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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Sandra Boynton, on chocolate, and Truman Capote, on a delicious city

"Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate." — Sandra Boynton "Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go." —Truman Capote Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Germaine Greer, on pleasure

"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity." —Germaine Greer Sign in to see full entry.

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Interpol, on romance and the cosmos

"I submit my incentive is romance I watch the pole dance of the stars..." Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

George Harrison, on order

I'm a tidy sort of bloke. I don't like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box. —George Harrison Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 4, 2007

Emerson, on aging

"As we grow old...the beauty steal inwards." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

J M Barrie on love

"Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow." —J M Barrie Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Charlie Brown, on a voice from above.

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." —Charlie Brown (Charles Schultz) Sign in to see full entry.

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Nikos Kazantzakis, on perception

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. —Nikos Kazantzakis ("Zorba the Greek," "The Last Temptation of Christ") Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 9, 2007

Molly Ivins, on democracy

"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion." —Molly Ivins Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

I'm intrigued by this quote by Che Guevara

“It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.” —Che Guevara Sign in to see full entry.

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