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Wed 17 Apr 2013

Hustle and flow

Posted by PJ under persistence, quote of the day, talent, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“In a creative writing class of twenty people anywhere in this country, six students will be startlingly talented. Two of those might actually publish something by and by. [What distinguishes those two from the rest is that] they will have something other than literature itself on their minds. They will probably be hustlers, too. I mean that they won’t want to wait passively for somebody to discover them. They will insist on being read.”

—Kurt Vonnegut, interview, The Paris Review, Issue 69, Spring 1977

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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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Tue 16 Apr 2013

Contretemps

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

“Quarrels would not last long if all the wrongs were on one side.”

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes, 496

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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 15 Apr 2013

Goaling

Posted by PJ under goals, passion, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Set realistic goals for yourself. And by realistic, I don’t mean practical. I mean figure out what feeds your passion, then decide what steps you need to take to get it. But, and I can’t emphasize this enough, don’t be so driven that all you think about is the end result. Not only does that cheat you out of truly living every day, it can set you up to feel like a failure if it doesn’t come fast enough or if it’s different from how you envisioned it. You have to be adaptable and leave some things to…chance.”

—Becky Cochrane, A Coventry Christmas

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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 12 Apr 2013

Heads up

Posted by PJ under destination, quote of the day, the road
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Random quote of the day:

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.”

—Yogi Berra, When You Come To A Fork In the Road, Take It! by Yogi Berra and Dave Kaplan

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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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Tue 9 Apr 2013

Through a glass clearly

Posted by PJ under prose, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“One can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one’s own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.”

—George Orwell, “Why I Write”

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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 8 Apr 2013

Omnivorous

Posted by PJ under food, quote of the day, vegetables
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Random quote of the day:

“Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.”

—Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life

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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 4 Apr 2013

“All this cute cooing is ruining our nap.”

Posted by PJ under animals, cute, video
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Thu 4 Apr 2013

Who loves you, baby?

Posted by PJ under love, money, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I know people who have a lot of money and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. When you get to be my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you, actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.”

—Warren Buffet, quoted on http://www.warrenbuffett.com/warren-buffett-10-ways-to-get-rich/

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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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Wed 3 Apr 2013

Never too late

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

“It is never too late to forgive . . . and be forgiven.”

—Rebekah Alexander, quoted in Wisdom from World Religions by Sir John Templeton

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Tue 2 Apr 2013

The Golden Rule

Posted by PJ under human rights, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”

—Robert G. Ingersoll, The Limitations of Toleration

(This is sometimes misattributed to Thomas Paine.)

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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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