“Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park
“In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A sense of time on our hands, a sense of nothing to do. A sense that we are not amused.”
― Michael Crichton, Timeline
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Reading and travel keeps me amused. Having friends in many countries is the reward.
“The most interesting people you’ll find are ones that don’t fit into your average cardboard box. They’ll make what they need, they’ll make their own boxes,” Dr. Temple Grandin
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edgarblythe wrote:
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." —Ann Landers
...damn you pal...if I forgo that, what admiration is left in the world to look at?
Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.
PJ O' Rourke.
“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer
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My wife proves it every day.
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
Crazy Horse
Native American quote:
From Black Hawk, Sauk
"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."
The last quote, attributed to Crazy Horse, likely was a proverb that predates his lifetime.
@edgarblythe,
I think that's an original.
“The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence.”
― Chris Hedges
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Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs. — African proverb
“Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.”
—Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
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Is that why some politicians say "look at his heart, and not what they say?"
“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.”
― Kahlil Gibran
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
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Many call it "constructive criticism."
@edgarblythe,
So true. A positive outlook helps the self.
