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Be Yourself

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:57:54 +0100

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss

Life

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:47:53 +0100

Every man dies. Not every man really lives. William Wallace
Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. CS Lewis
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twai
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Mark Twain
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. Mark Twain
Don't let schooling interfere with your education. Mark Twain

Portion of Alice Ripley 2009 Tony Acceptance Speech

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:05:05 +0100

"There's a quote in the Kennedy Center by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and it says, 'I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.' And he's talking about art. ... Next to Normal fits the things he was talking about."

Random

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:15:17 +0100

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Bertolt Brecht

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In dreams begin responsibilities, so wrote the poet. So it is perhaps. Could it be we take our dreams too lightly, those images from places unknown? Could they in fact be angels in flight, our souls aloft? You know, recent experiences have made yours truly take another pass through the metaphysical thickets. As unlikely as it may sound in this rational age, I emerged on the side of those that cannot help but put their faith in that which cannot be easily explained. Be open to your dreams people. Embrace that distant shore. Cause our mortal journey is over all too soon. "Those cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples. The great globe itself. Yea all which you inherit shall dissolve and like this insubstantial pageant faded. Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with asleep.

CHRIS STEVENS (character) NORTHERN EXPOSURE

There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either-or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness. Stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!

CHRIS STEVENS (character) NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Art

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:13:56 +0100

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas Merton

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
Twyla Tharp

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Stephen Sondheim

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
Gustave Flaubert

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Another Alice Quote

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:27:39 +0100

DESTROY LOGIC AND COME ALIVE--Alice Ripley

A Goal

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:56:54 +0100

"No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent" - Eleanor Roosevelt

Post #3

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:33:20 +0100

“Just let me do what you put me here to, Let me be what you want me to be, And I hope it'll cheer you, I'm listening and I think I can hear you.” - I Think I Can Hear You by Carole King

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"Life consists in learning to live on one’s own, spontaneous, freewheeling: to do this one must recognize what is one’s own—be familiar and at home with oneself. This means basically learning who one is, and learning what one has to offer to the contemporary world, and then learning how to make that offering valid."--Thomas Merton
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“If we want to be spiritual, then, let us first of all live our lives. Let us not fear the responsibilities and the inevitable distractions of the work appointed for us by the will of God. Let us embrace reality and thus find ourselves immersed in the life-giving will and wisdom of God which surrounds us everywhere. “ - from Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton
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Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
Soren Kierkegaard
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God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.
Soren Kierkegaard

Post #2

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:54:00 +0100

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. --Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. --Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. --Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. --William Faulkner
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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. --Mark Twain
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. --Mark Twain
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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --Mark Twain
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Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. --Will Rogers
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Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. --Will Rogers
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers
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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. --Will Rogers
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Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling--Madeleine L'Engle
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In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on Him to come.--Madeleine L'Engle
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.--Madeleine L'Engle
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. --Madeleine L'Engle
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. --Madeleine L'Engle
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Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. --Abraham Lincoln
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice--Abraham Lincoln
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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. --Martin Luther
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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. --Martin Luther
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Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart. --Martin Luther
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. --Martin Luther
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Favorite Quotes First Post

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:58:34 +0100

"keep your shirt tucked in, go down with your ship, and never abandon your crew" --Captain Janeway

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"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ~Plato~"

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”~Dr. Seuss

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‎"PEOPLE WANT YOU TO GIVE UP CAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE. VISION STARTS OUT SOLO AND THEN OTHERS SEE WHAT YOU SEE." Alice Ripley

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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.--Victor Hugo

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The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.--Victor Hugo

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Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.--Victor Hugo

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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. --Fyodor Dostoevsky

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If no one loved, the sun would go out--Victor Hugo

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Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused. —African saying

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"Being me has its privileges"--Dumbledore

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They haven't got no noses,

The fallen sons of Eve;

Even the smell of roses

Is not what they supposes;

But more than mind discloses

And more than men believe.

And Quoodle here discloses

All things that Quoodle can,

They haven't got no noses,

And goodness only knowses

The Noselessness of Man.

--from "The Song of Quoodle" by GK Chesterton.

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"There's coffee in that nebula"--Captain Janeway

"It's not fair!"

"You say that so often. I wonder what you use for comparison."

Labyrinth

"People are being particularly stupid today. I can't talk to any more of them"--Michel from Gilmore Girls

"Honey, mustn't be blue, it's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do"--Sunday in the Park with George

"All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost"

--Tolkien

"Connect, George, Connect"--Sunday in the Park with George