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Fri 15 Feb 2019

The choice

Posted by PJ under art, persistence, quitting, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Either you have to quit for good or you have to tough it out. That’s the choice. You have to be patient.”

—Deborah Eisenberg, interview, The Paris Review, Spring 2013, No. 204

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Laurel and Hardy, Ariana Grande, or the Salvation Army Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 31 May 2012

Quits

Posted by PJ under quitting, quote of the day, rejection
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Random quote of the day:

 

“I’ve been rejected by every record company there was ten times.  I think people in life quit things too early.”

—John Mellenkamp, Biography

 

 


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.

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Fri 10 Jun 2011

The drugs help, too

Posted by PJ under pain, quitting, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Pain is temporary.  It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.  If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”

—Lance Armstrong, “Back in the Saddle—An Essay”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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Mon 9 May 2011

Giving up

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

 

“It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.”

—Leonard Cohen, “The Stranger Song”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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Thu 16 Sep 2010

Rah rah rah

Posted by PJ under quitting, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

—Vince Lombardi

Thanks to geniusofevil.

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.

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