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Somes bastards, some aint. From Kerouac's On The Road.
"I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I dont know what to feed it." Ramblings of a retired senile mind.
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"I fear the day when technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".
- Albert Einstein
We fade away, but vivid in our eyes
A world is born again that never dies.
- My Home by Clive James
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"The blood runs down the shower and the money runs into the box-office and were all a little sicker in our sick world." - Arch Oboler's comment on slasher movies.
"I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I dont know what to feed it." Ramblings of a retired senile mind.
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"Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of Holy Ground to the next. Is he never wrong?"

JD Salinger
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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

Mark Twain
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"The Princeton campus was quiet and beautiful in the falling snow, and the carol singers in the distance added a touch to the Christmas Eve scene. I was walking my dog when I met the carolers going into the garden entrance of Dr. Albert Einstein's home. One of the little boys started to sing "Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still I see thee lie," and the others took it up. The front door suddenly opened and Dr. Einstein stood there for a moment. Then he turned back into the house and re-appeared with his violin. Without a word he started to play with the singers - each verse through the hymn ... and then, without a word to break the spell, the young people turned away silently, and Dr. Einstein slowly closed the door on the snowy scene. It was a Christmas to remember." -Evelyn Woods Ulyat
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"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
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The mother of all deception is when the mutineer thinks that he can destroy his teacher and father. Dag Heward-Mills
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"Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses."

James Baldwin (1924–1987), U.S. author. repr. in Notes of a Native Son, pt. 2 (1955). "Stranger in the Village," Harper's (New York, Oct. 1953).
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A day without laughter is a day wasted.....Charlie Chaplin
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

Steve Jobs - "The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs," 2001;
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I hear or read a lot of quotes I like, but I forget them. Heres one of my favorites, I may have put it on here before, dont remember for sure.

Dont sweat the small stuff, but dont sweat the big stuff either - Duke Ellington
"I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I dont know what to feed it." Ramblings of a retired senile mind.
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B, we have google. Feel free to use it. It's a good research method. I remember reading something I forgot so I just type in the name of the person or a random word and the quote comes up with the accurate source. Keep posting please. I like this page a lot.

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Here is a few to mull over ....

1 Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!

2 Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them

3 Always read books that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it

4 Drive carefully - it's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker
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- My Home by Clive James
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The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. I don't know who said it.
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