{"quotes":[{"text":"You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["acquaintance","acquaintances","away","better-you","close","companion","company","far-away","food-for-thought","friend","friends","friendship","israelmore-ayivor","near","nearer","negative-people","people","personal-development","relationship","success"],"id":24100,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never dissapointed.","author":"J.G. Ballard","tags":["acquaintances","ballard","dissapointment","high-rise","j-g-ballard","james-graham-ballard","jg-ballard","living","self-sufficiency"],"id":45042,"author_id":"J.G.+Ballard"},{"text":"Don’t allow people to come in and out of your life when it only benefits them.","author":"Dominic Riccitello","tags":["acquaintances","coming-in-and-out","friends","opinion","people","quote","self-worth","thoughts","worth"],"id":55453,"author_id":"Dominic+Riccitello"},{"text":"A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["acquaintances","caring","friend","friendship","goodness","guru","help","help","helping-others","kind","kindness","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","relationship","righteousness","sage","stranger","virtue","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":60742,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["acquaintances","charity","companion","friend","friendship","goodness","joy","kind","kindness","love","love","love","love-and-saying","love-and-sayings","love-for-everybody","love-love","noble","soulmate","virtue","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":85711,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["acquaintances","buy","buy","fool","foolish","friend","friendship","guru","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","sage","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":118998,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"While toxic food is bad for your health and well-being, so are negative and unethical people.","author":"Frank Sonnenberg","tags":["acquaintances","friends","mental-health"],"id":170125,"author_id":"Frank+Sonnenberg"},{"text":"Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not know it or them anymore.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["acquaintance","acquaintances","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","embarrass","embarrassing","forget","forgetting","forgot","funny","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","hurt","hurtful","introduce","introduction","joke","jokes","meet","memories","memory","memory-loss","quotations","quotes","remember","satire","stranger","strangers"],"id":178457,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["acquaintance","acquaintances","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","brand","branding","first-impression","first-impressions","friend","friends","funny","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","impress","impression","impressions","introduce","introduction","joke","jokes","marketing","meet","meeting","met","network","networking","personal-brand","personal-branding","satire","stranger","strangers"],"id":189194,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Friends are not a number. You can't collect connections. You can't just go out one day and be like, 'Hey, I need some friends!' *goes shopping, scours social media*.","author":"Connor Franta","tags":["acquaintances","friends","friendship","real-friends"],"id":252936,"author_id":"Connor+Franta"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}