“the joy to come front and center in your life, you also have to feel your emotions, even the sad ones. You have to mourn, let the tears pour out. If you bottle the sadness in, the joy gets bottled right along with it.”
― The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre
― The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre
“Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.”
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“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
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“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”
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“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}”
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{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}”
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