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Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)

We pass the word around; we ponder …

15 Feb , 2011  

We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human […]

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Steven Wright

When I have a kid, I wanna put him …

15 Feb , 2011  

When I have a kid, I wanna put him in one of those strollers for twins, then run around the mall looking frantic. Great short quote and quotation by: Steven Wright , US comedian and actor (1955 – )

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When I was fourteen, my father was …

15 Feb , 2011  

When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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Tom Robbins

When she was a small girl, Amanda h…

15 Feb , 2011  

When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, […]

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When you have too much month for yo…

15 Feb , 2011  

When you have too much month for you paycheck, then what you need to do is realize that there is abundance all around you and focus on the abundance and not your lack and as night follows day abundance will come to you. Great short quote and quotation by: Sidney Madwed ,

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Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters, 1952

Where you used to be, there is a ho…

15 Feb , 2011  

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell. Great short quote and quotation by: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters, 1952 , US poet (1892 – 1950)

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Clement Stone

You are a product of your environme…

27 Apr , 2010  

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back Great short quote and quotation by: Clement Stone ,

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Marion Wink, O Magazine, 2003

You can make those promises with ju…

27 Apr , 2010  

You can make those promises with just as much passion the second time around. Such is the regenerative power of the human heart. Great short quote and quotation by: Marion Wink, O Magazine, 2003 ,

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Robert Reich

Your most precious possession is no…

27 Apr , 2010  

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Reich ,

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