January 2011
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"Here I Stand" by Erica Goldson, a 2010...
There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, “If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take for me to find Zen? The Master thought about this, then replied, “Ten years . .”
The student then said, “But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast — How long then?”...
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“Everything you can imagine is real.”
– Pablo Picasso
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“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t...”
– Maya Angelou
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“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
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“Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God: but...”
– Elizabeth Barret Browning
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“Last week we saw a white Catholic male Republican judge murdered on his way to...”
– Mark Shields of PBS
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“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable,...”
– Sherlock Holmes in “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...”
– Agatha Chrisite
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“”You are wrong if you think that joy only emanates only … from...”
– Jon Krakauer
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“I have always spent most of my time staring out the window, noting what is...”
– Joyce Carol Oates
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“Take a piano: keys begin, keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can...”
– From “The Legend of 1900”