Archive for December, 2022

Random quote of the day:

“If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.

—Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE. THE QUOTE OF THE DAY WILL RETURN JANUARY 3, THE GODS WILLING.

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Random quote of the day:

“As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.”

―Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood


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Random quote of the day:

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

—Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

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Random quote of the day:

“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.

—Patrick Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech, March 23, 1775

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Random quote of the day:

“Is it possible for the rose to say, “I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?” Or is it possible for the lamp to say, “I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people”? Or can a tree say, “I’ll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad”? These are images of what love is about.

—Anthony de Mello, “How Happiness Happens,” Awareness: The perils and opportunities of reality

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Random quote of the day:

“Nothing redeems but beauty, its generous permission, its gorgeous celebration of all that has previously been uncelebrated.

—Dave Hickey, “After the Great Tsunami,” The Invisible Dragon

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Random quote of the day:

“If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let’s face it.”

—attributed to Alvin Ailey

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