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Wed 7 Dec 2016

Incubating

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

“In the archives the prewritten obituaries wait, round with life and almost ready, like eggs in an incubator.”

—Teju Cole, Twitterfeed, 5/15/12

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Tue 6 Dec 2016

Settled

Posted by PJ under growth, illusion, pov, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.”

—Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun

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Mon 5 Dec 2016

Comet

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

“The revelations of poetry are as wonderful as a comet in the skies—and as mysterious.”

—James Thurber, “Thinking Ourselves Into Trouble”

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Fri 2 Dec 2016

Let’s talk truth

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, thinking, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“Surely it is more interesting to argue about what the truth is, than about what some particular thinker, however great, did or did not think.”

—David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality

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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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