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“Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.” — Albert Camus (1913–1960) Continue reading
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“Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air.” — Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Continue reading
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“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” — Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), “The Prince” Continue reading
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What have you been working on?
My health. That is controlling my sugar, blood pressure, and sleeping better. It seems to be working out for me. Continue reading
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“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” — Samuel Butler (1835–1902) Continue reading
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“It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, Continue reading
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“We are often struck by the force and precision of style to which hard-working men, unpracticed in writing, easily attain when required to make the effort. As if plainness and vigor and sincerity, the ornaments of style, were better learned on the farm and in the workshop than in the schools. The sentences written by Continue reading
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“Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.” — Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), “The Conquest of Happiness” Continue reading
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“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.” — George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), “Major Barbara” Continue reading
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“The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside. Quite a number of people console themselves with this thought, now that totalitarianism in one form or another is visibly on the up-grade in every part of the world. Out in the street the loudspeakers bellow, the flags flutter from Continue reading
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“The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?” Continue reading
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“Life continues, and some mornings, weary of the noise, discouraged by the prospect of the interminable work to keep after, sickened also by the madness of the world that leaps at you from the newspaper, finally convinced that I will not be equal to it and that I will disappoint everyone—all I want to do Continue reading
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“Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.” -Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Continue reading
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“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have; they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.” -Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Either/Or Continue reading
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What’s your # 1 priority tomorrow?
Simple. Everything I do is a priority. Continue reading
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“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” –Rene Descartes Continue reading
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“Don’t fight the darkness. Don’t even worry about the darkness. Turn on the light and the darkness goes. Turn up that light of pure consciousness: Negativity goes.” -David Lynch (1946-2025) Continue reading
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What could you do more of?
Learning how to crack open eggs without making a damn mess. I can’t never seem to get the hang of it. Continue reading
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Coffee
What things give you energy? What more can I say. Its my go-to source to energize me and for a pick me up later in the day. Continue reading
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“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” -Simone de Beauvoir Continue reading
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What’s your all-time favorite album?
The Allman Brothers Band at Filmore East. It was recorded live in March 1971. Continue reading
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“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” –Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), “A case of Voluntary Ignorance” Continue reading
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How often do you walk or run?
I walk 2-3 times a day, in most kinda of weather. The only things I will not do is if it is too icy or if its pouring buckets of rain. I walk to keep fit and control the sugar level. Continue reading
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Do you see yourself as a leader?
Hell no. Don’t want the responsibilities and certainly don’t want the headaches. I’ll watch from the sidelines. Continue reading
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What’s your favorite word?
To be honest, I don’t have any. Continue reading
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What are you doing this evening?
What I do best every evening, passing the time away untill the time arrives to hit the hay. Continue reading
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How do you relax?
Long walks. When at home, deep breathing. Also, no sense of worrying about anything I can’t solve, so put added stress on the body and mind. Continue reading
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when out for a walk, I may not know where I am going, but will know where I am when I get there. Continue reading
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Are you holding a grudge? About?
A grudge? Nope. Senseless in holding one. Life goes on. Continue reading
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Why do you blog?
I just do it for no reason, and I never gave it a thought as to why I blog. Continue reading
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“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.” –Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Continue reading
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“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” –Marie Curie (1867-1934) Continue reading
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How are you feeling right now?
It’s 8:20 p.m. and I am feeling fine. Will it last? Who knows. Continue reading
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What motivates you?
Coffee, good book(s), and keeping my glucose levels where they should be. Continue reading
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If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?
Coffee and sugar-free foods, to do my part to help people to eat smart and stay healthy. Continue reading
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What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?
Dignity and respect. Life is better with those two things. Continue reading
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nothing’s changed everything’s the same but it all depends on what you are looking at just throwing it out there Continue reading
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“A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser nan both distrusts his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.” — Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), “The Devil’s Advocate” Continue reading
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if I was a milkman, I would deliver the milk if I was a newsboy, I would hawk newspapers on the street corner if I was a hawk, I would swoop down on the prey if I was a cashier, I would ring up your items if I was a dark cloud, I would rain Continue reading
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“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.” ~ Thomas Pynchon Continue reading
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“If you spend enough time reading or writing, you find a voice, but you also find certain tastes. You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them. And when that happens, reading those writers … becomes a source of unbelievable Continue reading
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“A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you’re weak.” ~ Tom Wolfe Continue reading
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“Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.” ~ Stephen King Continue reading
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“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much to easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. Continue reading
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“I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.” ~ P. D. James Continue reading
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“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things as well.” – Hugh Walpole (1884-1941), “Reading An Essay” Continue reading
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“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a Continue reading
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don’t worry about tomorrow when today is not even over with Continue reading
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“The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes. It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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today was yesterday past today will be tomorrow’s future that’s all I have to say about it Continue reading
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“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.” ~ Gertrude Stein Continue reading
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“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop” ~ Gertrude Stein Continue reading
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“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” ~ Gertrude Stein Continue reading
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Friday night All is well In the neighborhood Its smooth sailing Just the way I like it May tomorrow be the same Or close to being the same Continue reading
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“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.” ~ Clarice Lispector Continue reading
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“Perhaps that’s what I feel, an outside and an inside and me in the middle, perhaps that’s what I am, the thing that divides the world in two, on the one side the outside, on the other the inside, that can be as thin as foil, I’m neither one side nor the other, I’m in Continue reading
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“Words are the clothes thoughts wear.” ~ Samuel Beckett Continue reading
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“History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It fills people with false memories, exaggerates their reactions, exacerbates old grievances, torments them in their repose, and encourages either a delirium of grandeur or a delusion of persecution. It makes Continue reading
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“War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.” ~ Paul Valery Poet Continue reading
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“What does it mean that I am in this endless universe, thinking that I’m a man sitting under the stars on the terrace of the earth, but actually empty and awake throughout the emptiness and awakedness of everything? It means that I’m empty and awake, that I know I’m empty and awake, and that there’s Continue reading
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“I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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there are people actually a ton of them that will believe a lie than the truth. just plain weird! Continue reading
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“Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.” ~ Paul Theroux Continue reading
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it’s a wonderful, gorgeous, stupendous, beautiful day in the neighborhood…the air is delightful, breathable, its truly breath of fresh air…no sticky, humid glue factory feel of the air, just air that is meant to be…enjoy it because come Saturday night the humidity returns…it seems those good things never last long at all… Continue reading
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“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups…I want to speak to their souls.” ~ John Coltrane Continue reading
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“It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.” ~ Ben Bradlee Continue reading
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“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” ~ Satchel Paige Continue reading
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finished a book of essays by Lydia Davis she’s one of my favorite short story writer it was a good day to stay inside and do some reading as it is hot and very humid and more of it tomorrow Continue reading
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“When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles.” ~ Esther Dyson – Journalist Continue reading
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“Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression ‘I have to say’, what follows usually needn’t be said?” ~ Richard Russo Continue reading
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“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” ~ Iris Murdoch Continue reading
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“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate Continue reading
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“It’s the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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“I think life is really hard sometimes. It’s not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that’s Continue reading
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“Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past, but you can’t erase it.” ~ E. B. White Continue reading
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never a dull moment in the city known as excitement 24/7/365 Continue reading
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one step forward two steps backwards not making any progress I wonder why … Continue reading
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a bit of fiction to pass the time away —– sleepy eyed sleep deprived diner cook bacon eggs burnt toast muddy coffee lunch time nears swatting at imaginary flies yeah that too no smoking allowed in the restrooms but patrons do it anyways call the cigarette police make arrests perps make bail head back to Continue reading
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today is a good day to sit back and do some reading. I did go for a walk earlier and it was sunny, hot and humid. I paced myself and had no problems dealing with it. it is July and with it comes this blah weather so, I’ll cope and deal with it the best Continue reading
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no matter how you like your coffee, whether its with milk and sugar, cream and sugar,no sugar or none of the above such as strong black coffee which is my all around choice. enjoy it as it will make the day more enjoyable. Continue reading
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My philosophy: Sundays are always good for kicking back and relaxing. What ever needs to be done, can be done tomorrow or whenever. Continue reading
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my philosophy: live enjoy and relax one day at a time it works for me Continue reading
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life is grand if you have a grand or two (money) Continue reading
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“No bloody or unbloody change of society can eradicate the evil in man as long as there will be men, there will be malice, envy and hatred, and hence there cannot be a society which does not have to employ coercive restraint.” — Leo Strauss (1899-1973), “The City and Man” Continue reading
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“Liberalism – it is well to recall this today–it is the supreme form of generosity, it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. It announces the determination to share the existence with the enemy more than that, with an Continue reading
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