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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #22

December 17th, 2007 by mpottle

There is nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals.
-Ken Blanchard

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“How do you make a life?…” #1

December 9th, 2007 by mpottle

How do you make a life? Put one foot in front of the other. Make some choices. Take some chances.
-Ellen Goodman
Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case [...]

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You and Other Human Souls #4

December 8th, 2007 by mpottle

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him [or her] down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise thought.
-Marion Anderson

Like carrying a grudge or hating someone, keeping another person down does you harm, too-sometimes more harm than you are doing [...]

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #66

December 11th, 2007 by mpottle

If you don’t get everything you want, think of all the things you don’t get that you don’t want.
-Oscar Wilde

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #57

December 12th, 2007 by mpottle

People forget how fast you did a job-but they’ll remember how well you did it.
-Howard W. Newton

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #6

December 13th, 2007 by mpottle

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
-Bill Cosby

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You and Other Human Souls #6

December 8th, 2007 by mpottle

In flight between you and the world, back the world.
-Franz Kafka

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Trees and Flowing Water #1

December 9th, 2007 by mpottle

He who plants trees loves others besides himself.
-English proverb
Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. 
-Karle Wilson Baker

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #86

December 16th, 2007 by mpottle

So long as there’s a bit of a laugh going, things are alright. As soon as this infernal seriousness, like a greasy sea, heaves up, everything is lost.
-D. H. Lawrence

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #97

December 13th, 2007 by mpottle

Go ahead with your life, your plans, your preparation, as fully as you can. Don’t waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started.
-Richard L. Evans

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