quotes I like now
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Introduction
quotes are nice little bursts of thoughts. frequently the cleverly express deep or complex truisms in just a few words. good ones tend to resonate. they have aftertaste.
also, i can never remember them. now i have a place to keep them.
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the essence of pleasure is spontinaeity (Germain Greer)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer
it may also be the essence of severe gambling losses, unwanted children and bar fights...but it still sounds cool.
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Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions (Oliver Wendell Homes)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes
This one I actually remember from around 7th grade. I guess it stretched my mind and it stuck.
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you look good, you feel good. you feel good, you play good. you play good, they pay good. (Deion Sanders)
Deion Sanders. Primetime!
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the early bird gets the worm...but the second mouse gets the cheese (unknown)
another one that I remember somehow. I should attribute this to Jeff Wasson because that's who told me.
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Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. (Henry Ford)
true dat
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the bad news: there is no key to the universe. the good news: it was never locked. (Swami Beyondananda
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We all live downstream (bumper sticker)
This one had environmental purpose but really applies to life in general.
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only the shallow know themselves (Oscar Wilde)
"The average pencil is seven inches long and the average eraser on the end is one half-inch, in case you thought optimism was dead." - Robert Blunt
Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.
- Bennett Cerf
- Bennett Cerf
"make your words sweet in case you have to eat them." - my mom (she stole it from someone; but she's taking credit.)
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The daughter taught me this one.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The daughter taught me this one.
"being upset about what you don't have is a waste of what you do have."
My favorite:
"Only when you've been in the deepest valley can you know how magnificent it is to be atop the highest mountain."
-- President Richard M. Nixon
"Only when you've been in the deepest valley can you know how magnificent it is to be atop the highest mountain."
-- President Richard M. Nixon
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