Enduring philosophies and favorite quotes

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Playlist pieces

Jamie decides it’s his right to decide

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I’m not here, not anymore
I’ve gone away

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

“Idleness … does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognized in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class.”

Robert Louis Stevenson 17Aug05 #link

..the alarm clock. Heavens! What evil genius brought together those two enemies of the idle—clocks and alarms—into one unit?

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Tom Hodgkinson 17Aug05 #link

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"

Maya Angelou 16Aug05 #link

“Platonic friendship: the interval between the introduction and the first kiss.”

Sophie Irene Loeb #link

Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.

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“The only thing of value in this life is to love and be loved.”

Vanity Fair 5Jul05 #link

“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
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