as if you have enough of this to realize 1.) You have enough and 2.) Having more isn't going to make you much happier.
You have to have enough before you can realise that more isn't going to make you much happier.
That happens with audience, and that happens with money, and eventually you get to a point (and not everyone gets here), where it's like: "what's FUN though? What do I LIKE doing? What is the weird thing I can do that's interesting?”
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That's where almost every Tiktoker is right now.
And then at some point it gets to be that your graphs change a little bit and being able to sustain this activity is more important: to find ways to make money off of it; to have it be your job.
[And then you get to a stage when you have an audience for your creations, you make money from your creations and at some point] it's almost as if you have enough of this to realize 1.) You have enough and 2.) Having more isn't going to make you much happier.
You have to have enough before you can realise that more isn't going to make you much happier.
That happens with audience, and that happens with money, and eventually you get to a point (and not everyone gets here), where it's like: "what's FUN though? What do I LIKE doing? What is the weird thing I can do that's interesting?”
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“The terrorist is a radical, so is the reformer. The difference is in their motive - the terrorist wants to build an exclusive society, whereas the reformer wants to build an inclusive society.”
― Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
― Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“Be intrigued by what is left unsaid. The void always contains hidden information, motives, and intentions.”
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“In each case, we must ask not only who designed the model but also what they person or company is trying to accomplish.”
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
“You’re going to experience adversity; you’re going to have days that are incredibly challenging, even scary. There are going to be days that cause you to question your motives and ability. It’s important to realize that the toughest days are your best days, because they have the potential to force the most adaptation—mentally, as well as physically.”
― Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes
― Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes
“Do your actions without any motive.
If your actions are good, they get you what you never expected and desired”
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If your actions are good, they get you what you never expected and desired”
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“Become a 'game rearranger.' Cut the BS and WALK sharply in the TRUTH you can see...especially in calculated conversations which could be dangerous in their motive-operandi. Look and listen deeper into the spirit of your dialogues.”
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“The motive is usually revealed when challenges arise along the way, bad motives rarely have roots to withstand the storms and torrents.”
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“There are correct answers for the human soul to every question that's asked with a deep and meaningful motive by the inquisitor; first identify and center the motive, so that clarity can have its conscious...soul say.”
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