“Nobody’s perfect. Which is another way of saying there’s no escape from this world.” — Billie Holiday in Crazy They Call Me
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Quote of the Day – Leonardo da Vinci
“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.” ~~ Leonardo da Vinci
My for what’s it worth ruminations: I feel like most of the time I am solidly in class 2. I have had rare epiphanies that boosted me to class 1… briefly. While I have more than a few blind spots, hopefully I am not too firmly anchored in class 3 by those. But I am reminded of a philosophy that more than a few folks have espoused to me, “it is better to go through life with blinders on.” Perhaps.
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Quote of the Day – Søren Kierkegaard
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ~~ Søren Kierkegaard
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Quote of the Day — Plato
“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” ~~ Plato
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Quote of the Day – E. M. Forster
“I do not believe in Belief. But this is an Age of Faith, and there are so many militant creeds that, in self defence, one has to formulate a creed of one’s own. Tolerance, good temper and sympathy are no longer enough in a world where ignorance rules, and Science, which ought to have ruled, plays the pimp. Tolerance, good temper and sympathy – they are what matter really, and if the human race is not to collapse they must come to the front before long.” ~~ E. M. Forster
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Quote of the Day — Albert Einstein
“It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one’s balance.” ~~ Albert Einstein
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Quote of the Day — Zsa Zsa Gabor
“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.” ~~ Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Quote of the Day — Mark Twain
“The funniest things are the forbidden” ~~ Mark Twain
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Quote of the Day – Ernest Hemingway
“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.” ~~ Ernest Hemingway
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Quote of the Day — Octavia Butler
When vision fails
Direction is lost.
When direction is lost
Purpose may be forgotten.
When purpose is forgotten
Emotion rules alone.
When emotion rules alone,
Destruction… destruction.
~~ Octavia Butler
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