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Tue 4 Apr 2023

Change

Posted by PJ under censorship, change, conversations, quote of the day, stories, words
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Random quote of the day:

“The key is to change the person. And we change people through conversation, not through censorship. That’s why I want people to understand what the words we use—and the stories we tell—are really about.

—Jay-Z, Decoded

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 17 Nov 2022

Change

Posted by PJ under change, chaos, courage and fear, future, quote of the day, the past, the present
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Random quote of the day:

“In a time of drastic change one can be too preoccupied with what is ending or too obsessed with what seems to be beginning. In either case one loses touch with the present and with its obscure but dynamic possibilities. You do not need to know what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and embrace them with courage, faith and hope. In such an event, courage is the authentic form taken by love.

—Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 26 Aug 2022

Risk

Posted by PJ under action and activism, aging, change, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We who are old have nothing to lose! We have everything to gain by living dangerously! We can initiate change without jeopardizing jobs or family. We can be the risk-takers.”

—Maggie Kuhn, speech at the Institute of Politics (IOP), March 19, 1981

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 11 Feb 2022

Amphibians

Posted by PJ under animals, body, change, mind, quote of the day, spirit
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Random quote of the day:

“Humans are amphibians—half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirits can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imaginations are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change.”

—C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 10 Dec 2021

Literature

Posted by PJ under change, literature, politics, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The idea of putting literature in second place, after politics, is an enormous mistake, because politics almost never achieves its ideals. Literature, on the other hand, in its own field can achieve something and in the very long run can also have some practical effect. By now I have come to believe that important things are achieved only through very slow processes.”

—Italo Calvino, The Paris Review, Issue 124, Fall 1992

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Mon 11 Oct 2021

Changes

Posted by PJ under change, equality, progress, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The world changes. The world is completely different now from when I was growing up. Back then, you didn’t say things like they say now, out loud, about race and things. But that’s just progress. When are we going to find out that we’re all the same—we’re all absolutely, without a doubt, the same? It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or straight or gay.”

—Johnny Mathis, “Johnny Mathis on the Long Road to Gay Rights,” Billboard.com, 12/12/16

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Tue 27 Jul 2021

Intersection

Posted by PJ under change, oppression, privilege, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else’s oppression, we’ll find our opportunities to make real change.”

—Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 14 Jul 2021

Hand

Posted by PJ under change, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“A hand moves, and the fire’s whirling takes different shapes.
All things change when we do.
The first word, “Ah,” blossoms into all others.
Each of them true.”

—Kūkai, “Singing Images of Fire,” 9th c. (tr. Jane Hirshfield)

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Thu 8 Oct 2020

Lucille

Posted by PJ under aging, change, growth, quote of the day, self-knowledge
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Random quote of the day:

“i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twentysix and thirtysix
even thirtysix but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me”

―Lucille Clifton, i am running into a new year

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 30 Jul 2020

Bones

Posted by PJ under bones, change, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”

―Walter Mosley, Blue Light

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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