This is the standard phrasing:
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Poor. Not Stupid.
Literally said that to someone at work once
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He who laughs last, laughs best.
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Or is just slow.
I suppose. Lol
Use your powers for good.
You can’t want it for them more than they want it themselves.
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I used that with my kids during college app season.
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That’s a good one! I used it all the time when coaching sports. Mainly to myself when I would have a kid who had great natural ability but didn’t show the effort. Used to drive me crazy until I bought in to my own saying. Then it would result in another saying previously mentioned, “It is what it is”.
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Re the Harry & Meghan thread:
“You’ve made your bed, now lie in it”
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I saw this in a book review of The Night Circus and I thought I’d share it.
“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.”
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“Bet on yourself”
“Get out of your comfort zone”
"Take the road less traveled "
I have used these often on CC
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take
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Something that helps me when stuck in analysis paralysis:
“Make a decision and then make it right. There just are no wrong decisions”― Abraham Hicks
(ok, there can be some bad decisions… this only advise works if your list of options are all affordable and legally/morally acceptable)
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“If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.” - Heard that from Jessie “The Body” Ventura years ago on a pro wrestling show, and thought it was pretty funny.
“Everyone wants to fix the housing crisis, but they only want it fixed in other people’s neighborhoods” - We have lots of NIMBY vs YIMBY battles here along the California coast.
“The less you know, the more you think you know.” - Kinda along the lines of “Ignorance breeds confidence.”
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Reminds me of a favorite: The more I learn, the less I know
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Opinions are like rear ends. Everyone has one.
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