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John Leonard: Embarassment
“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.” —John Leonard, critic (1939-2008).
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Charles de Lint: Inimical intentions
“It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one’s intentions, makes one the enemy.” —Charles de Lint, writer and folk musician (b. 1951).
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"And in the end…
Originally posted on Archie's blog: “And in the end we are only humans .Drunk, on the idea that love and only love can heal our brokenness. “
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George Santayana: Changing seasons
“To be interested in the changing seasons…is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” ~George Santayana.
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Ray Bradbury: Stupidity on Mars
“It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid.” ~Ray Bradbury. Embed from Getty Images
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Antoine De Saint-Exupery: Presence and absence
To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence. —Antoine De Saint-Exupery. Embed from Getty Images
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A. J. Langer: Heal
“You can’t be a victim and heal. ” A. J. Langer.
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Sir Thomas More: Rules
“Rules only make sense if they are both kept and broken. Breaking the rule is one way of observing it.” Sir Thomas More.
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Thomas Aquinas: Port and preservation
“If the primary aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. ” Thomas Aquinas.
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Paul Farmer: What's wrong with the world
“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.” ~Paul Farmer. Embed from Getty Images
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Bette Midler: Never
“I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It’s helped me a lot. ” ~Bette Midler.
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Anon: Wasted time
“One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.” Anon.
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John le Carre: Sole survivors
“Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.” John le Carre, “The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy, in The New York Times, May 8, 1974.
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Roy L. Smith: Not under a tree
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” —Roy L. Smith.
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Warren Buffett: Greed and fear
“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. ” Warren Buffett.
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Edwin Markham: Good deeds
“A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer’s need. ” Edwin Markham.
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Samuel Goldwyn: Applause
“When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. ” Samuel Goldwyn.
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Ralph W. Trine: Faith
“Faith is an invisible and invincible magnet, and attracts to itself whatever it fervently desires and calmly and persistently expects. ” Ralph W. Trine.
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N.H. Kleinbaum: Language
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavour, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.” ― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead…
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Kahlil Gibran: Children
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may…
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Excerpt from "Detective's Log."
Originally posted on A Narcissist Writes Letters, To Himself: I’ve added a new page to this blog. This is a longer work that is still in progress, but I thought it would be fun to try releasing something in a serialized fashion. I will add a chapter every week on Thursdays. You can read the…
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Leo Buscaglia: Freedom
“If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. ” Leo Buscaglia.
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Victoria Pratt: Character and response
“I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it’s quick action and no fear, and sometimes it’s irrational fear. You don’t always know. ” Victoria Pratt.
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Mark Harmon: Good words and good work
“It’s a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people. ” Mark Harmon.
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Learning
Originally posted on A Pondering Mind: A Pondering Mind View original post
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William Cartwright: Sparrow
“Tell me not of joy: there’s none Now my little sparrow’s gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be! ” William Cartwright.
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Venezuelan Proverb: Blood and virtue
“Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.” Venezuelan Proverb.
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Plato: Harm and good
“Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. ” Plato. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/159373629
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Lady Bird Johnson: Committees and flames
“Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame. ” Lady Bird Johnson.
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Nigella Lawson: Grief
“You don’t go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. ” Nigella Lawson
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Franz Kafka:Evil
“Evil is whatever distracts. ” Franz Kafka
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Maxim Gorky: Happiness
“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. ” Maxim Gorky
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Cyril Connolly: Hate and fear
“Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. ” —Cyril Connolly.
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Friendship
Originally posted on A Pondering Mind: Brainy Quote
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Attitude
Originally posted on A Pondering Mind: Fabulous Quotes
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Tennessee Williams: Human heart
“What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains. ” Tennessee Williams.
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Louis de Bernieres: Civilization
“The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.” —Louis de Bernieres, novelist (b. 1954). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/113423778
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Lionel Messi: Instinct
“I never think about the play or visualise anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.” ~Lionel Messi. Embed from Getty Images
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Jim Rohn: Easy stuff
“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” —Jim Rohn.
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Anthony Bourdain: Omelette
“The way you make an omelette reveals your character.” ~Anthony Bourdain. Embed from Getty Images
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Stanley Kunitz: Desire
“What makes the engine go Desire, desire, desire.” Stanley Kunitz.
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Mohammad Ali: Pebble in your shoe
“Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out. It’s the little pebble in your shoe.” ~Mohammad Ali, boxer.
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Yusuf Hamied: AIDS
“AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.” —Yusuf Hamied.
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Zbigniew Seifert: Power
“Information is not power. The ability to withhold it is.” —Zbigniew Seifert.
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St. Francis Xavier: Faith
“It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.” —St. Francis Xavier.
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St. Francis Xavier: Children
“Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards.” —St. Francis Xavier.
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William Shakespeare: False quarrels
“In false quarrels there is no true valor.” —William Shakespeare. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/166228564
