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Thu 13 Jun 2019

Heart/Head

Posted by PJ under empathy, quote of the day, skepticism
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Random quote of the day:

“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”

—Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street (tr. William Maynard Hutchins and Angele Botros Samaan)

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Wed 12 Jun 2019

Clichés

Posted by PJ under cliches, language, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Clichés are the cockroaches of language. We may sneer, but they will outlive us.”

—Joyce Carol Oates, Twitterfeed, 3/3/14

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Tue 11 Jun 2019

Dreamer

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

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

—Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist

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Fri 7 Jun 2019

Dwelling

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

“The value of the dwelling is in the dweller.”

—Moroccan proverb

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Thu 6 Jun 2019

Clocks

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

“There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right—except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think a clock could be in a civilized country.”

—Jerome K. Jerome, Clocks

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Wed 5 Jun 2019

Intoxication

Posted by PJ under art, artists, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”

—Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave

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Tue 4 Jun 2019

Bore

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

“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Uses of Great Men”

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Mon 3 Jun 2019

Jewels

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, words, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“I don’t know what it means and I don’t care because it’s Shakespeare and it’s like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.”

—Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

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Fri 31 May 2019

Libertarians

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

“All cats are Libertarians except when they want a can opened.”

—Joyce Carol Oates, Twitterfeed, 8/14/14

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Thu 30 May 2019

Virtuous

Posted by PJ under art, artists, quote of the day, virtue
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Random quote of the day:

“The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man—that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense—has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading.”

—H. L. Mencken, Prejudices, First Series

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