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“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” - Anonymous |
"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains" - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go, Only as deep as I look can I see, Only as much as I dream can I be. ~Karen Ravn |
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
-Joseph Campbell |
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ~Harvey Fierstein
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quoting from the story I'm reading today: It's part of an ongoing dialogue betwee my favorite protaganist Bob Dollar, and, Mr. Cluke.
"Now Bob," said Mr. Cluke, slapping his cheeks with a manly heather aftershave lotion, "you cannot go down to Texas wearing brown oxfords. Take my word for it. I've spent enough time down there to know a pair of brown oxfords can set you back with those people [...] It wouldn't hurt for you to get a pair of dress slacks and some long-sleeved shirts. But for sure you got to get yourself a decent pair of cowboy boots and wear them. You don't need to wear the hat or western shirts, but you got to wear the boots." "Yes sir," said Bob, seeing the logic of it. (Annie Proulx, 2002: p. 10) That's as far as I got in my book today, before I feel asleep... |
A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see It wraps us up in its cocoon And holds us fiercely in its womb. Its fingers spread like fine spun gold Gently nestling us to the fold Like silken thread it holds us fast Bonds like this are meant to last. And though at times a thread may break A new one forms in its wake To bind us closer and keep us strong In a special world, where we belong. by Sheelagh L |
"All Is One" The Universe
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“He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.” - Anonymous |
“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.” - E. M. Forster |
“The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret” - Salvador Dalí |
“If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with "Let's Make a Deal” - Fran Lebowitz |
"Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle..."
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Maybe not for all....but for me? Oh yeah....
A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
~Unattributed |
When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
~Napolean Hill |
From Lucille Ball
Love yourself first and everything falls into line.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall in love with a gorgeous redhead. |
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.”
-Chuang Tzu |
Never allow someone to be your prioity, while allowing yourself to be their option.
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"Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero." ~ Brian Andreas, "Storypeople"
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The 12-step chocoholic's program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE.
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“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.”
-Wendell Berry |
I could be just sitting at home with pee stains on my rug.
The Dude - Big Lebowski |
Beauty comes from the inside. Your naked face, gray hairs and softer body are beautiful just exactly the way they are because they tell the story of the life You've lived. Your laughter, struggles, courage and determination up until this point all combine to make a powerful source of energy within You that illuminates Your face so that the world can see the remarkable story painted there.
~From "Queen Of Your Own Life" by Kathy Kinney & Cindy Ratzlaff |
"If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs." ~ Tina Fey
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People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.
- Alice Duer Miller |
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. - Voltaire
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“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay |
“I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.” - Amy Tan |
“Nothing is more practical than finding your God, that is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.” - Pedro Arrupe |
"I’m sorry you fell in love with a serial killer, alright. But honestly, who hasn’t?"
Arlene to Tara - True Blood. |
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. ~Henri Nouwen
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"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher a storm, but to add color to my sunset."
-Rabindranath Tagore http://photo.accuweather.com/photoga.../1488bae48.jpg |
"to have clean toes is a necessity of life"
Mr Smitty the twelve year old, one eyed, rocking on, limping kitty |
“If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.”
~Don Draper |
"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." ~Langston Hughes |
"For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously." ~George Gissing, "Winter," The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903 |
"The best kind of rain, of course, is a cozy rain. This is the kind the anonymous medieval poet makes me remember, the rain that falls on a day when you'd just as soon stay in bed a little longer, write letters or read a good book by the fire, take early tea with hot scones and jam and look out the streaked window with complacency." ~Susan Allen Toth, England For All Seasons |
"Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out."
- Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses |
:candle: Don't let today's disappointments
cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams.:candle: - Author Unknown - |
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