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I’m Still Learning About Music ~ Tony Bennett
“I’m still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience, they will tell you what they like. I wish these big corporations, instead of telling the audience what they should have, would listen.” ~ Tony Bennett Continue reading
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Writing Slowly With Revisions ~ Jack Kerouac
“I spent my entire youth writing slowly with revisions and endless rehashing speculation and deleting and got so I was writing one sentence a day and the sentence had no FEELING. Goddamn it, FEELING is what I like in art, not CRAFTINESS and the hiding of feelings.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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The Beat Generation ~ Jack Kerouac
“The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way.” ~ Jack… Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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People Know What They Do ~ Michel Foucault
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault Continue reading
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Accept The Obvious
“The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.” ~ Dick Gregory Continue reading
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The Secret To Happiness ~ Bertrand Russell
“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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Emily Dickinson Poem
A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. ~Emily Dickinson, “A Word is Dead Continue reading
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Caffeine Use ~ Greg Egan
Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century. ~Greg Egan, “Distress” Continue reading
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Controlling The Mind ~ Edward Bernays
“If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are… Continue reading
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Voltaire Quote
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. -Voltaire Continue reading
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Edgar Allan Poe Quote: Lie
“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
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Edward R. Murrow Quote
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ~ Edward R. Murrow Continue reading
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Emotion
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~ Robert Frost Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Ray Bradbury Quote: Television
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. ~Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun Continue reading
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The Universe ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson Continue reading
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Bob Dylan ~ Times
The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is rapidly fadin’ And the first one now will later be last For the times they are a-changin’ ~Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin Continue reading
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Intelligence Test
An Intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it. –Lawrence J. Peter Continue reading
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Anne Frank Quote: Beauty
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. –Anne Frank Continue reading
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Black Cat ~ Groucho Marx
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ~ Groucho Marx Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote: Odd Feeling
“You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.” ~ George Carlin Continue reading
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Edwin Way Teale Quote: Autumn
“For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.” ~ Edwin Way Teale Continue reading
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Aeschylus Quote: Happiness
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. -Aeschylus 525 BC – 456 BC Ancient Greek Dramatist Continue reading
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Jean de la Bruyere Quote: Three Events
There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscience of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. -Jean de la Bruyere French Philosopher Continue reading
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George Cooper, October’s Party
October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came– The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, And everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band. -George Cooper, October’s Party Continue reading
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Miles Davis Quote: Music Is
“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.” ~ Miles Davis Continue reading
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One Of Those
its one of those dank glum gloomy rainy type of day just make the best of it Continue reading
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True Wisdom
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates Continue reading
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Mad Ones ~ Jack Kerouac
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Power ~ Gregory Corso
“Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.” ~ Gregory Corso Continue reading
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Jack Kerouac Quote: Life
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Charlie Parker – Master The Music
“Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.” ~ Charlie Parker Continue reading
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Christina Rossetti Poem: Changing Seasons
“January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny June Brings longest day; In scorched July The storm-clouds fly, Lightning-torn; August bears corn, September fruit; In rough October Earth must disrobe her; Stars fall and shoot In keen November; And night is… Continue reading
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Ambrose Bierce Quote
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. -Ambrose Bierce Continue reading
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John Burroughs Quote
“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ~ John Burroughs Continue reading
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Mother Earth ~ Mitchell Burgess
“If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect on… Continue reading
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A Note About Me
There are some things in life I do not care to talk about, and that is religion. I am not religious, and i haven’t been for quite a long time. I don’t like it, when certain people try to talk about it, and when they do, I walk away. Also, there are religious bloggers who… Continue reading
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Life ~ Isaac Asimov
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. -Isaac Asimov Continue reading
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Autumnal Winds
Wild is the music of autumnal winds Amongst the faded woods. ~William Wordsworth Continue reading
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Autumn ~ French Proverb
Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb Continue reading
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Autumn ~ Albert Camus
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus Continue reading
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John Donne ~ Autumn
No spring nor summer’s beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face…. ~John Donne, “Elegy IX: The Autumnal” Continue reading
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Walter Lippmann ~ Wisdom Quote
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.” ~ Walter Lippmann Continue reading
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Books Are The Perfect Entertainment ~ Stephen King
Born: September 21, 1947 Continue reading
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Genius And Madness
“Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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Matsuo Basho Quote
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ~Matsuo Basho Continue reading
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Carl Sagan Quote
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~Carl Sagan Continue reading
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John W. Fellows ~ Poem
I want to hear the simmer Of the old coffee pot; I want to hear it hummin’ When it’d gettin’ good and hot; I want to see the vapor rise, Like incense in the room, And float about a-fillin’ Every corner with perfume. ~John W. Fellows, “The Old Coffee Pot,” in The People’s Home Journal,… Continue reading
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Real Wisdom ~ Leo Tolstoy
“Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.” ~ Leo Tolstoy Continue reading
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Plutarch Quote: Change
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” – Plutarch Continue reading
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Go To The People ~ Lao Tzu
Genius Quotes Continue reading
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Cornelia Funke ~ If I Was A Book
If I was book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all kinds of different kids. -Cornelia Funke, German Author Continue reading
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Six Word Story
A head filled with scatterbrain ideas. Continue reading
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Six Word Story
A toast to the human madness. Continue reading
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Learning Quotation
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. ~Abbé Dimnet, Art of Thinking, 1928 Continue reading
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Quote: Ignorance – W. E. B. Du Bois
“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.” – W. E. B. Du Bois Continue reading
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Poverty ~ Matt Damon
“You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.” – Matt Damon Continue reading
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Democracy ~ Howard Zinn
“Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most Americans) reports mostly what the people in power do, and repeats what the people in power say, the public is badly informed, and it means we cannot really say we have a functioning… Continue reading
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Thinking
Is there a difference between a trial run vs a real one? Continue reading
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Reading Quote: Maya Angelou
Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it’s right, it’s easy. It’s the other way around, too. If it’s slovenly written, then it’s hard to read. It doesn’t give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader. -Maya Angelou Continue reading
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Quote: Democritus – Empty Space
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. ~Democritus Continue reading
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Quote: Nicholas Sparks – A Great Paradox
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Quote: Hermann Hesse, To Hold Our Tongues
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all… Continue reading
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Quote: Pete Seeger, Small Villages
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other. ~Pete Seeger Continue reading
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Franz Kafka Quotation: Darkness
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness. ~Franz Kafka Continue reading
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Quote: Hermann Hesse
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. ~Hermann Hesse Continue reading
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Poem: Walt Whitman, Miracles
“As for me, I know nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under the trees in the woods, Or talk by day… Continue reading
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Thoughts
“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James Continue reading
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Liberty ~ George Orwell
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell Continue reading
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Time Is Never Wasted ~ Thomas Pynchon
“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.” – Thomas Pynchon (2012). “Against the Day”, p.211, Penguin Continue reading
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