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  • The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
  • Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
  • To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

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  • W. Clement Stone Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • W. Clement Stone I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Brock Lesnar A guy that I was supposed to face - and I think that he was just plain downright scared to get in the ring with me because he was one of those guys that was on top and saw a huge threat in Brock Lesnar at the time - that's 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • John Cheever A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.
    John Cheever
    American writer (1912 - 1982)
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  • Bobby Flay A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • William Hazlitt A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man.
    Round table
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Publilius Syrus A rolling stone can gather no moss.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Andy Goldsworthy A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
    Andy Goldsworthy
    British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist (1956 - )
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  • Alice Stone Blackwell A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
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  • Brad Stone Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary... That has always been a potent combination.
    Brad Stone
    American journalist (1971 - )
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  • Robert Frost And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Brad Stone As we have seen again and again, when Amazon doesn't get the economic conditions from suppliers that it seeks, it simply goes its own way. In the book business, that has meant publishing its own titles under the various Kindle imprints. Now it's making diapers.
    Brad Stone
    American journalist (1971 - )
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  • Andy Goldsworthy As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.
    Andy Goldsworthy
    British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist (1956 - )
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  • Biz Stone Balancing family and work is a top priority for me, and I treat it as such. Meaning, I actually put specific family time and events in my calendar so that precious time is dedicated and properly blocked off from any work that may try to sneak its way into my schedule.
    Biz Stone
    American entrepreneur (1974 - )
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  • W. Clement Stone Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Bill Burr Being a stand-up comic, this isn't a stepping-stone for me; it's what I do, and this is what I'm always going to do. And even if I do a TV show, the only reasons to do a TV show is to get more people to know me to come out to my stand-up shows.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • W. Clement Stone Bondage is... subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Bruce Springsteen But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin
    And can't stand the company.
    Every fool's got a reason to feelin' sorry for himself
    And turn his heart to stone.
    Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell
    And I feel like I'm comin' home.
    Lucky Town (1992) Better Days
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bob Dylan Come gather 'round people
    Wherever you roam
    And admit that the waters
    Around you have grown.
    And accept it that soon
    You'll be drenched to the bone.
    If your time to you is worth savin'
    Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
    For the times they are a-changin'.
    The Times They Are A-Changin (1964)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Adrienne Clarkson Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
    Adrienne Clarkson
    Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist and stateswoman (1939 - )
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