Enduring philosophies and favorite quotes

“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.”

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We built these fences with our hands, in time we’ll tear them down again and start over

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I wanted a story that couldn’t be told…
only the fishing part of fishing.
I didn’t see the brave girl so near me.
I couldn’t hear you singing softly to me.

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Excuse me, are you lost? Perhaps you would care to visit the site map

“I didn’t say do as I do, I said do as I say.”

From Dusk Til Dawn 5Jul05 #link

“ordinary people will do extraordinary things when given a chance.”

Global Frequency 5Jul05 #link

‘I rather like [her].’
“Caesar liked Brutus, and look where it got him.”

Vanity Fair 5Jul05 #link

Context trumps content.
Purpose defines.

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2Jul05 #link

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But…

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George Bernard Shaw 2Jul05 #link

The only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys.

16Jun05 #link

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye.
But only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those.”

unknown 2 comments 15Jun05 #link

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

Lu Xun 1 comment #link

“Wars not make one great.”

Yoda #link

You have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
“So we can believe the big ones?”
Yes. Justice. Mercy. Duty. That sort of thing.
“They’re not the same at all!”

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Terry Pratchett - Hogfather 1 comment #link

“Desire is desire, wherever you go. The sun will not bleach it; nor the tide wash it away.”

The Beach 14Jan04 #link

“i still believe in paradise. but now at least i know it’s not some place you can look for. because it’s not where you go, it’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re part of something.”

The Beach 14Jan04 #link

“there’s no such thing as a mistake. there’s what you do, and what you don’t do.”

Unfaithful 11Nov03 #link

it may not always be so;and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another’s,…that i may go unto him,and take his hands,
saying,Accept all happiness from me.

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e.e. cummings 10Sep03 #link

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”

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Andre Gide #link

whether or not God preceeded the concept of life, life preceeds the concept of God.

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

Napoleon Hill #link

A man said to the Universe, “Sir, I exist.”
“However,” replied the Universe, “That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.”

sc 11Mar03 #link

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

Thomas Szas 3Mar03 #link

“The Buddha was asked, ‘Are you a God?’ He said he was not. ‘Then what are you?’ He answered, ‘I am awake.’”

Buddha 3Mar03 #link
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