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Tue 15 Dec 2015

Heroines

Posted by PJ under heroes, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

—Nora Ephron, Wellesley College Commencement Address, 1996

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Fri 16 Oct 2015

Little things

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things.”

—Robert Brault in National Enquirer, 1986

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 8 Oct 2015

Rock the boat

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, risk, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life’s currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.”

—Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin

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Wed 23 Sep 2015

The seeds that once were we

Posted by PJ under history, influences, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Although we human beings have our own personal life, we are yet in large measure the representatives, the victims and promoters of a collective spirit whose years are counted in centuries. We can well think all our lives long that we are following our own noses, and may never discover that we are, for the most part, supernumeraries on the stage of the world theater. There are factors which, although we do not know them, nevertheless influence our lives, and more so if they are unconscious.”

—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, tr. Richard and Clara Winston

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Wed 16 Sep 2015

Dear diary

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, what the living do, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with that he vowed to make it.”

—J. M. Barrie, The Little Minister

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Tue 18 Aug 2015

Fake truth

Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day, truth, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“We are walking through fake scenes, but ourselves, as we walk through these scenes, are real.”

—Haruki Murakami, interview, The Paris Review, No. 170, Summer 2004

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Wed 5 Aug 2015

Stage fright

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Random quote of the day:

“The final proof of human greatness is an embalmer trembling with stage fright.”

—H. L. Mencken, A Little Book in C Major

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Thu 23 Jul 2015

Phant

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Random quote of the day:

“Isn’t that what life is, after all? Missing something that’s right before you?”

—William Gaddis, interview, The Paris Review, Winter 1987, No. 105

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Tue 7 Jul 2015

A fish out of water

Posted by PJ under existence, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Of what significance is one’s own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?”

—Albert Einstein, “Self-Portrait,” Out of My Later Years

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Mon 6 Jul 2015

Faking it

Posted by PJ under faking, quote of the day, what the living do, work
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Random quote of the day:

“It is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.”

—Joseph Brodsky, interview, The Paris Review, Spring 1982, No. 83

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