Quotes
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So long as the universe had a beginning …..
So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator? ~Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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Conquering Some Fear
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Food Security
Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. ~Bill Gates Continue reading
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Food is as important as energy….
Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment. Everything is linked together. ~Louise Fresco Continue reading
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Making Excuses
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. -Benjamin Franklin Continue reading
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Order & Chaos
What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. -Kerry Thomley Continue reading
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Bookish Homeless People
I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If you ever spend a good amount of time there, you realize there are people who spend the entire day there. They’re bookish homeless people. -Lisa Yuskavage Continue reading
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Poor People And The Homeless
You can spend the money on new housing for the poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. -Jello Biafra Continue reading
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The present and the past …..
The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn’t be in flashback. ~Alain Resnais Continue reading
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Walk Beside Me …..
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus Continue reading
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Fill Your Life Up With Ideas
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin” Continue reading
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Uninteresting Life
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy. ~Mark Twain Continue reading
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Conquering Fear
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ~Bertrand Russell Unpopular Essays (1950) “Outline of Intellectual Rubbish” Continue reading
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The world we see ……
“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” ~William James Continue reading
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“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” ~Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes, Marion Glasserow Gladney (1986). “Our Best Years”, Doubleday Books Continue reading
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No one has ever died, from an over exposure to education. ~Robert M. Hensel
Robert M. Hensel, Spanish Poet-Writer Continue reading
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Clear Labeling For Genetically Modified Food
Europe believes that providing clear labeling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by vast majority of states in the U.S. -Zac Goldsmith Continue reading
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Rose Bushes
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. -Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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Problems of the world…..
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. -Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist Continue reading
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Beautiful People
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not… Continue reading
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The morning cup of coffee …..
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Continue reading
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People spend to much time finding other people to blame …..
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. -J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer – 1954 – Continue reading
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Life is …..
My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary. ~Albert Einstein Continue reading
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There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles. ~Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey, 1932 – 2012, Author Continue reading
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If you can’t tell a spoon from a ladle, then you’re fat! ~Demitri Martin
Demitri Martin, American Comedian Continue reading
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“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” ~Jim Morrison
“Readers recommend: songs about control” by Peter Kimpton, http://www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2015. Continue reading
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Movies are not novels ….
Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost failure. It can’t be done. ~Paul Auster Continue reading
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“It’s just unconscionable that America has become so stupid.” ~Russell Means
Russell Means, B. November 10, 1939 – D. October 22, 2012 Continue reading
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Book Reading
Credit: Quote Master Continue reading
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Bookstores
Photo: Quote Master Continue reading
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“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin
John Ruskin (2016). “The Crown of Wild Olive”, p.732, John Ruskin Continue reading
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In art as in love, instinct is enough. ~ Anatole France
Anatole France – French Novelist Continue reading
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“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” ~ Muhammad Ali
Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010 Continue reading
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ~ Jane Austen
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.460, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax Continue reading
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press Continue reading
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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. ~ Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm, English Essayist ~ 1872 – 1956 Continue reading
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“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” ~ Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (2017). “The Uses of Literature”, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Continue reading
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“You need nothing to be happy – you need something to be sad.” ~ Mooji
Mooji, Teacher ~ Born: January 29, 1954 Continue reading
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Traveling Is Like Flirting
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” ~ Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, Novelist Continue reading
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All the world Began With A Yes
“All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began.… Continue reading
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The Joy Of Reading Fiction
That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or hers imagination. ~ Alice Hoffman Continue reading
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“What worries you, masters you.” ~ John Locke
John Locke – Philosopher B: August 29, 1632 – D: October 28, 1704 Continue reading
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In law, nothing is certain but the expense. ~Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler – English Author, 1835 – 1902 Continue reading
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All Things
“All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.” ~ Black Elk, Medicine Man ~ B: Dec. 1, 1863 – D: Aug. 19, 1950 Continue reading
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Cup Of Coffee
“Is it possible to get a cup of coffee-flavored coffee anymore in this country? What happened with coffee? Did I miss a meeting? They have every other flavor but coffee-flavored coffee. They have mochaccino, frappaccino, cappuccino, Al Pacino…Coffee doesn’t need a menu, it needs a cup.” ~ Denis Leary Continue reading
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I Write Differently ~ Franz Kafka
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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William Blake Poem
“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake ‘Auguries of Innocence’ (c. 1803) Continue reading
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R.I.P Toni Morrison
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison, 88 y/o – Author, Nobel Laureate Continue reading
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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, American Dancer Continue reading
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A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~ W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet ~ 1907 – 1973 Continue reading
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“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” ~ Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty (1998), “Stories, Essays and Memoir” Continue reading
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Who Am I ~ Carl Sandburg
“It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?” ~ Carl Sandburg, Writer, 1878-1967 Continue reading
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Music ~ Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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#1 priority is water, water, and more water. ~ Joe Teti
With the high heat and humidity, having/drinking plenty of water, is a good thing. Continue reading
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“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” ~ Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt (1999), Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir Continue reading
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