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Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Billie Jean King
¶ Champions keep playing until they get it right. [Champions, Tennis]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean_King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author.
He is a highly acclaimed author known for his work in the horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy genres. He has written numerous bestsellers, including "Carrie," "The Shining," "It," and "The Dark Tower" series. His works have been adapted into many movies, TV shows, and miniseries.
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Jerry Garcia
¶ Too much of a good thing is just about right.
Garcia’s quote suggests that indulgence in positive experiences or pleasures is not only acceptable but desirable. It reflects a laid-back, hedonistic philosophy, where enjoying life to the fullest is encouraged.
¶ What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else. We’re not thinking about any kind of power. We’re not thinking about any kind of struggles.
This quote encapsulates Jerry Garcia’s vision of a harmonious world. He emphasizes a focus on peace and simplicity, rejecting power struggles and conflicts. It reflects the idealistic and utopian aspirations often associated with the counterculture movement.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia
Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther is an American author and novelist born on July 23, 1944, in Kingsport, Tennessee.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Lisa Alther
¶ I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Alther
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Donald Trump
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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Lesley Gore
Lesley Sue Goldstein (May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015), better known with her maternal surname (adopted by her family after her birth) as Lesley Gore, was an American singer and songwriter. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song "It's My Party", a US number one in 1963.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Lesley Gore
¶ Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Gore
Bernard Baars (1946- )
Bernard J. Baars (born 1946, in Amsterdam) is a former Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, CA., and is currently an Affiliated Fellow there.[1]
Brendan Graham
Brendan Graham (born 12 February 1945) is an Irish songwriter and novelist. Among songs he has written are "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (1994) and "The Voice" (1996), both of which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in their respective years, and "You Raise Me Up" (2002), which was an international hit recorded by various artists, including Josh Groban.[1]
¶ You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
[You Raise Me Up][2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Graham
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Raise_Me_Up
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Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Haruki Murakami
¶ I’m the lonely voyager standing on deck, and she’s the sea. The sky is a blanket of gray, merging with the gray sea off on the horizon. It’s hard to tell the difference between sea and sky. Between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart. [Kafka on the Shore]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Murakami_Haruki_(2009).jpg
Vera Ellen Wang (Chinese: 王薇薇; pinyin: Wáng Wēiwēi; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer.[1]
@ I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else. [Wall Street Journal, Jul 24, 2013]
Thomas D. Willhite was an author and the co-founder of PSI Seminars, a personal development company. He was born on January 10, 1940.[1]
¶ Just because you are seventy is no excuse to give up and let others make your decisions for you. The fact that you are still alive is reason enough to believe that you are here for a purpose; and that purpose is to learn, to teach, and to GIVE.
¶ Listen to your I AM’s. You are your I AM’s – the ones you feel in your gut. And the moment that you say, “I refuse to listen to my limitations any more; I refuse to be this or that; I am happier; I am healthier; I am more open; I am more trusting,” you start becoming that way.
¶ YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU. Assuming a responsibility means changing a wrong into a right. In other words, if the way you feel is not right, then assuming responsibility means changing it.
¶ You don't have to be sick to get better! You don't have to have a bad attitude to get a better one.
¶ You don’t have to have a bad attitude to get a better one. All too often we resist a change because we assume change means that we were “not OK” which hurts our self-image. Your attitude may be great right now…and it can get even better. Why not get better? Why not do more, be more? Why not extend those limits?
¶ Leadership is not a right or a position, it is a responsibility.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Motorcycle-Training-Manual-Thomas-Willhite-ebook/dp/B0070ADH1M
[2] http://lexyraine.wordpress.com/tag/thomas-d-willhite/
John Lennon (1940-1980)
John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.[1]
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.
As of 2012 Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002 a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Quotes·Quotations by John Lennon
¶ Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
This quote captures the essence of life’s unpredictability and the importance of living in the moment rather than being overly preoccupied with future plans.
¶ I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
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