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Fri 31 Jan 2014

What you wish for

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

“Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter— you’re the one who sat down and joined the game.”

—Orson Welles, “The Orson Welles Story,” Arena, BBC, 1982

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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 30 Jan 2014

A-broadening

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

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”

—Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad

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Wed 29 Jan 2014

Kiss the cook

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

“I don’t see why people make such a to-do about choosing a new cook. There is only one thing that is absolutely essential. I always ask at once, “Do you drink?” and if she says “No!” I bow politely and say that I am very sorry but I fear that she will not suit. All good cooks drink.”

—James S. McNeill Whistler, quoted in Life Was Worth Living by Graham Robertson

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Tue 28 Jan 2014

Speshul

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

“We are all special cases.”

—Albert Camus, The Fall

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Mon 27 Jan 2014

The achieve of; the mastery of the thing

Posted by PJ under art, growing up, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“The main thing now is not to paint precociously but to be, or at least become, an individual. The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.”

—Paul Klee, diary entry, June 3, 1902

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Fri 24 Jan 2014

Stirred

Posted by PJ under feelings, intelligence, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.”

—Oscar Wilde, “The Soul of Man Under Socialism”

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Thu 23 Jan 2014

The seven ages of man

Posted by PJ under compassion, enlightenment, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

—George Washington Carver, George Washington Carver: In His Own Words, ed. Gary R. Kremer

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Wed 22 Jan 2014

Humanizing

Posted by PJ under being human, compassion, imagination, morality, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.”

—Ian McEwan, “Only Love and Then Oblivion,” The Guardian, Sept. 15, 2001 

This is a beautifully written short piece. You can read the full essay here.

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Tue 21 Jan 2014

Money talks

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

“An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.”

—attributed to Alfred A. Knopf

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Mon 20 Jan 2014

Care

Posted by PJ under caregiving
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Hominysnark managed to put into eloquent words what I’ve been wanting and failing to say for months and months.

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