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Tue 10 Sep 2019

Success

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, success
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Random quote of the day:

“How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?”

—Logan Pearsall Smith, “Myself,” Afterthoughts

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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Mon 9 Sep 2019

Treasure

Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day, treasure
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Random quote of the day:

“Happiness is a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”

—Robertson Davies, The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies

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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Fri 6 Sep 2019

Sentient

Posted by PJ under death, gratitude, privilege, quote of the day, self-knowledge
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Random quote of the day:

“Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”

—Oliver Sacks, “My Own Life: Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer,” New York Times, February 19, 2015

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 5 Sep 2019

Transported

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, technology, travel
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Random quote of the day:

“The utopian technologists foresee a future for us in which distance is annihilated and anyone can transport themselves anywhere, instantly. Big deal, Buckminster. To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.”

—Edward Abbey, “Walking,” The Journey Home

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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Wed 4 Sep 2019

Poem

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem.”

—attributed to Jaime Gil De Biedma

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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Tue 3 Sep 2019

Love

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

“The things that we love tell us what we are.”

—Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

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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Fri 30 Aug 2019

Mind

Posted by PJ under mind, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“O, what a world of unseen visions and heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind. A secret theater of speechless monologue and prevenient counsel, an invisible mansion of all moods, musings, and mysteries, an infinite resort of disappointments and discoveries.”

—Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

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 29 Aug 2019

Thinking

Posted by PJ under partying, quote of the day, thinking
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Random quote of the day:

“I’m not sure it is possible to think too much. You don’t refresh your mind by partying in Ibiza.”

—A. C. Grayling, “This Much I Know,” The Guardian, July 4, 2009

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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Wed 28 Aug 2019

Writing

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Random quote of the day:

“The only thing more tormenting than writing is not writing.”

—Cynthia Ozick, The Paris Review, Spring 1987, Iss. 202

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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Tue 27 Aug 2019

Watches

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, time
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Random quote of the day:

“A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never quite sure.”

—American Proverb, San Diego (CA) Union, September 20, 1930

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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