Thoughts
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Steven Wright Quote
“I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1815 Continue reading
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Quote by Michel de Montaigne
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.” – Michel de Montaigne http://www.bquot.es/s/3300 Continue reading
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Helen Keller Quote
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller http://www.bquot.es/s/998 Continue reading
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Humor Quote – Mark Twain
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.” – Mark Twain http://www.bquot.es/s/286 Continue reading
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Quote
“A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion” – George Orwell http://www.bquot.es/s/2740 Continue reading
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Abraham Lincoln Quote
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln http://www.bquot.es/s/8 Continue reading
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Voltaire Quote
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” – Voltaire http://www.bquot.es/s/1823 Continue reading
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Wisdom
“As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.” – Lao Tzu Continue reading
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Anthony C. Grayling
“I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.” -Anthony C. Grayling http://www.bquot.es/s/3661 Continue reading
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Oscar Wilde Quote
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” – Oscar Wilde http://www.bquot.es/s/469 Continue reading
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Dirty Snow
March 20 is to be the first day of Spring, but here in the Boston area, and doesn’t have the feel of a new season set to begin, as it has and still is windy as all hell, with wind chill factors at times in the teens. Also, there is snow to arrive on Friday, Continue reading
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Rain Is Grace
John Updike Novelist Born: March 18, 1932 – Died: January 27, 2009 Continue reading
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Creation
“The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.” – Sigmund Freud ——- Maybe he’s right, maybe not. http://www.bquot.es/s/755 Continue reading
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Humor Quote By Stan Laurel
“If you had a face like mine, you’d punch me right on the nose, and I’m just the fella to do it.” – Stan Laurel http://www.bquot.es/s/2401 Continue reading
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John Stuart Mill Quote
“Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.” John Stuart Mill Continue reading
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Talkers
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Continue reading
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Steven Wright Quote
“The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.” – Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1819 Continue reading
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If
If yesterday you had a bad day and today was not any better will tomorrow be the same or will it be better Continue reading
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Socrates Quote
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writing so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” -Socrates Continue reading
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Swedish Proverb
Fear less, hope more Whine less, breathe more – Swedish Proverb Continue reading
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Wisdom
“When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else’s set of questions but never your own.” – Edward Murphy http://www.bquot.es/s/2381 Continue reading
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Georg C. Lichtenberg Quote
Born: July 1, 1742 – Died: February 24, 1799 German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. Continue reading
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Abraham H. Maslow Quote
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” -Abraham H. Maslow April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970 Professor of psychology Continue reading
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Quote
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama http://www.bquot.es/s/84 Continue reading
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Blaise Pascal Quote
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back” – Blaise Pascal http://www.bquot.es/s/2495 Continue reading
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Alfred Hitchcock Quote
“I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.” – Alfred Hitchcock http://www.bquot.es/s/826 Continue reading
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Stephen Fry Quote
“Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.” – Stephen Fry http://www.bquot.es/s/2152 Continue reading
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The Pendulum Clock
The pendulum clock swings past present future then back present and back to past then to present to future and on and on and… Continue reading
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Friedrich Nietzsche Quote
“A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.” – Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.bquot.es/s/128 Continue reading
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Chinua Achebe Quote
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have Continue reading
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George Santayana Quote
“To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” – George Santayana http://www.bquot.es/s/3435 Continue reading
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Muhammad Ali Quote
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.” – Muhammad Ali http://www.bquot.es/s/364 Continue reading
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Truth
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley http://www.bquot.es/s/3156 Continue reading
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Masashi Kishimoto Quote
“There’s no advantage to hurrying through life.” -Masashi Kishimoto Continue reading
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Arthur Williams Quote
“I don’t believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear — the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don’t understand what hard work is all about.” – Arthur Williams http://www.bquot.es/s/2708 Continue reading
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Joseph Addison Quote
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison http://www.bquot.es/s/2451 Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote
“At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.” George Carlin Continue reading
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Sleep
“Sleep is the best meditation.” Dalai Lama Continue reading
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Time
http://www.brainyquote.com Continue reading
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Aesop Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714 Continue reading
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Peace
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein http://www.bquot.es/s/39 Continue reading
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Jim Morrison Quote
“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments” – Jim Morrison Continue reading
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Margot Asquith Quote
“From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.” – Margot Asquith http://www.bquot.es/s/2015 Continue reading
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Spring
Even though it is snowing again in Massachusetts Agnes Cheer up Spring arrives March 20 Continue reading
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Henry Ford Quote
“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford Continue reading
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Quote
“Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.” -Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Wisdom
“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, http://www.bquot.es/s/140 Continue reading
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Quote
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” Dalai Lama Continue reading
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An Escalator Can Never ……
February 24, 1968 – March 30, 2005 Continue reading
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Music
Born: February 23, 1940 Continue reading
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Anxiety
Nothing in the affairs of humanity is worthy of great anxiety. Plato Continue reading
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Living
“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.” – John Lennon, http://www.bquot.es/s/183 Continue reading
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Just A Thought
With all the snow in the past three weeks, which was a good amount, there is one way and the best way of looking at it, Laugh! No sense in getting all bent out of shape, as it won’t do you any good. Besides, its Winter! Enjoy it, maybe next Winter will be one of Continue reading
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Think
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. Nikola Tesla Continue reading
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George Orwell Quote
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” -George Orwell, http://www.bquot.es/s/2742 Continue reading
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Friend
“A good friend will always stab you in the front.” Oscar Wilde Continue reading
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Journey
“Life is a journey, not a destination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Hard Work
“I don’t believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear — the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don’t understand what hard work is all about.” – Arthur Williams Continue reading
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Quote
“No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.” – Isaac Newton , http://www.bquot.es/s/3210 Continue reading
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Music & Art
“I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.” – Woody Allen Continue reading
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Kindness
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama http://www.bquot.es/s/90 Continue reading
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Doug Larson Quote
Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Just A Thought
Winter in New England can have wonderful moments Continue reading
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Douglas Adams Quote
“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.” – Douglas Adams, http://www.bquot.es/s/2136 Continue reading
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Just A Thought
Snow storms are numerous flakes falling from the clouds. Continue reading
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Comedy
Born: February 8, 1925 – Died: June 27, 2001 Continue reading
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Humor Quote
“I got a king-sized bed. I don’t know any kings, but if one came over, I guess he’d be comfortable.” – Mitch Hedberg, http://www.bquot.es/s/1772 Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote
I do this real moron thing, it’s called thinking, and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinion. George Carlin Continue reading
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Dreams
Born: February 6, 1939 Continue reading
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Humor Quote
“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.” Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1822 Continue reading
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Literature
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.” – Anton Chekhov http://www.bquot.es/s/3706 Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote
“I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.” –George Carlin Sent Via: http://tinyurl.com/wizquotes Continue reading
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Chinese Proverb
Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Libraries
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” -Andrew Carnegie Continue reading
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Quote
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” – Aristotle, http://www.bquot.es/s/1503 Continue reading
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Wisdom
“There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” – John Adams, http://www.bquot.es/s/2235 Continue reading
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Paul Newman Quote
January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008 Continue reading
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Humanity
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. -George Orwell Continue reading
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Literature Quote by Paul Auster
You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say to films, is that it’s always just one person encountering the book, it’s not an audience, it’s one to one. -Paul Auster http://en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Quote
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness. -Lao Tzu Continue reading
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