Down Under Quotes

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

H.G. Wells:

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Virginia Woolf:

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 4, 2007

Mark Twain:

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Terry Pratchett:

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

W.H. Auden:

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Charles M. Schulz:

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Salvador Dali:

At the age of six years I wanted to be a chef. At the age of seven I wanted to be Napoleon. My ambitions have continued to grow at the same rate ever since. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 27, 2007

Mark Twain:

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Dalai Lama:

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Woody Allen:

There are worst things than death. If you've ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman, you know exactly what I mean. Sign in to see full entry.

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