Stirrers Quotes

• My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

  Jenny Eclair

  Brother, Perfect, Big Sister

  "My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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• Remorse is a virtue in that it is a stirrer up of the emotions but it is a folly to accept it is a criticism of conduct.

  William Carlos Williams

  Criticism, Emotion, Virtue

  William Carlos Williams, Macha Louis Rosenthal (1966). “The William Carlos Williams Reader”, p.105, New Directions Publishing

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• She was a stirrer of the pot, a lover of intrigue and distress, a creature who seemed to draw oxygen from the spectacle of people at each other's throat, everybody in a state of upset and talking about her.

  David Gilmour

  Oxygen, Talking, People

  David Gilmour (2008). “Film Club: A True Story of a Father and a Son”, p.73, Dundurn

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• Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual — the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them — they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter.

  Robert Greene

  Strong, Sheep, Often Is

  "The 48 Laws Of Power". Book by Robert Greene, 2010.

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• I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind that you get to stir your to-go coffee. I picked up this habit from my husband, who loves to chew on things. His favorite chew-toy is a plastic pen top, and gnawed pen tops and little bits of plastic litter our apartment.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Husband, Coffee, Snacks

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