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Fri 8 Apr 2022

Ambition

Posted by PJ under ambition, quote of the day, wishing, wonder
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“If you can walk away for days, weeks, or years at a time, it is not an ambition, it’s a wish. Wishes feel good and rarely come true. Ambition, on the other hand, fuels your days and refuses to be ignored. It challenges your sense of self and fulfills your sense of wonder.”

—Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader

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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Tue 10 Nov 2020

Mysterious

Posted by PJ under mysteries, quote of the day, wonder
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Random quote of the day:

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle.”

—Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (tr. A. Harris)

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 17 Jan 2020

Wonder

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

“To trade a childhood wonder for a plausible explanation—is there a worse trade we make in life?”

—Robert Brault, Round Up the Usual Suspects

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 22 May 2018

Wonder

Posted by PJ under knowledge, quote of the day, wonder
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Random quote of the day:

“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge.”

—Abraham J. Heschel, Man Is Not Alone

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 4 Aug 2017

Wonder

Posted by PJ under photography, quote of the day, reality, wonder
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Random quote of the day:

“If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary.”

—Brassaï (Gyula Halász), quoted in Brassaï: Paris by Jean-Claude Gautrand

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 12 Jun 2015

That’s the question

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

“Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we’ve long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve of a tall black hat on its head, and realizing it was a question mark all along.”

—David James Duncan, “Six Henry Stories,” My Story as told by Water

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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 11 Oct 2012

Worlds of wonder

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“We stand always on the edge of wonder…and need only to be pointed in the right direction to see it.”

—Robert J. Howe, introduction, Coney Island Wonder Stories

 

 


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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Wed 29 Aug 2012

The first random quote of the day

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, science, skepticism, spirituality, wonder
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“The spirit [is] the pattern of information of which we are made—our genes, proteins, memories, and personalities. In this sense, spirituality is the quest to know the place of our spirit within the deep time of evolution and the deep space of the cosmos. Although there are many paths to spirituality, I believe that science gives us the deepest possible sense of grandeur and wonder about our place in time and space.”

—Michael Shermer, “The Value of Skepticism: Is Skepticism a Negative or a Positive for Science and Humanity?”

 

 


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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Wed 2 May 2012

Interconnected wonder

Posted by PJ under conscious and subconscious, craft, illusion, quote of the day, the universe, wonder
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“Consciousness itself may be the primary creative force in the universe, and our knowledge of the physical properties of the physical world is far from complete.  The emerging picture is a cosmos that is an interconnected harmonic web, vibrating with creativity and intelligence, in which separateness is an illusion.”

—John E. Mack, “Messengers From the Unseen,” Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Fall 2002, Vol. 98, No. 2

 


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 17 Nov 2011

What you don’t know

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

 

“We write not what we know, but what we wonder about.  A novel is about uncertainties.”

—Richard Peck, Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young

 

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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