Thoughts
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Believe
May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970 Continue reading
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People
November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007 Continue reading
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Tree of Nut
Each night the Tree of Nut out of naught knits neat nuts. Saiom Shriver Continue reading
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Paradise
I had always imagined paradise as a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986 Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960 Philosopher Continue reading
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Man
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Reading
You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book. Al Pacino Continue reading
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Fun
There is no such thing as fun for the whole family. Jerry Seinfeld Continue reading
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Someone
What if someone gave a war & Nobody came? Life would ring bells of Ecstacy and Forever be Itself again. Allen Ginsberg June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1887 Poet, Writer Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Rhymes
No word in the English language rhymes with mouth, orange, silver, and purple. tealdragon.net Continue reading
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Life
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961 Artist Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Lessons
Lessons are not given, they are taken. Cesare Pavese Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Libraries
August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012 Source Continue reading
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Quote
Life is a zoo in a jungle. Peter De Vries Continue reading
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Trick
August 22, 1920-June 5, 2012 Source Continue reading
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Chaos
You can’t predict anything. How can you be certain about anything when everything is chaos and we’re not in control? John Lloyd September 30, 1950- British Television producer and writer Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Winners
Only the winners decide what were war crimes. Garry Wills May 22, 1934- Author Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Danger
A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger! Sun Ra May 22, 1914-May 30, 1993 Composer, Musician, Philosopher, Pianist and Poet Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Proverb
When you get there, there isn’t any there there. Zen Proverb Continue reading
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Happiness
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama July 6, 1935 Continue reading
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Language
I want a language that speaks the truth. Studs Terkel May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008 Actor, Author, Broadcaster, Historian Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for. Will Rogers Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Madness
Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, political parties, nations, and eras it’s the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche Continue reading
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Quote
A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal. Daniel Berrigan Born: May 9, 1921 Activist, Poet, Priest Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
It is easier to stay out than get out. Mark Twain Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Education
Education is like alcohol; some people can’t take it. Maurice Duplessis April 20, 1890-September 7, 1959 Canadian Lawyer, Politician Quotes Wave Continue reading
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A Pondering Moment
While I was reading the Sunday newspaper, a photo caught my attention. It was the one taken at Kent State University. The killing of four people by the Ohio National Guardsmen. And of course the young woman, Mary Ann Vecchio knelt down by one of the bodies. This happened on May 4, 1970, during the Continue reading
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Government
Everybody wants to eat at the government’s table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. Werner Finck May 2, 1902 – July 31, 1978 Actor, Comedian Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. Buddha Continue reading
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Cats
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Quote
I invented the cordless extension cord. Steven Wright Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Today’s Quote
A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. Thomas Mann Continue reading
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My Dislikes
Here is the list of my dislikes, and some of them will have reasons for why I do. Snobby people: A big turn off, as they talk and act like their shit don’t stink. Well it does stink. People who park their cars right across an entire crosswalk, and have no consideration for pedestrians, and Continue reading
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My Likes
Here are some of the things that I like. Black coffee: Most of the time I like it strong. No sugar, as it does it kills the flavor. Crosswords: On line and on paper, using a pen with black ink. Books: Mostly novels and old literature. TV: I’m very picky about what I watch. Old Continue reading
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Mature Humans
Found in the email inbox: Mature Humans How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said? I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at Continue reading
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Quote
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. John Lennon Brainy Quote Continue reading
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When you try ……
When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float. Zen Proverb Continue reading
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The Good Word
Another conversation between he and she. She: Good morning. He: Good morning, or is it a good morning. She: I see your not in a good mood. He: Me? She: Yes, you. He: Do you really want to know why I’m not in a good mood? She: Please tell. He: Well … I slept like Continue reading
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She said, He said
She said: Wake up and smell the coffee. He said: Smells good. She said: How can you drink it without cream/milk and/or sugar? He said: Easy. She said: Easy? He said: Coffee tastes best in its natural state. Nothing added. She said: Yuk! He said: Have you ever really tried it drinking it black? She Continue reading
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Quote
A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Proverb
The place of uninvited guest is behind the door. Yugoslavian Proverb Quotes Wave Continue reading
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A Thought From Aunty Acid
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I Feel Like New
I feel like a new old man today. Got my hairs styled/cut. Not just one hair, but a whole lot of hairs was snipped/cut off. Still no bald spots, so that’s a good sign. Now, if I was a barber/stylist, and someone came in and a haircut, I would would ask the person, which one Continue reading
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Quote
Literature is news that stays news. — Ezra Pound Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Humor Quote
Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. — Edward Abbey Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Criticism
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Advertising
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it. — Stephan Leacock – Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Anxiety
So an ancient once said, “Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life”. Don’t expect your practice to be clear of obstacles. Without hindrances the mind that seeks enlightenment may be burnt out. So an ancient once said, “Attain deliverance in disturbances”. — Kyong Ho Quote source Continue reading
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Quote
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I feel like …..
Below is an anonymous quote that I can vouch for. With this damn head cold, that is now slowly going away, I could not get my head to wrap around in responding to the comments left on the past several posts. It will be probably be a couple or more days of sporadic posting. Be Continue reading
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Coffee Break
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break. — Earl Wilson Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Coffee and ……
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Who can do, …….
Who can do, don’t want to; Who wants to, can’t do; Who knows how to do, won’t do it; Who does it, doesn’t know how to; and, so, badly goes the world. — Italian Proverb Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
Very few people can afford to be poor. — George Bernard Shaw Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Drink Coffee …..
Drink coffee while it’s hot enough to make you swear but let the chocolate cool. — Sicilian Proverb Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Liberal
What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label Liberal? If by Liberal they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer’s dollar, then … we are not that kind of Liberal. But Continue reading
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Special
Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special? All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special. — Osho Source of quote Continue reading
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Judgment
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Existence
Only one thing is certain — that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false. — Ancient Paradox Quote source Continue reading
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Be …
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Rules
Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one’s own rules–this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live. — D. T. Suzuki Quote source Continue reading
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Literature
The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don’t want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have Continue reading
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Success
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Mother Nature
It seems that mother nature has a problem. The problem is, she must have a very itchy scalp. With all the dandruff falling from the sky above, it looks like she needs a good shampooing, with a good rinsing. Then a apply some conditioning, then rinse and repeat. Now, all this dandruff is landing on Continue reading
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Art
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. — Paul Klee Continue reading
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Heat Wave
If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back? — Steven Wright Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Smile
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