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Fri 10 Feb 2017

Advice

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

“Writers often give advice they don’t follow to the letter themselves.”

—Tobias Wolff, The Paris Review, Issue 171, Fall 2004

 

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 9 Feb 2017

How can it be like that?

Posted by PJ under quantum physics, quote of the day, science, the universe
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Random quote of the day:

“The difficulty really is psychological and exists in the perpetual torment that results from your saying to yourself, “But how can it be like that?” which is a reflection of uncontrolled but utterly vain desire to see it in terms of something familiar. . . .Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, “But how can it be like that?” because you will get “down the drain,” into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped.”

—Richard Feynman, “Quantum Mechanics,” The Messenger Lectures, MIT, 1964

 

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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Wed 8 Feb 2017

Who

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

“Who you will be is when you are finished being who you think you should be.”

—attributed to Neemkeroli Baba

 

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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Tue 7 Feb 2017

That which needs to be done

Posted by PJ under action and activism, change, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done. Then you will conceive your own way of doing that which needs to be done—that no one else has told you to do or how to do it. This will bring out the real you that often gets buried inside a character that has acquired a superficial array of behaviors induced or imposed by others on the individual.”

—R. Buckminster Fuller, letter dated 2/16/70 to Michael, a 10 year old boy who asked if he was a “doer” or a “thinker”

 

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 6 Feb 2017

Bitter

Posted by PJ under aging, it's curmudgeon time, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness.”

—Fran Lebowitz, The Paris Review, Issue 127, Summer 1993

 

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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Sun 5 Feb 2017

RIP, my Baby

Posted by PJ under baby, rest in peace
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You outlived your mom by only two years, almost to the month. I’m sure you two were so glad to see each other.

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Fri 3 Feb 2017

Coherence

Posted by PJ under fiction, genre, quote of the day, worldbuilding, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The touchstone to plausibility in imaginative fiction is probably coherence. Realistic fiction can be, perhaps must be, incoherent in imitation of our perceptions of reality. Fantasy, which creates a world, must be strictly coherent to its own terms, or it loses all plausibility. The rules that govern how things work in the imagined world cannot be changed during the story.”

—Ursula K. LeGuin, “Plausibility in Fantasy,” ursulakleguin.com, 2005

 

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 2 Feb 2017

Theories

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

“The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.”

—David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality

 

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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Wed 1 Feb 2017

Wakey wakey

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

“Whenever someone says, ‘I deserve this—’ I’m convinced the devil wakes from his nap…”

—Jonathan Carroll, Twitter, 5/30/12

 

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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