Inspiration Quote 4: Be Yourself

"Be yourself; everyone else is taken" - Oscar Wilde

Inspiration Quote 3: Live as if You were to Die Tomorrow

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi

Inspiration Quote 2: Start with a Single Step

"Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Chinese proverb

Inspiration Quote 1: Be the Change

Be the change that you wish to see in the world

Thought of the Day 39: Singing Canary

“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.”  - Chinese proverb

A man does sing like a canary when answers were forced out of him.

 

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Thought of the Day 38: To Infinity and Beyond

"The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it."   - Donald Trump

I believe that statement 200%. If not 100 times infinity.

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Thought of the Day 32: Painful Laugh and Cry

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”    - Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Laughing gives me a stomachache.


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Thought of the Day 36: Sound of Emptiness

"Empty vessels make the most noise."    - An old proverb

This is especially true of our stomachs.

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Thought of the Day 33: Literary Disease

"Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print."   - George Orwell


Yes siree bob. We should avoid them like the plague !

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Thought of the Day 37: Sound Question

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"   - A Zen Koan

Sounds like a crazy question.

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Thought of the Day 31: Cause and Cure of a Headache

“A crown is not a cure for a headache.”     - European proverb

It's probably the cause of it, especially if it's heavy.


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Thought of the Day 30: Cat with Gloves

“A cat with gloves catches no mice.”     - English proverb

A cat with gloves is likely to eat supermarket food (and play with mice).

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Thought of the Day 29: Friendly Age

“Count your age by friends, not years.”     - John Lennon

By my friends count, I'm clearly a teenager. I'm virtually over a hundred years old if I count my facebook friends. Oh no, I'm 85 now by fb friends count. Wait, give me 5 minutes...I'm over 100 years old again by fb friends! Woohoo! Eh...I'm getting younger...darn it!


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Thought of the Day 28: Crooked Timber and Straight Closet

"From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing be ever be made."   - Isaiah Berlin

From the straight wooden closet, all manners of humanity can come out.


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Thought of the Day 27: Bread and Rice

"Man shall not live by bread alone."    - Old and New Testament

At least half of them live by rice (while others by maize and taro).


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Thought of the Day 26: Family Tree in the Bushes

"A bird in hand is better than two in the bush."   - English proverb

A Bush presidency in the family will lead to two in the White House.

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