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Tue 9 Jan 2018

Screwed

Posted by PJ under growing up, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“As a kid, I asked ‘If adults are so smart then why is everything screwed up?’ As an adult, I still ask that question.”

—Sherman Alexie, Twitterfeed, June 20, 2013

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

 

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Fri 5 Jan 2018

Originality

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

“Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else—and failing.”

—Raymond Radiguet, quoted by Jean Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Francaise, October 1955

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

 

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Thu 4 Jan 2018

Ancestors

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

“All humans carry the DNA of ancestors who travelled a long way from where they started, who were pushed from their lands by force or by scarcity or yearning for something they couldn’t find, all humans are made up of oppressor and oppressed.”

—Tracy Cochran, “Finding King Arthur,” tracycochran.org, June 4, 2013

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 3 Jan 2018

Laying an egg

Posted by PJ under art, failure, movies, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Sometimes you lay an egg, and people will say, It was too early. Audiences weren’t ready for it. Bullshit. If it’s good, it’s good. If it’s bad, it’s bad.”

—Billy Wilder, The Paris Review, Issue 138, Spring 1996

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 2 Jan 2018

Absurdum

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

“It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.”

—Anatole France, Le livre de mon ami

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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