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...because where we are is always the most important place.


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True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.



You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.



That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.



After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.



One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.



We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.



I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.



If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.



Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.



Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.





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You have to trust someone before you can have rituals with them.



There’s not really such thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people, there’s just like…humanity. And it gets broken sometimes.

There’s not really such thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people, there’s just like…humanity. And it gets broken sometimes.



People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.



A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent.

A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent.



I was a Fry & Laurie fan, I was a Blackadder fan, I was a House fan and he [ Hugh Laurie]s a pleasure.

I was a Fry & Laurie fan, I was a Blackadder fan, I was a House fan and he [ Hugh Laurie]s a pleasure.



The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.

The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.



Instant-doomsday hyperbole caused the world's attention to focus on the hypothetical threat of global warming to the exclusion of environmental menaces that are real, palpable, and awful right now.

Instant-doomsday hyperbole caused the world's attention to focus on the hypothetical threat of global warming to the exclusion of environmental menaces that are real, palpable, and awful right now.



The likelihood of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says, 'You can't miss it'.

The likelihood of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says, 'You can't miss it'.



You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical to R&B to funk; modern jazz to traditional jazz.

You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical to R&B to funk; modern jazz to traditional jazz.



Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.

Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.




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