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“Toni's Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic...you! As soon as you let doubt creep in---you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow.”
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“That was the great thing about numbers: it required no faith to believe that two plus two equaled four. And math never, ever condemned you for your thoughts and desires.”
― Fear
― Fear
“But in a period of abundance any half-wit with a spoon can please a palate. To truly test a chef’s ingenuity, one must instead look to a period of want. And what provides want better than war? In”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“ثبت اهتزاز الوتر
سكت الوتر
هذا الفتى يأكل من كتابتِه السَّهر
هذا الفتى يرعى
من مواسمه المطر
***
قبرٌ يضمك بعد أن
ضمتك كل قلوبنا زمنًا
وما زلنا بشعرك نأتزر
(لا تعتذر عما فعلت)
صنعتَ تاريخًا نحبكَ باسمه
والعابرون سيفرحون سيجلسون القرفصاء
يقول آخرهم من القوقاز شاعرهم مضى
لن يدركوا الكلمات باقيةً
ويمضي العابرون مع الكلام بلا أثر”
―
سكت الوتر
هذا الفتى يأكل من كتابتِه السَّهر
هذا الفتى يرعى
من مواسمه المطر
***
قبرٌ يضمك بعد أن
ضمتك كل قلوبنا زمنًا
وما زلنا بشعرك نأتزر
(لا تعتذر عما فعلت)
صنعتَ تاريخًا نحبكَ باسمه
والعابرون سيفرحون سيجلسون القرفصاء
يقول آخرهم من القوقاز شاعرهم مضى
لن يدركوا الكلمات باقيةً
ويمضي العابرون مع الكلام بلا أثر”
―
“Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses.”
― Matching Configurations
― Matching Configurations
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