Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Post #1 Notable Quotable

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"With great power there must also come--great responsibility!" Stan Lee, Amazing Fantasy #15 Spiderman!












The beginning of each chapter in Chains starts with a quote from a notable historical person:

"Youth is the seed time of good habits, as well as in nations as in individuals." -Thomas Paine, Common Sense.

I would like you to find a famous notable quote that means something to you as a person. The following three criteria should be met in your quote: (1) the exact quotation, (2) the owner of the quote, and (3) where the quote was said or published.
** NO DUPLICATING QUOTES

51 comments:

  1. "Hope, is the only thing stronger than fear" -Suzanne Collins
    The Hunger Games

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  2. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further.”- in the book LES MISÉRABLES by Victor Hugo.

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  3. "you have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrong"- Carli Lloyd said after a soccer game.

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  4. "It always seems impossible until it’s done." Nelson Mandela said in an Australian newspaper in 2001.

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  5. "Not all those who wander are lost." - In the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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  6. " When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, He said this quote for the first time in a "Life" magazine article.

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  7. “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” —in the book Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

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  8. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." -Steve Jobs

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    1. (3) where the quote was said or published.

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    2. "We accept the love we think we deserve." -Stephen Chobosky
      He said this in the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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  9. "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." -Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  10. "We don't make mistakes,just happy little accidents"-Wrote and said by Bob Ross in his shows and his book Happy Little Accidents.

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  11. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right” - Henry Ford said in Readers Digest on September 1947

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  12. "If we were meant to be we would've been by now "- Billie Eilish said this in her song watch.

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  13. "When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly." - Dan Simmons from his book The Rise of Endymion

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  14. "They may forget what you said- but they will never forget how you made them feel." Richard Evans wrote this in his quote book but it was linked to Maya Angelou.

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    1. A book of quotes does not mean the person who published the book actually said the quote. You need to find the origin of the quote.

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  15. "Jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."-Written by Robert Greene in "Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit".

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  16. Ben Francia once said in a blog post "Great things never come from comfort zones.".

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  17. "Everyone wants happiness; no one wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain." This quote was posted on Twitter by Zion Lee on May 27th, 2010.

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  18. “I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome, and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.”Judith Hill said after a song she had got done singing.

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  19. "Sure, winning isn't every thing; it's the only thing." Vince Lombardi said in a sports illustrated article in 1955 preceding the Rose Bowl in 1956.

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  20. "I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast" -Tom Brady 60 Minutes interview 2005

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  21. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." Ambrose Redmoon, Magazine article: No Peaceful Warriors!

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  22. “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”
    Martha Graham, The Notebooks of Martha Graham

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  23. "When you have fun,it changes all the pressure into pleasure." Stated by Ken Griffey,jr after a game of baseball during the 1997 season. That season was his MVP season.

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  24. "No. Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try." Written by Lawrence Kasdan in The Empire Strikes Back.

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  25. " The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." This quote was said by Thomas Paine in a document called Common Sense.

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  26. ¨Keep working even when no one is watching.¨ - Alex Morgan once said in her book Alex and me.

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  27. “Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.”-Ellen DeGeneres, she said it while on her show which is a talk show.

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  28. "Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives"- R.J Palacio, the book Wonder.

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  29. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky. This quote was stated after his coach was upset with him and his lack luster scoring.

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  30. “Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.” —in the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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  31. “Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”-Robin Williams
    Patch Adams

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    1. That was in a movie where someone wrote the screenplay, and Robin Williams said the quote. Robin Williams is not the "owner" of the quote.

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    2. "Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death." - Hunter Patch Adams
      Patch Adams

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  32. “Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.” By Angie Thomas
    The Hate You Give

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  33. "The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only go better." Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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  34. "I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going."- Jim Valvano, ESPN Cancer Speech.

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  35. "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." -Walt Disney
    March 23,2014

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  36. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” -Harper Lee in the book To Kill a Mockingbird

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  37. "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming."- Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Nemo. This quote was published in 2003.

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  38. "You're just as sane as I am." In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling.

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  39. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle, the book Nicomachean Ethics

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  40. “And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do.” This quote by Greg Daniels from the show The Office.

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  41. “Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” By Eleanor Roosevelt in her autobiography in 1961.

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  42. "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." Micheal Jordan said this after he tried playing baseball.

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  43. "My parents said that sitting at home playing video games all day won't bring you anywhere in life."-Felix Kjellberg. It was said in one of his Youtube videos.

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  44. "Hate is nature's most perfect energy source. It's endlessly renewable. " ~Richard Heinberg. He wrote this quote for Bobby Axelrod staring in the show "Billions".

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  45. "Most people are nice when you finally see them." - Harper Lee, To Kill a MockingBird

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