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Thu 26 Jun 2014

Nothing up my sleeve

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, scoundrels, wanting
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Random quote of the day: 

“If a thing is worth having, it’s worth cheating for.”

—W. C. Fields, My Little Chickadee

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Wed 25 Jun 2014

World lover

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

“The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.”

—Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, #3

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Tue 24 Jun 2014

Say what?

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

“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.”

—Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures, ed. Renate Stendahl

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Mon 23 Jun 2014

Hard work

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

“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

—Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

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Fri 20 Jun 2014

No such thing as average

Posted by PJ under individuality, myth, quote of the day, science
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Random quote of the day:

“Myth is more individual and expresses life more precisely than does science. Science works with concepts of averages which are far too general to do justice to the subjective variety of an individual life.”

—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections

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Thu 19 Jun 2014

To suffer

Posted by PJ under individuality, pain, quote of the day, suffering
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Random quote of the day: 

“Pain is the most individualizing thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well but that realization only comes when it is over. To suffer is to be alone; to watch another suffer is to know the barrier that shuts each of us away by himself. Only individuals can suffer and only individuals have a place in tragedy.”

—Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way

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Wed 18 Jun 2014

Herding behavior

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

“You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.”

—Rear Adm. Grace Murray Hopper, quoted in the Online Computer Library Center Newsletter, No. 167 (March/April1987)

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Mon 16 Jun 2014

Puer aeternus

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

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”

—Cicero, M. Tulli Ciceronis Ad M. Brutum Orator

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Fri 13 Jun 2014

Give it a rest

Posted by PJ under idiots, pirates, quote of the day, scoundrels
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Random quote of the day:

“Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.”

—attributed to Alexandre Dumas (both père and fils)

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Thu 12 Jun 2014

Sacred and profane

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

“Everything is of one substance. It is custom, not reason, that sets the temple apart from the house, mutton from human flesh for the table, bread from vegetable, vegetable from meat.”

—Diogenes of Sinope, in 7 Greeks: Translations by Guy Davenport

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