This is the wisdom that's in such short supply today.donnie wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:25 pm"As we look for new answers in the modern age, I for one prefer the tried and tested recipes, like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view; coming together to seek out the common ground; and never losing sight of the bigger picture."
-Queen Elizabeth II
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"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
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"We long for what we cannot have, yet desire it not so much because it would benefit us, as because it is beyond our reach."
- L. Frank Baum
- L. Frank Baum
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
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Ah, yes. So true. The grass is always greener because it's on the other side.dachshundonstilts wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 6:46 am"We long for what we cannot have, yet desire it not so much because it would benefit us, as because it is beyond our reach."
- L. Frank Baum
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"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"All change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and so gorgeous at the end." --- Robin Sharma
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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That's a good one, and encouraging to remember, which I'm going to try to do.
And the "hard at first" part made me think of this one:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
-Confucius
And the "hard at first" part made me think of this one:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
-Confucius
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"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." --- George Carlin
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Yeah, I think that's probably good advice both ways.
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"You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart. Then people gonna treat you better, you're gonna find, yes you will, that you're beautiful as you feel." -- lyrics from Carole King's Beautiful from her album Tapestry
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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"A year from now you may wish you had started today." --- Karen Lamb
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)