As a child I was teased occasionally about how much I read. In my adult life no one teases me about my reading because of how often my “useless” knowledge learned from books comes in …
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Seneca quote on knowledge
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Shakespeare Quote on patience
After living a life of over-indulgence and being stuck inside myself, once I started to make changes for the better and saw how life could be I wanted there faster! However, if you rush through …
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Lucille Clifton on poetry
Even when I can’t write, I can usually write a poem. Poetry describes emotions better than anything but music, little kernels of truth that give you release when read. photo taken at SXSW- Austin, Texas
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Michael Scofield on taking a leap of faith
I’m a non-fiction junkie when it comes to any television I watch, but I make an exception for the Best Worst Soap Opera on TV, Prison Break. So much pathos, people coming back from the …
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Bill Moyers on creativity
Former White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers was a University of Texas at Austin student who wrote for the The Daily Texan there and went on to write fantastic books and host great programming, including the …
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Stephen Sondheim on singing
Sing. It doesn’t matter if you have a good voice or know the words, just sing. It’s free, it’s cathartic, and it heals both body and soul. Benedictine monks said that chanting was good for …
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John Kennedy Toole on when life gets you down
A Confederacy for Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is the kind of classic that every outcast or weirdo has read and identified with; Ignatius, the lead character, sells hot dogs in the French Quarter and is disgusted …
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Charles Bukowski Quote about life
In high school I read the poetry of Charles Bukowski in Love is a Dog From Hell over and over, absorbing how modern it all was, and how he spoke a very frank truth in direct prose. …
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Gertrude Stein Quote
Gertrude Stein wrote this quote about Picasso, but it can be said about all kinds of visionaries. The best way to find out what issues society is dealing with is to see what new plays …
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Sophocles Quote
When people ask what I do instead of drinking these days, I often tell them that I learn. After messing with my brain cells so much, it’s time to be gentle and feed the brain …
