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Wise Words
Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don’t ever forget that. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
the guru doth speaketh
I am currently brewing in Einstein like a PG Tips bag. Just ran across this bit of inspiration which was like a fortune cookie from beyond: The woman who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. … Continue reading
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anglo-american
The reason why I never got on in America: The best way I ever heard it put was by a professor at Cambridge…He said that for Americans, the most important thing is to be sincere and the worst is to … Continue reading
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S.I. Hayakawa on reading
“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot, or will not, read…it is not true we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as … Continue reading
stop the insanity
This Zen Habits post nicely reiterates many of my previously-mentioned thoughts about xmas presents. I particularly like the “What about the kids?” bit, which I struggle with rather often these days, and the response expresses exactly why holiday gift giving … Continue reading
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To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods. Anthony Trollope
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I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really Marilyn Monroe
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That’s better than Sheldon’s tshirt folder. Mr Man re: his magical new tardis suitcase
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The hipster moment did not produce artists, but tattoo artists. It did not yield a great literature, but it made good use of fonts. What Was the Hipster? in NYMag
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