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Mon 9 Jan 2017

Worlds

Posted by PJ under perception, quote of the day, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“The enchanting, and sometimes terrifying, thing is that the world can be so many things to so many different souls. That it can be, and is, all these at one and the same time.”

—Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch

 

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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Thu 1 Dec 2016

Ask yourself

Posted by PJ under questions and answers, quote of the day, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask yourself.”

—Bill Watterson, Kenyon College Commencement, May 20, 1990

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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, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 28 Nov 2016

Worlds

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

“The world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.”

—Gloria Anzaldúa, “Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers”

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Thu 25 Aug 2016

Pay attention to me

Posted by PJ under ego, quote of the day, recognition, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“Many of our pains could be summed up as: problems of the unrecognized ego in an indifferent world.”

—Alain de Botton, Twitterfeed, January 14, 2012

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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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Fri 15 Jul 2016

Embraceable

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the world, touch
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Random quote of the day:

“The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.”

—Martin Buber, “With a Monist”

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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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Tue 22 Mar 2016

Yum

Posted by PJ under food, quote of the day, reality, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“So, what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don’t recommend it.”

—Bill Watterson, “Some Thoughts On the Real World By One Who Glimpsed It and Fled,” Kenyon College Commencement, May 20, 1990

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Wed 21 Oct 2015

I do not believe in strawberries

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

“I believe the people who make the world are the ones who do not believe in reality.”

—Édouard Levé, “When I Look at a Strawberry, I Think of a Tongue,” The Paris Review, No. 196, Spring 2011 (tr. by Loren Stein)

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Fri 28 Aug 2015

Share your resources

Posted by PJ under indians, quote of the day, sharing, the planet, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“The survival of the world depends upon our sharing what we have and working together. If we do not, the whole world will die. First the planet, and next the people.”

—Frank Fools Crow, Ceremonial Chief of the Teton Sioux, quoted in Fools Crow by Thomas E. Mails

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Mon 12 Jan 2015

Build me a world

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

“Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children’s words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders.”

—Aimé Césaire, And the Dogs Were Silent

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Fri 11 Jul 2014

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, sleep, the world
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Random quote of the day: 

“Even sleeping men are doing the world’s business and helping it along.”

—Herakleitos, quoted in 7 Greeks Translated by Guy Davenport

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