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Governing
“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.” — Golda Meir #FavoriteQuotes
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Mar 13, 20231 min read


A Little Death
“To accept a little death is worse than death itself.” ~ Dune by Frank Herbert #FavoriteQuotes
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Idealism
"Why did they devise censorship? To show a world which doesn't exist, an ideal world, or what they envisaged as the ideal world. And we...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
Boobs & Bigots
“Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always be the last resort of the boob and...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read


Undeserved Dignity
“Let none presume to wear an undeservèd dignity. Oh, that estates, degrees and offices were not derived corruptly, and that clear honor...
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Feb 13, 20231 min read


Something's Missing
"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing." ~ the character Guy Montag from Fahrenheit 451, Ray...
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Jan 30, 20231 min read


Extreme
"The issues that are present in the climate crisis are varied and it requires us to be present and to be in front of each of the...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


Want & Envy
“It was odd, indeed, to argue for what he knew was not true, but his role was not to advocate for what would resolve man’s problems; his...
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Jan 16, 20231 min read


Abundance
"DR. FRANKENFURTER: Loyalty such as yours shall not go unrewarded. You will find that when the mood strikes me, I can be quite generous....
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Jan 9, 20231 min read


Do Something
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new...
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Jan 2, 20231 min read
The Wanderers
“Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” ~ Charles Dickens #FavoriteQuotes
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Dec 26, 20221 min read


Misfit
“Why am I such a misfit?” - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #FavoriteQuotes
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Dec 19, 20221 min read


Humbug
“Bah, humbug!” Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” (1843) by Charles Dickens. #FavoriteQuotes
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Dec 12, 20221 min read


Apocalypse
"The hugest changes were the ones that could not be seen -- that's where the real apocalypse lay: in people's hearts, their souls, their...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read


Every Rose
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." — Alphonse Karr
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Nov 21, 20221 min read
Concealment
"Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed." ~Dwight...
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Nov 14, 20221 min read


Writing
"As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything."...
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Nov 7, 20221 min read


Hell is Empty
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ~ William Shakespeare, The Tempest #FavoriteQuotes
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Oct 31, 20221 min read


To Serve Humanity
“ . . . I used to think I was serving humanity…and I pleasured myself in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be...
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Oct 24, 20221 min read


Desire
“Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man's mad desire become his god?” ― Virgil, The Aeneid #FavoriteQuotes
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Sep 26, 20221 min read
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