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“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’
The ‘democracy gap’ in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the ‘least worst’ every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the ‘least worst’ gets worse.
Everyone is Cute to Someone
12 Feb“You know when you see a gorgeous boy on the street and you say to your friend, “Look at him!” and then your friend makes a face like, ugly? We all have such totally varied tastes that someone is going to look at you and think, yum-yum dee-lish, no matter what you think you look like. You just have to learn to see what they see. ” ** Cecily von Ziegesar
Step Out, Take a Chance
8 Feb“But a planet can also become dark because of “too strong a desire for security … the greatest evil there is.” Meg resists her father’s analysis. What’s wrong with wanting to be safe? Mr. Murry insists that “lust for security” forces false choices and a panicked search for safety and conformity. This reminded me that my grandmother would get very annoyed when anyone would talk about “the power of love.” Love, she insisted, is not power, which she considered always coercive. To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”
** A Wrinkle in Time
Troubled Times Breeds Both Honor and Cowardice ~ Which Will You Be? #Quotes
1 Feb“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’
‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.”
**George RR Martin
Honor the Virtuous First – Then Save the Bad
30 Aug“Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him too easily that has transgressed is to wrong him that transgresses not.”
~ Baldassarre Castiglione
What’s Your Design?
4 JulLife is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
~ Danny Kaye
#Quotes ~ Never Stop Re-Thinking the Answer
5 Mar“Once you’ve decided that something’s absolutely true, you’ve closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn’t go anywhere. Question everything. That’s what education’s all about.”
*David Eddings
Wanting and being Wanted
8 DecLove is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
**Robert Frost
Make Voting Work – Vote, But Only Once
10 OctThe ‘democracy gap’ in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the ‘least worst’ every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the ‘least worst’ gets worse.
**Ralph Nader
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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