The Quotability of Samuel Johnson
This is not Gretchen Rubin... A tip of the hat to Gretchen Rubin for pointing me in the direction of Samuel Johnson with her Happiness Project quote du jour… On this basis, my top five people who have...
View ArticleOn the Majority
“Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” via Mark Twain. Filed under: Lessons Tagged: 19th Century, American, art, Biographies, Literature,...
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Filed under: Lessons, Quotes Tagged: 19th Century, American, Arts, Biographies, Literature, Mark Twain, Trade wind, World Literature
View ArticleMy favorite quote on fatherhood…
My birth father abandoned my mother and me 3 months before my birth. I was raised by my grandmother while my mother supported our family unit until the day she met my dad. They were married over 50...
View ArticleYou’ll Make It When You Fake It
Psychology Today reports: In a newly released study subjects were given stressful tasks while holding chopsticks in their mouths to form a smile, and another group was asked to maintain a smile while...
View ArticleRumors of my demise…
…are greatly exaggerated as Mark Twain once said… Filed under: All Other Tagged: 19th Century, American, Arts, Biographies, Literature, Mark Twain, Works, World Literature
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