{"quotes":[{"text":"They say that life is just a blank chain, and precious moments are the beads we hang off it to make it beautiful.","author":"Holly Smale","tags":["family","friendship","geek","girl","life","london","love","model","new-york"],"id":1386,"author_id":"Holly+Smale"},{"text":"A self-leader cries for no followers by himself. He does his thing and people get to know him, chase him and learn from him.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["chase","clarity","concentration","focus","follow","follow-people","followers","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","knowledge","lead-yourself","leader","leaders","leadership","leanr","learners","learning","mentor","mentors","model","personal-development","principles","role-model","self-leaders","self-leadership","teach","teachers","teaching"],"id":4005,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"If we choose Jesus as our model, we simultaneously choose his own model, God the Father. Having no appropriative desire, Jesus proclaims the possibility of freedom from scandal. But if we choose possessive models we find ourselves in endless scandals, for our real model is Satan. A seductive tempter who suggests to us the desires most likely to generate rivalries, Satan prevents us from reaching whatever he simultaneously incites us to desire.","author":"René Girard","tags":["jesus","mimetic-rivalry","model","satan"],"id":9022,"author_id":"Ren%C3%A9+Girard"},{"text":"Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["advertising","appearance","clothing","fashion","homelessness","image","model","modeling","modelling","models","narcissism","narcissists","personal-brand","personal-branding","pity","poverty","presentation"],"id":15100,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"I’m not holding myself out as a model, but I do believe that we in America can ask more of children than we typically do, and they will not only respond to the challenge, but thrive.","author":"Amy Chua","tags":["america","challenge","children","expectations","model","role-models","thrive"],"id":15681,"author_id":"Amy+Chua"},{"text":"Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["example","exemplar","life","life-lessons","model","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","standard"],"id":22497,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["effect","example","exemplar","life","model","representative","richelle","richelle-goodrich"],"id":23316,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Christ is my model of leadership because he faced similar challenges we also face on earth today, but through it all He was victorious. To leaders are not overcome by challenges!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["challenges","christ","christ-is-king","christ-jesus","earth","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","jesus","lead","leaders","leadership","model","model-of-leadership","overcome","overcomer","overcomers","saviour","take-the-lead","true-leaders","true-leadership","victorious","victory"],"id":44742,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"No wonder you're such a miserable bitch. You need to go eat something and stop being so angry.","author":"Leigh James","tags":["actress","beauty","food","hangry","model","starving-yourself"],"id":47224,"author_id":"Leigh+James"},{"text":"I can change my plans. But I can't change my family.","author":"Holly Smale","tags":["family","friendship","geek","girl","life","london","love","model","new-york"],"id":49691,"author_id":"Holly+Smale"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":74,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}