Brilliant Quotes - Page 21

• Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Soul, Triumph, Heroism

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• Before the beginning of brilliance, there must be great chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.

  Fuxi

  Growth, Looks, Crowds

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• The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Real, Self, Breathing

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.313, e-artnow

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• The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Evil, Saws, Firsts

  George Bernard Shaw (1993). “The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929”, Viking Adult

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• The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary

  Dave Kellett

  Together, Three, Language

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• I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?'

  Aaron Levie

  Three, Asking, Speed

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• We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Philosophy, Way, Murderer

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.138, Beacon Press

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• The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Religious, Lying, Justice

  Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.17, Beacon Press

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• Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Community, Hatred, Brotherhood

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in the struggle. We must never struggle with falsehood, hate, or malice. We must never become bitter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Hate, Struggle, Hands

  "Give Us the Ballot". Address delivered at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (Call to Conscience), 1957.

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• Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was born after the Civil Rights movement, I was a toddler during the women's movement, I live in the United States of America, all of which means I am allowed to own my freedom, my rights, my voice and my uterus.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Mean, America, Rights

  Shonda Rhimes (2015). “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• I was 4 and dictating stories into a tape recorder, and my mom typed them up.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Mom, Tape, Stories

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• A hashtag is not helping... A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King. A hashtag does not change anything. It's a hashtag.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Kings, Doe, Drs

  Shonda Rhimes' Commencement Address at the Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.dartmouth.edu. June 8, 2014.

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• I want my daughters to see me and know me as a woman who works. I want that example set for them... I am a better mother for it. The woman I am because I get to run Shondaland, because I get write all day, because I get to spend my days making things up, that woman is a better person - and a better mother. Because that woman is happy. That woman is fulfilled. That woman is whole. I wouldn't want them to know the me who didn't get to do this all day long. I wouldn't want them to know the me who wasn't doing.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Daughter, Mother, Running

  Shonda Rhimes' Commencement Address at the Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.dartmouth.edu. June 8, 2014.

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• I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Thinking, Race, Together

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• I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of Grey's. It's something I have no control over, so I don't even pay attention.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Two, Three, Attention

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• Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Optimism, Choices, Cynicism

  Twitter post from Jul 30, 2014

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• What good is it if you talk in flowers, and they think in pastry?

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Flower, Food, Thinking

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• Try to be the best of what you are, even if what you are is no good.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Trying, Being The Best, Ifs

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• Somehow I reached excess without ever noticing when I was passing through satisfaction.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Excess, Satisfaction, Passing

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• We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.

  Maya Angelou

  Ocean, Writing, Swim

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• Writing can be a lifeline, especially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your life and process of growth have been subjected to attempts at strangulation.

  Micere Githae Mugo

  Writing, Growth, Process

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• Let woman's claim be as broad in the concrete as the abstract. We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnaturalness and injustice of all special favoritism, whether of sex, race, country, or condition. If one link of the chain is broken, the chain is broken.

  Anna Julia Cooper

  Country, Sex, Race

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• Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

  Alice Walker

  Revolution, Consciousness, Rebellion

  Alice Walker (2013). “The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way”, p.236, New Press, The

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• Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.

  George Washington

  Passion, Envy, Reason

  George Washington (2010). “George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.

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