Quote of the Day

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

~Tad Williams

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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

Johann von Goethe

The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist. ~ Laurence Leamer

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A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. ~ Axel Munthe

Meeting someone is something that happens.Attracted is something you are.A relationship is something you have.Love is all you need.Me (with a little help from my friends )

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And lo the whispering wanderer weeps
what whit to whom did my life keep?

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing."

- Albert Schweitzer

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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. - John Wooden
My IMDb page

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. ~ J.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."

- Mae West

We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.

~André Berthiaume, Contretemps

"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality."

- John F. Kennedy

"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed." - Etty Hillesum

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."

- Marilyn Monroe

It's too big a world to be in competition with everyone. The only person who I have to be better than is myself. ~ Colonel Potter (MASH)

Being positive opens up great possibilities.

Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

~William Wordsworth, 1806

"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image, when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."

Anne Lamott


Ironically, I've always assumed he loves everyone I hate. Which would explain some of my newer issues.

"Heresy is another word for freedom of thought."

- Graham Greene

The idea of full dress for preparation for a battle comes not from a belief that it will add to the fighting ability. The preparation is for death, in case that should be the result of conflict. Every Indian wants to look his best when he goes to meet the great Spirit, so the dressing up is done whether in imminent danger is an oncoming battle or a sickness or injury at times of peace. ~ Wooden Leg (Cheyenne)

A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist - Sir Humphrey Appleby, (Yes Minister Season 3 Episode 3) my DVD player, just now.

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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

~Buddha

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice that it always coincides with their own desires. ~ Susan B. Anthony