"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."
-- Brooks Atkinson
Eclectic quotations accumulating in Hell's Kitchen, NY, USA.
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"One of the events of my life is my mother. Some of the rest of you may feel the same. After almost 99 years of frustration, she has finally made a kind of peace with her circumstances. She smiles and kisses everyone's hand, and is spoonfed pureed matter of different colors from a central kitchen. All it took for her to find peace was relinquishing her mind. I wonder what her life would have felt like if she'd done that in the beginning at Sweet Home, Idaho... After reading this, you have undoubtedly concluded that, like his mother, he's surrendered his mind. It is true, or it is becoming true. The mind is where all the problems lie. I'm literally leaping for joy, out of my mind, and into a perfectly peaceful world. The real world greets you this Christmas time with love. God is here, now."
-- Dale Thomas, Christmas Letter from Paran, 2002
-- Dale Thomas, Christmas Letter from Paran, 2002
20021228
"Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy."
-- Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, 1952.
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy."
-- Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, 1952.
20021227
"Although this term is used casually in popular culture, health care professionals define dysfunctional family as one where the relationships among family members are not conducive to emotional and physical health. Sexual or physical abuse, alcohol and drug addictions, delinquency and behavior problems, eating disorders , and extreme aggression are some conditions commonly associated with dysfunctional family relationships... The concept of the dysfunctional family is based on a systems approach to mental health diagnosis and treatment, where the individual's symptoms are seen in the context of relationships with other individuals and groups, rather than as problems unique to the client. There is no strict definition of a "dysfunctional family," and especially in popular usage the term tends to be a catchall for many different relational disorders that take place within the family system and its subsystems (parents, children)..."
-- Gale Research, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence, 1998.
-- Gale Research, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence, 1998.
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"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes."
-- Anonymous, The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 449.
-- Anonymous, The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 449.
20021221
"Right now there is a perception in New York that is something like a tale of two cities: there are some great schools, and a lot of not-so-great schools, and some in the middle.We need that perception to change. That perception will change by the actions we do."
-- Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education.
-- Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education.
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"It is not only our right, but in a way, our responsibility to be happy. God doesn't provide any of us with happiness that is only meant for us alone. When God sends us happiness, he does so in order that we might then stand up more fully in the world on His behalf."
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
20021211
"Have you ever met a proctologist? They usually have a very good sense of humor. You meet a proctologist at a party, don't walk away. Plant yourself there because you will hear the funniest stories you've ever heard. See, no one wants to admit to them that they stuck something up there. Never. It's always an accident. Every proctologist story ends in the same way... 'It was a million to one shot, doc, million to one.' "
- Kramer, as played by Michael Richards on Seinfeld, television series.
- Kramer, as played by Michael Richards on Seinfeld, television series.
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"They have a destruction machine. We don't have a destruction machine."
-- Bill Clinton, in a speech last week.
"The media is kind of weird these days on politics, and there are some major institutional voices that are, truthfully speaking, part and parcel of the Republican Party," Gore said. "Fox News Network, The Washington Times, Rush Limbaugh–there’s a bunch of them, and some of them are financed by wealthy ultra-conservative billionaires who make political deals with Republican administrations and the rest of the media." -- Al Gore, in The New York Observer.
"Something will start at the Republican National Committee, inside the building, and it will explode the next day on the right-wing talk-show network and on Fox News and in the newspapers that play this game, The Washington Times and the others. And then they’ll create a little echo chamber, and pretty soon they’ll start baiting the mainstream media for allegedly ignoring the story they’ve pushed into the zeitgeist. And then pretty soon the mainstream media goes out and disingenuously takes a so-called objective sampling, and lo and behold, these R.N.C. talking points are woven into the fabric of the zeitgeist."
-- Al Gore, The New York Observer.
"Whatever the conservative dominance of the radio dial, there's no one on the left who can carve meat like Mr. Limbaugh or Mr. Hannity."
-- John Leland, The New York Times, today.
-- Bill Clinton, in a speech last week.
"The media is kind of weird these days on politics, and there are some major institutional voices that are, truthfully speaking, part and parcel of the Republican Party," Gore said. "Fox News Network, The Washington Times, Rush Limbaugh–there’s a bunch of them, and some of them are financed by wealthy ultra-conservative billionaires who make political deals with Republican administrations and the rest of the media." -- Al Gore, in The New York Observer.
"Something will start at the Republican National Committee, inside the building, and it will explode the next day on the right-wing talk-show network and on Fox News and in the newspapers that play this game, The Washington Times and the others. And then they’ll create a little echo chamber, and pretty soon they’ll start baiting the mainstream media for allegedly ignoring the story they’ve pushed into the zeitgeist. And then pretty soon the mainstream media goes out and disingenuously takes a so-called objective sampling, and lo and behold, these R.N.C. talking points are woven into the fabric of the zeitgeist."
-- Al Gore, The New York Observer.
"Whatever the conservative dominance of the radio dial, there's no one on the left who can carve meat like Mr. Limbaugh or Mr. Hannity."
-- John Leland, The New York Times, today.
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"Every year, weeks before Christmas arid Hanukkah, I say to people, 'Decide right now: Are you going to give this season to God, or are you going to give this season to the ego?' These holidays are about the birth of God and the arrival of miracles. They are about personal transformation and the emergence of a new self. They are not about whose relatives we're going to be with, who we have to buy gifts for, and whether or not we have the money to pay for all of them. Such material considerations rob our energy and eat away at our soul. Yet such anxiety -ridden dynamics will prevail if we surrender to the endless nagging of our ego mind."
-- Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace
-- Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace
20021125
"I remember going and seeing him once and there were about six girls waiting. These were all young starlets. I saw three of them go in. They went in for about 15 minutes and then I was invited in. I said, 'Elvis, are you having sex with these girls?' He said, 'Yeah.' I said, 'How do you do that?' He said, 'It's easy, they're all different.' "
-- Dennis Hopper
-- Dennis Hopper
20021120
"What I'm upset at is Holland America, because it's totally irresponsible not to notify us in advance so that we can make an informed decision as to whether to travel or not. I got the feeling that their primary concern wasn't with the safety of passengers but with their own pockets."
-- Rose Ann Dunn, passenger, who was informed of an outbreak of Norwalk Virus on the Amsterdam, but was not offered a replacement voyage or a refund.
-- Rose Ann Dunn, passenger, who was informed of an outbreak of Norwalk Virus on the Amsterdam, but was not offered a replacement voyage or a refund.
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"Win people to your way of thinking:
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Begin in a friendly way.
Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
Appeal to the nobler motives.
Dramatize your ideas.
Throw down a challenge."
-- Dale Carnegie
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Begin in a friendly way.
Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
Appeal to the nobler motives.
Dramatize your ideas.
Throw down a challenge."
-- Dale Carnegie
20021115
"Most of us wouldn't think of beginning our day without washing the accumulated dirt from the day before off our bodies. Yet far too often we go out into the day without similarly cleansing our minds. And our minds carry more pollution than our bodies, for they carry not only our own toxicity but that of the entire world. We carry the fear, anxiety, stress, and pain not just of our own lives, but of our families, our nation, and millions all over the planet."
-- Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace
-- Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace
20021111
"Just as some people have talent for art, and others for science, some seem to have a greater talent for compassion. Examples abound of humanitarian workers risking their lives for people living the ravages of war, of doctors giving of their talents and abilities to help those in poverty-stricken societies. But not every act of compassion is dramatic. All of us in our own way, just by being more tender and loving, can open our hearts and make a difference in someone's life. Compassion is not just emotion; it is force. It is an aspect of the infinite power of God. Humanity's next great leap in consciousness will be the realization that love is a power to be applied--no less than the power of steam, the power of electricity, or the power of the atom."
-- Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace
-- Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace
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Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment:
A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Let the other person save face.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
-- Dale Carnegie
A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Let the other person save face.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
-- Dale Carnegie
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"The Atonement means putting love first. In everything. In business as well as everything else. You're in business to spread love. Your screenplay should spread love. Your hair salon should spread love. Your agency should spread love. Your life should spread love. The key to a successful career is realizing that it's not separate from the rest of your life, but is rather an extension of your most basic self. And your most basic self is love."
-- Marianne Willliamson, A Return To Love
-- Marianne Willliamson, A Return To Love
20021016
"Every man is a suffering-machine and a happiness-machine combined. The two functions work together harmoniously, with a fine and delicate precision, on the give-and-take principle. For every happiness turned out in the one department the other stands ready to modify it with a sorrow or a pain--maybe a dozen."
-- Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
-- Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
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"My concept of human rights has grown to include not only the rights to live in peace, but also to adequate health care, shelter, food, and to economic opportunity. I hope this award reflects a universal acceptance and even embrace of this broad-based concept of human rights."
-- Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States, on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today.
-- Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States, on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today.
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"We must learn to think only divine thoughts. Angels are the thoughts of God, and in Heaven, humans think like angels. Angels light the way. Angels do not begrudge anyone anything, angels do not tear down, angels do not compete, angels do not constrict their hearts, angels do not fear. That's why they sing and that's how they fly. We, of course, are only angels in disguise."
-- Marianne Williamson, from her book titled A Return To Love.
-- Marianne Williamson, from her book titled A Return To Love.
20021001
"So AT&T, whose failing stock I've just managed to dump, in its ceaseless hustle makes a call to my number. A female voice asks for my late husband. By name. I reply, 'Joey Adams is dead. He died over 2 1/2 years ago.' Without a breath the touched, sympathetic person just says: 'OK. So can I have the spouse?' "
-- Cindy Adams, New York Post
-- Cindy Adams, New York Post
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Six ways to make people like you:
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Smile.
Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.
-- Dale Carnegie
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Smile.
Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.
-- Dale Carnegie
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"Enough with Martha Stewart jokes. I'm telling you for a fact that her new Web site is: 'MarthaStewart.con.' Also that her cabbage-chopping shows have switched from CBS-TV. They now appear on The Comedy Channel. Also that despite losing millions, the woman is still hard at work. She was spotted picking through garbage cans in Tacoma."
-- Cindy Adams, columnist, New York Post.
-- Cindy Adams, columnist, New York Post.
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"Arnold Patent wrote that if you genuinely have something to say, there is someone who genuinely needs to hear it. We don't have to invent an audience so much as we have to hone the message we plan to give them once they get here. Serving three people is as important as serving three hundred. Once we're clear about how to deal with a small following, a large following will develop automatically, if that would serve the world. Our power lies in our clarity about the role our work can play in the creation of a more beautiful world. The miracle is to think of our career as our contribution, however small, to the healing of the universe."
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love
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"You are a child of God. You were created in a blinding flash of creativity, a primal thought when God extended Himself in love. Everything you've added on since is useless.
When Michelangelo was asked how he created a piece of sculpture, he answered that the statue already existed within the marble. God Himself had created the Pieta, David, Moses. Michelangelo's job, as he saw it, was to get rid of the excess marble that surrounded God's creation.
So it is with you. The perfect you isn't something you need to create, because God already created it. The perfect you is the love within you. Your job is to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the fearful thinking that surrounds your perfect self, just as excess marble surrounded Michelangelo's perfect statue."
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love
When Michelangelo was asked how he created a piece of sculpture, he answered that the statue already existed within the marble. God Himself had created the Pieta, David, Moses. Michelangelo's job, as he saw it, was to get rid of the excess marble that surrounded God's creation.
So it is with you. The perfect you isn't something you need to create, because God already created it. The perfect you is the love within you. Your job is to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the fearful thinking that surrounds your perfect self, just as excess marble surrounded Michelangelo's perfect statue."
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love
20020914
"I've got a few to go yet."
-- Nick Nolte, actor, after Katherine Hepburn accused him of falling down drunk in every gutter in town, 1990. According to the IMDB.
-- Nick Nolte, actor, after Katherine Hepburn accused him of falling down drunk in every gutter in town, 1990. According to the IMDB.
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'My mother opened the heavy [stage] door quite easily. I stepped inside and stood still. I was overcome with the emotion that here was hallowed ground . . . It came over me that I was looking at the stage and backstage of a cathedral, a temple, a mosque, a mother church . . . Of course, at that moment, I hadn't seen any live shows yet. At that time, I wanted only to kiss the floorboards . . . But how did I know they [legit stages] were really churches?"
-- Carol Channing, actress, in her new memoir Just Lucky I Guess.
-- Carol Channing, actress, in her new memoir Just Lucky I Guess.
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"Six ways to make people like you:
1) Become genuinely interested in other people.
2) Smile.
3) Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4) Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5) Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
6) Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely."
-- Dale Carnegie
1) Become genuinely interested in other people.
2) Smile.
3) Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4) Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5) Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
6) Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely."
-- Dale Carnegie
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"The universe is sending you the right everything. You won't realize this until you fully show up in the situation the way it is. In other words, whatever the circumstance, if you assume that the circumstance is perfect, then you live fully within that circumstance. How can I be the best I can be within the circumstance that is already?."
-- Marianne Williamson
-- Marianne Williamson
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"Dear God, I surrender this situation to you. May it be used for your purposes. I ask only that my heart be open to give love and to receive love. May all the results unfold according to your will. Amen.” Whatever you do, do it for God.
We are strong enough to do any job He asks us to do. Don’t be concerned about your own readiness, says the Course, but be consistently aware of His. It is not you doing the work, but the spirit who is within you. Forgetting this causes fear. A Course in Miracles says that the presence of fear is a sure sign we’re trusting in our own strength. “If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious and fearful.” Of ourselves, none of us have the capacity to work miracles. With ‘the power that is in us but not of us,’ however, there is nothing we can not do."
-- Marianne Williamson, Return to Love
We are strong enough to do any job He asks us to do. Don’t be concerned about your own readiness, says the Course, but be consistently aware of His. It is not you doing the work, but the spirit who is within you. Forgetting this causes fear. A Course in Miracles says that the presence of fear is a sure sign we’re trusting in our own strength. “If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious and fearful.” Of ourselves, none of us have the capacity to work miracles. With ‘the power that is in us but not of us,’ however, there is nothing we can not do."
-- Marianne Williamson, Return to Love
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"When you’re a child you’re not asked to think about future generations. When you’re a child you’re not asked to take care of the earth. When you’re a child you’re not asked to take responsibility for the planet on which we live. As an adult you must. But what happens in our society too often is we don’t bother to ever tell people that from now on it’s your job to be responsible for future generations. From now on it’s your job to take care of the earth. From now on it’s your job to be responsible."
-- Marianne Williamson
-- Marianne Williamson
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'I am very upset that the Defense Department and the administration have not provided the facilities for the American people to know what their troops are doing in Afghanistan. It's been a total news blackout. We are not allowed to accompany troops into action, and this is a denial of the free speech and free press to which we're entitled - particularly when it's a matter of reporting our boys and girls going into action, endangering their lives to protect our democracy. We are entitled to know what they're putting up with and how they are performing."
-- Walter Cronkite, to Liz Smith, syndicated columnist in today's editions.
-- Walter Cronkite, to Liz Smith, syndicated columnist in today's editions.
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"It is not half so important to know as to feel... Once the emotions have been aroused - a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and the unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration, or love-then we wish for knowledge about the object of our emotional response."
-- Rachel Carson, biologist
-- Rachel Carson, biologist
20020823
"There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn't think what the repercussions would be."
-- Matthew Perry, actor, to Dana Kennedy in The New York Times. August 23, 2002.
"If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it."
-- Matthew Perry , actor, ibid.
"I didn't get sober because I felt like it, I got sober because I was worried I was going to die the next day."
-- Matthew Perry, actor, ibid.
-- Matthew Perry, actor, to Dana Kennedy in The New York Times. August 23, 2002.
"If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it."
-- Matthew Perry , actor, ibid.
"I didn't get sober because I felt like it, I got sober because I was worried I was going to die the next day."
-- Matthew Perry, actor, ibid.
"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
-- Margaret Young
-- Margaret Young
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"Look for your own... Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write as well as you. Care for nothing in yourself but what you feel exists nowhere else-and out of yourself create, impatiently…the most irreplaceable of beings."
-- Andre Gide, novelist.
-- Andre Gide, novelist.
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"But none of these lessons mean anything if parents are not sufficiently involved. Much has to be asked of schools, but much must also be asked of parents. Politicians hesitate to raise the specter of absentee parents for fear of being accused of using the parents as scapegoats. But homes that value learning will also nurture children who are avid students. Similarly, schools in which parents are more involved tend to have students who perform better on tests."
-- Harold O. Levy, former Chancellor of the former New York City Board of Education, in an op-ed piece in The New York Times, August 21, 2002.
-- Harold O. Levy, former Chancellor of the former New York City Board of Education, in an op-ed piece in The New York Times, August 21, 2002.
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"We are often so hurt by what happened in the past that we are afraid to allow the present to just be. We project onto someone now standing in front of us the mistakes of someone we haven't seen for years. We falsely believe that judging someone now will somehow give us more power or control over our destiny. The opposite of course is true, because judgment is the death of enchantment. And if we're living in judgment, then we are bound to be judged!"
-- Marianne Williamson, Enchanted Love
-- Marianne Williamson, Enchanted Love
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"Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth."
-- Thomas Jefferson, from Notes on Virginia.
-- Thomas Jefferson, from Notes on Virginia.
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I can remember the first time I had to go to sleep.
Mom said, "Steven, time to go to sleep."
I said, "But I don't know how."
She said, "It's real easy. Just go down to the end of tired and hang a left."
So I went down to the end of tired, and just out of curiosity I hung a right.
My mother was there, and she said "I thought I told you to go to sleep."
-- Steven Wright
"Laugh and the world laughs with you;
snore and you sleep alone."
-- Anthony Burgess
Mom said, "Steven, time to go to sleep."
I said, "But I don't know how."
She said, "It's real easy. Just go down to the end of tired and hang a left."
So I went down to the end of tired, and just out of curiosity I hung a right.
My mother was there, and she said "I thought I told you to go to sleep."
-- Steven Wright
"Laugh and the world laughs with you;
snore and you sleep alone."
-- Anthony Burgess
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"I have always been possessed by obsessive thoughts that I can't get rid of unless I act them out." So says my Cancerian friend Andrew, a conceptual artist. "Luckily for me," he continues, "in recent years I've retrained myself to feed on creative obsessions that inspire my art rather than on worried, petty obsessions that disrupt my life. I'd be an obnoxious lunatic if I didn't have my work to serve as an outlet for my relentless fantasy life." This is an excellent approach for most Cancerians to emulate all the time, but it's especially apropos these days. Your imagination is even more fertile and active than usual; it'll drive you crazy unless you channel it towards a noble goal."
-- Robert Brezny, astrologer and author of the column, Real Astrology.
-- Robert Brezny, astrologer and author of the column, Real Astrology.
20020806
"When in this world the headlines read
Of those whose hearts are filled with greed
Who rob and steal from those who need
To right this wrong with blinding speed
Goes Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!
Speed of lightning, roar of thunder
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog. Underdog!"
-- Underdog, the TV theme song.
Of those whose hearts are filled with greed
Who rob and steal from those who need
To right this wrong with blinding speed
Goes Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!
Speed of lightning, roar of thunder
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog. Underdog!"
-- Underdog, the TV theme song.
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"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction."
-- Bessie Anderson Stanley, Brown Book Magazine, Boston. 1904
-- Bessie Anderson Stanley, Brown Book Magazine, Boston. 1904
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"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall..."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"An eye for eye makes the whole world blind..."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"Hatred can be overcome only by love."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"An eye for eye makes the whole world blind..."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"Hatred can be overcome only by love."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
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"Usually we figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn’t circumstance-dependent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren’t. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy."
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love
-- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love
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"When I saw Manhattan, I wanted it..."
-- Quentin Crisp, The Slow Trip to Paradise
"Those who are not hopeless are worried that one day their lives will end. And, if you live long enough, of course, you long for it to end. That's been my desire in recent times. I only hope to become extinct. But before all that, you must try everything. Have children. Behave in such a way that monuments are built to you. Rule the world! Have streets and theaters named after you. Write your autobiography. These are ways to stay alive."
-- Quentin Crisp, What Does It Mean To Be Human, 1999.
-- Quentin Crisp, The Slow Trip to Paradise
"Those who are not hopeless are worried that one day their lives will end. And, if you live long enough, of course, you long for it to end. That's been my desire in recent times. I only hope to become extinct. But before all that, you must try everything. Have children. Behave in such a way that monuments are built to you. Rule the world! Have streets and theaters named after you. Write your autobiography. These are ways to stay alive."
-- Quentin Crisp, What Does It Mean To Be Human, 1999.
20020712
""We know that she'll be lively, alert, friendly, outgoing and HIV-positive. She'll be healthy, not sickly... We want to show children that it's okay to touch an HIV-positive person, okay to hug, that a person can still be a constructive part of the community."
-- Joel Schneider, vice president of Sesame Workshop, on the creation of an HIV+ Muppet for Sesame Street in South Africa, as quoted by Ananova.
-- Joel Schneider, vice president of Sesame Workshop, on the creation of an HIV+ Muppet for Sesame Street in South Africa, as quoted by Ananova.
20020711
"With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival?...Even if he is still in the world, bin Ladenism has left for good. Mr. bin Laden was the public face of a brand of politics that committed suicide in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands of innocent people in the process."
-- Amir Taheri, in an op-ed piece in today's New York Times.
-- Amir Taheri, in an op-ed piece in today's New York Times.
"I'm amused when I hear people speak of Ronald Reagan with such reverence as this towering figure in history. When I knew him, he was a very ordinary guy whose biggest talent was his ability to read from a TelePrompTer. He looked good and articulate in front of the camera, but I couldn't see any substance behind that image."
-- Richard Widmark, Actor, as quoted by Liz Smith in her syndicated column.
-- Richard Widmark, Actor, as quoted by Liz Smith in her syndicated column.
20020710
"Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible."
-- Dr. Karl Menninger
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."
-- Garrison Keillor
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
-- Jules de Gaultier
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs."
-- Lily Tomlin
-- Dr. Karl Menninger
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."
-- Garrison Keillor
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
-- Jules de Gaultier
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs."
-- Lily Tomlin
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"So we're left with a system that is fine for turning out bicycle messengers, and absolutely terrific at preparing kids for Rikers Island. It's great to have a governor that cares about standards."
-- Bob Herbert, in The New York Times, July, 1, 2002, Editorial on the state of the New York City public school system.
-- Bob Herbert, in The New York Times, July, 1, 2002, Editorial on the state of the New York City public school system.
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"If you want to do easy things where you can't fail and don't run any risks, I think the satisfaction and contribution are low. If you want to take on things that everybody says are impossible but everybody agrees we desperately need, that's the great challenge."
-- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, on taking over the NYC school system.
-- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, on taking over the NYC school system.
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"Certain things should just stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone."
- Holden Caulfield from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddamn cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you are dead? Nobody."
- Holden Caulfield from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"I figured that I could get a job at a filling station somewhere, putting gas and oil in people's cars. I didn't care what kind of job it was, though. Just so people didn't know me and I didn't know anybody. I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversation with anybody. If anybody wanted to tell me something, they'd have to write it on a piece of paper and shove it over to me. They'd get bored as hell doing that after a while, and then I'd be through with having conversations for the rest of my life. Everybody'd think I was just a poor deaf-mute bastard and they'd leave me alone . . . I'd cook all my own food, and later on, if I wanted to get married or something, I'd meet this beautiful girl that was also a deaf-mute and we'd getmarried. She'd come and live in my cabin with me, and if she wanted to say anything to me, she'd have to write it on a piece of paper, like everybody else"
-- Holden Caulfield from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
- Holden Caulfield from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddamn cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you are dead? Nobody."
- Holden Caulfield from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"I figured that I could get a job at a filling station somewhere, putting gas and oil in people's cars. I didn't care what kind of job it was, though. Just so people didn't know me and I didn't know anybody. I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversation with anybody. If anybody wanted to tell me something, they'd have to write it on a piece of paper and shove it over to me. They'd get bored as hell doing that after a while, and then I'd be through with having conversations for the rest of my life. Everybody'd think I was just a poor deaf-mute bastard and they'd leave me alone . . . I'd cook all my own food, and later on, if I wanted to get married or something, I'd meet this beautiful girl that was also a deaf-mute and we'd getmarried. She'd come and live in my cabin with me, and if she wanted to say anything to me, she'd have to write it on a piece of paper, like everybody else"
-- Holden Caulfield from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
20020403
"Only in New York does pizza reach your house before an ambulance . . . are banks' doors open, while counter-top pens are bolted . . . do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and diet soda . . . must invalids walk to the back of a drugstore for prescriptions, while unsick folk get cigarettes up front . . . do we screen calls with answering machines but have call waiting, so we don't miss hearing from someone we wouldn't talk to in the first place."
--Sy Presten
--Sy Presten
20020329
'I don't see people who are nasty or read nasty things. This makes me more tranquil"
-- Brooke Astor on her 100th Birthday tomorrow.
"I know many of my husband's ex-girlfriends who will agree that if every man was was as good in bed as David, there would be a lot of happy women in the world,"
-- Liza Minnelli
"If Liza was expecting passion with David on their wedding night, believe me, she's still waiting."
-- Ruth Warrick , as quoted in The Globe.
"We moved in together one week after we met, that says it all."
-- Liza Minnelli
"I know who I am. That's the important thing. She knows who she is, and we're so in love we've got our own world."
-- David Gest
"Ruth Warrick is trying to capitalize on the attention of our wedding"... "It is unfortunate that an 86-year-old woman, like Ruth Warrick, can think that a friendship is more than just that. Ruth Warrick is old enough to be David's grandmother."
-- Liza Minnelli, as told to Page Six.
"It's all a big mistake. I never should have said it"... "I feel very badly about it. I guess I was a little giddy. I feel terrible to rain on their parade."
--Ruth Warrick, as told to Page Six.
-- Brooke Astor on her 100th Birthday tomorrow.
"I know many of my husband's ex-girlfriends who will agree that if every man was was as good in bed as David, there would be a lot of happy women in the world,"
-- Liza Minnelli
"If Liza was expecting passion with David on their wedding night, believe me, she's still waiting."
-- Ruth Warrick , as quoted in The Globe.
"We moved in together one week after we met, that says it all."
-- Liza Minnelli
"I know who I am. That's the important thing. She knows who she is, and we're so in love we've got our own world."
-- David Gest
"Ruth Warrick is trying to capitalize on the attention of our wedding"... "It is unfortunate that an 86-year-old woman, like Ruth Warrick, can think that a friendship is more than just that. Ruth Warrick is old enough to be David's grandmother."
-- Liza Minnelli, as told to Page Six.
"It's all a big mistake. I never should have said it"... "I feel very badly about it. I guess I was a little giddy. I feel terrible to rain on their parade."
--Ruth Warrick, as told to Page Six.
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"There was no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse."
-- Quentin Crisp
"An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last chapter missing."
-- Quentin Crisp
"Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?"
--Quentin Crisp
-- Quentin Crisp
"An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last chapter missing."
-- Quentin Crisp
"Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?"
--Quentin Crisp
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"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.
-- Denis Leary
-- Denis Leary
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"Things to Do Today: See List of Things to Do Yesterday"
-- Pat Fowler, post-it note in her kitchen
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.
-- Milton Berle
"The key to managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided."
-- Casey Stengel
"A career is a job that has gone on too long."
-- Jeff Macnelly
"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
"Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity."
-- Philip Butler
"Life is one long process of getting tired."
-- Samuel Butler
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
-- Danny Kaye
-- Pat Fowler, post-it note in her kitchen
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.
-- Milton Berle
"The key to managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided."
-- Casey Stengel
"A career is a job that has gone on too long."
-- Jeff Macnelly
"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
"Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity."
-- Philip Butler
"Life is one long process of getting tired."
-- Samuel Butler
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
-- Danny Kaye
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"Isn't this an unusual conversation for men who aren't crazy?"
-- Larry Contratti quoting Renfield (played by Dwight Frye) in Dracula, Universal Studios, 1931
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
-- Winston Churchill
"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down."
-- Wilson Mizner
"Always do right. It will gratify some and astonish the rest."
-- Mark Twain
-- Larry Contratti quoting Renfield (played by Dwight Frye) in Dracula, Universal Studios, 1931
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
-- Winston Churchill
"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down."
-- Wilson Mizner
"Always do right. It will gratify some and astonish the rest."
-- Mark Twain
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'I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."
-- Samuel Goldwyn
"The chief danger in life is that you may take too may precautions."
-- Alfred Adler
"All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it."
-- Samuel Butler
"It's easier to ride the horse in the direction it's going"
-- Werner Erhard
"My dear sir, the bigger the humbug, the better the people will like it."
-- Phineas T. Barnum
-- Samuel Goldwyn
"The chief danger in life is that you may take too may precautions."
-- Alfred Adler
"All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it."
-- Samuel Butler
"It's easier to ride the horse in the direction it's going"
-- Werner Erhard
"My dear sir, the bigger the humbug, the better the people will like it."
-- Phineas T. Barnum
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"I laugh to keep from weeping..."
-- Nicolas Coppola
"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway."
-- Steven Coallier
"Order is for idiots, genius can handle chaos."
-- Unknown
"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."
-- Joe Ancis
"The day begins the night before..."
-- Shari Lewis
-- Nicolas Coppola
"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway."
-- Steven Coallier
"Order is for idiots, genius can handle chaos."
-- Unknown
"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."
-- Joe Ancis
"The day begins the night before..."
-- Shari Lewis
20020217
Following are from The Wizard of Oz, MGM, 1939
"You have no power here! Begone with you!"
-- Glinda
"Come along Dorothy.....we don't want any of those apples."
-- ScareCrow
"If you don't like my apples, Dont shake my tree!"
-- Apple Tree
"Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?"
-- Apple Tree
"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking."
-- ScareCrow
"My! People have a way of coming and going so quickly here!"
-- Dorothy
"You people should consider yourselves lucky that I'm granting you an audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now."
-- The Wizard
"Can you even dye my eyes to match my gown?"
-- Dorothy
"Who ever thought a little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?"
-- Wicked Witch
"You have no power here! Begone with you!"
-- Glinda
"Come along Dorothy.....we don't want any of those apples."
-- ScareCrow
"If you don't like my apples, Dont shake my tree!"
-- Apple Tree
"Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?"
-- Apple Tree
"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking."
-- ScareCrow
"My! People have a way of coming and going so quickly here!"
-- Dorothy
"You people should consider yourselves lucky that I'm granting you an audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now."
-- The Wizard
"Can you even dye my eyes to match my gown?"
-- Dorothy
"Who ever thought a little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?"
-- Wicked Witch
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"We take any situation that we are in - it could be a relationship; it could be a family or it could be a work place. And, we recognize that our purpose for being in the situation is that we might be used by God to work miracles."
-- Marianne Williamson from her lecture of 02/10/02, Community - A Joining Of Spirit
-- Marianne Williamson from her lecture of 02/10/02, Community - A Joining Of Spirit
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"The puppets are not enough! I don't want to spend my life crawling along the back roads of every second-rate country in Europe making dolls dance!... I've got to find a reason for living on this earth! Something to want, something to be...somehow to say...I am me!
-- Paul Berthalet (played by Brian Stokes Mitchell), Carnival (Feb. 10, 2002, City Center Encores!, NY)
-- Paul Berthalet (played by Brian Stokes Mitchell), Carnival (Feb. 10, 2002, City Center Encores!, NY)
20020209
"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake:
eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
for a charm of pow'rful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
-- Second Witch, "Macbeth," IV: 1 by William Shakespeare
In the cauldron boil and bake:
eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
for a charm of pow'rful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
-- Second Witch, "Macbeth," IV: 1 by William Shakespeare
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"Cute little fellow. Good piece of wood, too!"
-- Jiminy Cricket (played by Cliff Edwards), in Pinocchio (1940 Walt Disney Prod.)
"Now remember, Pinocchio: Be a good boy... and always let your conscience be your guide."
-- The Blue Fairy (played by Evelyn Venable) in Pinocchio (1940 Walt Disney Prod.)
"I've got no strings
So I have fun
I'm not tied up to anyone
They've got strings
But you can see
There are no strings on me..."
-- Pinocchio (played by Dickie Jones) in Pinocchio (1940 Walt Disney Prod)
-- Jiminy Cricket (played by Cliff Edwards), in Pinocchio (1940 Walt Disney Prod.)
"Now remember, Pinocchio: Be a good boy... and always let your conscience be your guide."
-- The Blue Fairy (played by Evelyn Venable) in Pinocchio (1940 Walt Disney Prod.)
"I've got no strings
So I have fun
I'm not tied up to anyone
They've got strings
But you can see
There are no strings on me..."
-- Pinocchio (played by Dickie Jones) in Pinocchio (1940 Walt Disney Prod)
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"Do you ever get the feeling that there's something going on that we don't know about?"
-- Timothy Fenwick, Jr. (played by Kevin Bacon.), MGM, Diner, 1982.
"Dance like no one is watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like no one is listening, Live like it's heaven on earth."
-- William Purkey
-- Timothy Fenwick, Jr. (played by Kevin Bacon.), MGM, Diner, 1982.
"Dance like no one is watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like no one is listening, Live like it's heaven on earth."
-- William Purkey
20020202
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre."
-- Gail Godwin
"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
-- Mark Twain
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
-- Robert Frost
-- Gail Godwin
"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
-- Mark Twain
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
-- Robert Frost
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"We are witnessing in our day the birth of a new age, with a new structure of freedom and justice.
Now, as we face the fact of this new, emerging world, we must face the responsibilities that come along with it. A new age brings with it new challenges....
First, we are challenged to rise above the narrow confines of our individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. The new world is a world of geographical togetherness. This means that no individual or nation can live alone. We must all learn to live together, or we will be forced to die together.
...Through our scientific genius we have made of the world a neighborhood; now through our moral and spiritual genius we must make of it brotherhood. We are all involved in the single process. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. We are all links in the great chain of humanity. . . We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization."
-- Martin Luther King. Jr.
Now, as we face the fact of this new, emerging world, we must face the responsibilities that come along with it. A new age brings with it new challenges....
First, we are challenged to rise above the narrow confines of our individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. The new world is a world of geographical togetherness. This means that no individual or nation can live alone. We must all learn to live together, or we will be forced to die together.
...Through our scientific genius we have made of the world a neighborhood; now through our moral and spiritual genius we must make of it brotherhood. We are all involved in the single process. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. We are all links in the great chain of humanity. . . We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization."
-- Martin Luther King. Jr.
"Too bad ignorance isn't painful."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Welcome to New York City... the home of everything important!"
-- Sign outside a bar on Ninth Avenue and 51st St, NYC
"For those of you who made New Years Resolutions... Would you please consider Dieting?"
-- Sign outside a bar on Ninth Avenue and 51st St, January 15th, 2002 NYC
"I'd rather live as though there's a God, and die to find out there isnt, than to live as though there isnt and die to find out there is"
-- Unknown
"What other people say about me, is none of my business."
--Unknown
"I am the spirit that negates!"
--Mephistopholes
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Welcome to New York City... the home of everything important!"
-- Sign outside a bar on Ninth Avenue and 51st St, NYC
"For those of you who made New Years Resolutions... Would you please consider Dieting?"
-- Sign outside a bar on Ninth Avenue and 51st St, January 15th, 2002 NYC
"I'd rather live as though there's a God, and die to find out there isnt, than to live as though there isnt and die to find out there is"
-- Unknown
"What other people say about me, is none of my business."
--Unknown
"I am the spirit that negates!"
--Mephistopholes
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