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Emily Dickinson Quote
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. ~ Emily Dickinson Continue reading
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Greed ~ Erich Fromm
Psychologist, 1900 – 1980 Continue reading
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Quiet People ~ Susan Gale
Sometimes quiet people really do have a lot to say. They’re just being careful about who they open up to. ~ Susan Gale Continue reading
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The Best Things In Life Are Free.
The best things in life are free. Sunsets and sunrises are free. Air is free. Love is free. Death is free. The best things in life are free. ~ Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell Continue reading
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I’ll read my books ….
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door. Continue reading
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In A Conumdrum
mug of coffee to my left open laptop in front of me a new book that was started this morning sits to the right of me now what the hell shall I do flip a coin rock paper scissors put a blindfold on and pick one spin the bottle good luck Continue reading
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“If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.” ~ Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka, Writer – Born: July 3, 1883 – Died: June 3, 1924 Continue reading
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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ~ Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams, Former First Lady of the United States – 1744 – 1818 Continue reading
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“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.” ~ Miles Davis
Miles Davis, Musician – B: May 26, 1926 – D: September 28, 1991 Continue reading
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A Pondering Moment
put today’s bullshit in the dumpster make tomorrow a better day Continue reading
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Yeah
it’s one of them days that I don’t feel like doing a damn thing Continue reading
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A Pondering Moment 2
knowing what you already know is known so that is all you need to know Continue reading
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To read a book …..
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. ~ Chinese Saying Continue reading
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A Pondering Moment
Write using the right words and then it will look and read right. Continue reading
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Joseph Addison Quote
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison, Essayist 1672 – 1719 Continue reading
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Be who you are. ~ Rita Mae Brown
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown. Writer – B: November 28, 1944 Continue reading
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May 14
Today, May 14 makes it one full year, that I quit smoking, and I don’t miss it. Continue reading
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The American Dream has run out of gas. ~ J. G. Ballard
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It’s over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam… ~ J. G. Ballard, British author 1930- Continue reading
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On Writing
writing a post even a so-called simple one is not as easy as it seems Continue reading
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Pondering Thought
drinking a great cup of coffee makes everything else in life an afterthought Continue reading
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There are two ways to be fooled. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher – B: May 5, 1813 – D: November 11, 1855 Continue reading
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Pondering Moment
never let a great cup of coffee go to waste Continue reading
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Beautiful Thing ~ Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Pondering Moment
over analyzing a subject could drive possibly drive anybody batty Continue reading
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If only life were one long crisis, everyone would be perfect. ~ Angela Thirkell
Angela Thirkell, The Headmistress (1945) Continue reading
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Monsters are real …. ~ Stephen King
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” ~ Stephen King Continue reading
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Public speaking ~ Evan Esar
Public speaking is the art diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. ~ Evan Esar (1899 – 1995) Continue reading
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To be persuasive …. ~ Edward R. Murrow
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.” ~ Edward R. Murrow (B: April 25, 1908 – D: April 27, 1965) Continue reading
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A Pondering Moment
if there was no such thing called weather, what else could people bitch about Continue reading
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Rules For Happiness ~ Immanuel Kant
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B: April 22, 1724 – D: February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. ~ Jacquelyn Mitchard*
*The Deep End of the Ocean Continue reading
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Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. ~ Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison (1943 – 1971), No One Hear Gets Out Alive Continue reading
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Few people know how to take a walk. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ~ Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler – British Poet, Author 1835 – 1902 Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Always read with a pen in your hands,… ~ Tim Parks
“Always read with a pen in your hands, not beside you on the table, but actually in your hand, ready, armed … Put a question mark by everything you find suspect. Underline anything you really appreciate. Feel free to write ‘splendid,’ but also, ‘I don’t believe a word of it.’ And even ‘bullshit.’” ~ Tim Continue reading
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“Why don’t you write books people can read?”
“Why don’t you write books people can read?” – Nora Joyce to her husband James (1882-1941) Continue reading
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“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” ~ Andy Warhol
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) Continue reading
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Henry Rollins Quote
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins Continue reading
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It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry Pen Name: C. J. Cherryr, American writer of speculative fiction. Continue reading
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Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. ~ Russell Baker
Russell Baker – American journalist 1925-2019 Continue reading
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Peter Ustinov Quote
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done. ~ Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004) Continue reading
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I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them. ~ Troy Kennedy-Martin
Troy Kennedy-Martin, Scottish born film and television screenwriter (1932 – 2009) Continue reading
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All colors will agree in the dark. ~ Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman (1561-1626) Continue reading
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There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. ~ Ken Olsen
Source: Time magazine (1977) Continue reading
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. ~ Karl Popper
Karl Popper – Austrian-British philosopher and professor 1902-1994 Continue reading
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Alexander Graham Bell Quote
“The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell, B. March 3, 1847 – D. August 2, 1922 Continue reading
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Caffeine Rush
too much coffee drinking it too fast producing a caffeine rush and wiring up my brain Continue reading
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“Love one another (His last words)” ~ George Harrison
George Harrison – B. February 25, 1943 – D. November 29, 2001 (58 y/o) Continue reading
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Off Guard
beware of black ice the feet will be caught off guard and down you go Continue reading
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Space
sitting at the table drinking coffee staring into space Continue reading
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