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Pwned.

April 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Best movie quote in awhile…

“In my world everyone’s a pony and they eat rainbows and poop butterflies.” -Katie, Horton Hears a Who
It’s amazing how much humor is in kids movies that kids just don’t get haha.

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Quote of the Week #….something

January 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

“Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.”
-Homer Simpson

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Quote of the Week #15

December 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

“Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately it kills all of it’s students.”
-Robin Williams

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Quote of the Week #14

November 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

“All you need is love.   But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
 -Charles M. Shulz (1922-2000)

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Quote of the Week #13

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

“Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don’t understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they’re there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it’s the other side that matters.”
-Jose Saramago (1922-present)

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Quote of the Week #12

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments

“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
-Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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Quote of the Week #11

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

And apparently I do these in pairs now.  I love this one…
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.  I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow them.”
-Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

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Quote of the Week #10

October 6th, 2007 · No Comments

“The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind’s eye.”
-Shana Alexander (1925-2005)

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Quote of the Week #9

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

“To me, the greatest pleasure in writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.”
-Truman Capote (1924-1984)

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Quote of the Week #8

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”
-Pope Paul VI, 1897-1978

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Quote of the Week #7

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.”
-Oscar Wilde

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Quote of the Week #6

September 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

“I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.”
-Brenda Ueland (American feminist and author, 1891-1985)

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Quote of the Week #5

August 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and the lightening bug.”-Mark Twain

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Quote of the Week #4

August 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 “All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other.”
-H.P. Lovecraft (American Author, 1890-1937)

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Quote of the Week #3

August 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do [...]

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Quote of the Week #2

August 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” 
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882) 

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Quote of the Week

July 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Well, I’ve decided to start doing a Quote of the Week here in the blog. Mostly because I love quotes and they take up a massive part of my brain that could be put to something useful, but also because I think everyone should have a few good quotes to pull out of their [...]

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