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Fri 28 May 2021

Dances

Posted by PJ under dancing, love, memories, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Even if what your jealousy tells you is true, no matter what, nobody can take away the dances you’ve already had.”

—Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores

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Thu 27 May 2021

Drag

Posted by PJ under art, drag, gay, quote of the day, sacredness, sanctuary, the deep within
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Random quote of the day:

“The performance art of drag is a sacrament, performed in the spaces that have been sanctuaries to so many—Gay nightclubs and bars….Drag is about our shifting fluid selves and about expressing something within ourselves that is true and holy and important.”

—Rev. Caitlin S. Cotter, “Sun in Drag” Sermon, June 18, 2017, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

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Wed 26 May 2021

Gender

Posted by PJ under black lives matter, gender, quote of the day, race
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Random quote of the day:

“As a Black woman and a Black woman in journalism, I’ve spent most of my career and most of my life mainly thinking about what it means to be a Black person in America. I think about my race from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed….I think a lot more about being Black than I think about being a woman….Because if you are a white woman, until very recently, you have not thought about being white, which frees you up to think about the only thing that holds you back in life, which is gender.”

—Errin Haines, Glamour, “8 Journalists on Reporting While Black, With the Weight of History on Their Shoulders,” June 3, 2020

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Tue 25 May 2021

Consolation

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

“It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.”

—Victor Hugo, Toilers of the Sea (tr. W. Moy Thomas)

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Mon 24 May 2021

Attention

Posted by PJ under imagination, mindfulness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Imagination is better than a sharp instrument. To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”

—Mary Oliver, “Yes! No!”

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Fri 21 May 2021

Talent

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

“Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.”

—Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver

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Thu 20 May 2021

At Sea

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

“I’ve come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time, that the majority of the stuff that I do is totally intuitive, totally about where I am physically and mentally at any moment in time and I have a far harder time than anybody else explaining it and analysing it. That’s the territory of the artist anyway: to be quite at sea with what he does, and working towards not being intuitive about it and being far more methodical and academic about it.”

—David Bowie, “Sermon From the Savoy,” New Musical Express, 29 September 1984

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Wed 19 May 2021

Growing

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

“I’m just figuring out what is the legacy that I want to leave.  Do I mean anything more than just flesh? Sure, I see the same face in the mirror every day. But you have to keep growing. That’s the only thing in life you’re supposed to do until you’re dead.”

—Chance the Rapper, The Guardian, July 28, 2015

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Tue 18 May 2021

Demon

Posted by PJ under doubt, inner demons, procrastination, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Secretly writers do love the censor within. We say we hate that sanctimonious inner voice, but there is no better excuse for procrastination, lethargy and despair. There is no better excuse for getting nothing done than to lock yourself in battle with the famous inner demons of self-criticism and doubt.”

—Allegra Goodman, “O.K., You’re Not Shakespeare. Not Get Back to Work,” The New York Times, March 12, 2001

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Mon 17 May 2021

Lead

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

“Without self-compassion or some kind of loving-kindness toward oneself, nothing is ever going to happen on the spiritual path. It will never get off the ground.”

—Pema Chödrön, The Lion’s Roar, October 15, 2017

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