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"We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour. In other words, we are the hero of our own story."
--Mary McCarthy
'We are the hero of our own story.' The more I think about that, the more profound I find it to be.
Probably my favorite quote would have to be from Albert Einstein when he said:"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
'Draw your chair up close to the edge.. of the precipice and I'll tell you a story'
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Don't nobody else like quotations as much as me??
'Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass'
A.P. Chekhov.
nice one Ruth.
We dance around in a ring and suppose
but the secret sits in the middle and knows.
Robert Frost.
I adore John Prine. I won his first record in some kind of give away about 40 years ago and I was totally hooked.
"Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito."
Jeannette Walls; Half Broke Horses.
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