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Mon 24 Nov 2014

Lost

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

“There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.”

—Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

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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 21 Nov 2014

Anything but temptation

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

“I have always espoused chastity except when one can no longer resist the temptation.”

—Edna O’Brien, interview, The Paris Review, Summer 1984, No. 92

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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 20 Nov 2014

Mind palace

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

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”

—Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

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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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Wed 19 Nov 2014

Untarnished paradise

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

“There are no limits to paradise. Any paradise worth the name can sustain all the flaws in creation and remain undiminished, untarnished.”

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

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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 18 Nov 2014

Slay me

Posted by PJ under boredom, quote of the day, war
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Random quote of the day:

“Boredom slays more of existence than war.”

—Norman Mailer, interview, The Paris Review, Winter-Spring 1964, No. 31

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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 14 Nov 2014

“We must labour to be beautiful”

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

“Concerning criticism. Three years to make a book, five lines to ridicule it, and the quotations wrong.”

—Albert Camus, The Notebooks, 1942-1951 (tr. Justin O’Brien)

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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 13 Nov 2014

Hero kit—just add water

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

“Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.”

—Gerald W. Johnson, American Heroes and Hero-Worship

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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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Wed 12 Nov 2014

Raison in the sunset

Posted by PJ under epiphanies, quote of the day, reason
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Random quote of the day:

“Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.”

—Aimé Césaire, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, tr. Eshleman & Smith

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Tue 11 Nov 2014

11/11

Posted by PJ under remembrance
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I wish I had something fresh to add on this Remembrance Day, but I haven’t the heart for it at the moment. So this will have to do.

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Tue 11 Nov 2014

The world’s more full of weeping than you can understand

Posted by PJ under consolation, grief, quote of the day, sorrow
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Random quote of the day:

“Weeping is perhaps the most human and most universal of all relief measures.”

—Dr. Karl Menninger, The Vital Balance

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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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