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Posted on November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”—Julio Cortázar, Argentine-French author, 1914-1984

Posted on August 27, 2024November 18, 2024

“IN QUOTING OTHERS, WE CITE OURSELVES.”—Cortázar

Posted on July 31, 2024July 31, 2024

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.”—Harry S. Truman, U.S. President, 1884-1972

Posted on April 30, 2022

“You who seek an end of love—love will yield to busyness: be busy, and you will be safe.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC–18 AD

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

“Least said, soonest mended.”—Irish proverb

Posted on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

“Be a good animal, true to your instincts.”—D.H. Lawrence, English novelist, 1885-1930

Posted on April 19, 2018

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018

“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”—Mark Twain, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on April 1, 2018April 1, 2018

“No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.”—Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, 1918-2007

Posted on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

“This nation cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”—John F. Kennedy, US President, 1917-1963

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