I NEED ARTHRITIS!*
I guess it’s a case of projection.
Thu 8 May 2014
Ideals
Posted by PJ under ideals and idealism, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“If you believe in an ideal, you don’t own it—it owns you, and you certainly don’t want to freeze it at your own level for mercenary reasons.”
—Raymond Chandler, letter to Helga Greene, May 25, 1957
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.
Wed 7 May 2014
Know your place
Posted by PJ under politics, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“To ‘know your place’ is a good idea in politics. That is not to say ‘stay in your place’ or ‘hang on to your place,’ because ambition or boredom may dictate upward or downward mobility, but a sense of place—a feel for one’s own position in the control room—is useful in gauging what you should try to do.”
—William Safire, Before the Fall
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.
Tue 6 May 2014
All work, all play
Posted by PJ under play, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.”
—Arnold J. Toynbee, lecture, University of Denver, 1964
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.
Mon 5 May 2014
Color magic
Posted by PJ under art, magic, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.”
—Henri Matisse
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.
Fri 2 May 2014
Identity
Posted by PJ under language, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.”
—Joseph Brodsky, letter to Bob McKelvey, Detroit Free Press, October 23, 1987
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.
Thu 1 May 2014
Fickle Fortune
Posted by PJ under luck, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“I believe Fortune, like other drabs, values a man gradually less for every year he lives.”
—Jonathan Swift, letter to Lord Bolingbroke, April 5, 1729
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.
Wed 30 Apr 2014
Burning bright
Posted by PJ under animals, crime and punishment, justice, quote of the day
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“When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction between Crime and Justice is no greater.”
—George Bernard Shaw, “The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion,†Man and Superman
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.
Tue 29 Apr 2014
Arf
Posted by PJ under charity, dogs, quote of the day
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“If you can’t distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn’t undertake philanthropic work.”
—Anton Chekhov, The Princess
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.
Fri 25 Apr 2014
Learn by doing
Posted by PJ under art, knowledge, quote of the day
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“I am always doing what I can’t do yet in order to learn how to do it.”
—Vincent Van Gogh, letter to Anthon van Rappard, August 1885 regarding his painting, The Potato Eaters
 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.
