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'I eliminated all the platitudes and cliche statements, from your mission statement, and I'm left with this blank sheet of paper.'
'Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You can only hope the second day of the rest of your life is more interesting.'
"I seized yesterday."
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management, corporate, company, companies, management trainers, management training, office workers, office work, platitudes, cliches, pushing the envelope, push the envelope, email, emailing, e-mail, computers, tech, technology, motivational speakers, motivational trainers, motivational training, innovation, stagnation, initiative, motivation"Hey, I'm a platypus. I like platitudes."
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bar, bars, pub, pubs, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, platypus, platypuses, platitude, platitudes, cliche, cliches, proverb, proverbs, language, overused saying, overused sayingsA Truism's Journey
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doctors, doctor, unhelpful, inactive, disinterested, labour, platitudes, platitude, labour party, labour, politicians, politician, burdens, burden"We're all in the same boat. We'll get through this."
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covid-19, covid 19, corona, coronavirus, novel coronavirus, corona virus, novel corona virus, pandemic, pandemics, self-isolation, social distancing, quarantine, quarantines, quarantined, lockdown, lockdowns, locked down, stay-at-home order, stay-at-home orders, shelter-in-place, shelter-in-place order, shelter-in-place orders, bullshit, bullshitting, talking nonsense, talk nonsense, all in this together, platitude, platitudes, infection numbers, numbers infected, depressing, depressing news, depressing conversation"I liked that meeting. It had just the right mix of information and lofty platitudes."
'It's not important to know all the answers. It's more important to anticipate all the questions and be ready to offer suitable platitudes.'
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with worrying that you forget something."
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spiritual journey, spiritual journeys, journey, journeys, guru, gurus, spiritual leader, spiritual leaders, wise men, wisdoms, spiritual advice, proverb, mountain, hermit, hermits, monk, monks, wisdom, truth, wise man, seeker, platitudes, sayings, proverbs, forgetting, forgetful, forgetfulness, platitude'I'll give you this, Hargrove - Your report was a perfect blend of cliches, banalities and platitudes.'
'I wonder if I can reschedule the grocery delivery for Thursday instead of Tuesday?'
'Let's add a few more platitudes. This is a homey speech and cliches are verbal comfort food.'
'Glad to heart it. We're recruiting.'
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psychiatry, science, taxes, theft, organised crime, organized crime, conspiracy, conspiracies, theory, theories, democracy, spin, cynic, cynicism, bar, pub, bore at the bar, devil, demon, death, hell, recruiting, lost soul, lost souls, platitudes, truism, sweeping statement"Gracie, we're rich because we love one another...we have a safe home and we don't go to bed hungry at night."
Duck-Billed Platitude
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sayings, saying, phrase, phrases, platitudes, platitude, punning, puns, pun, platypus, duck-billed platypus, platypuses, platypus'Cheer up buddy. Plenty more people on the land.'
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fish, fishes, plenty more fish in the sea, sea, seas, ocean, oceans, break up, break ups, breaking up, break-up, break-ups, split, splits, split up, splitting up, dump, dumps, dumped, getting dumped, platitude, platitudes'Obama will deliver a vapid, rambling speech full of cliches and platitudes, and a thrill will go up Christ Matthews' leg.'