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Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.
Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of read more
Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought.
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
If you close your eyes, you could just as well imagine me to be vintage Ali MacGraw, circa 1968.
If you close your eyes, you could just as well imagine me to be vintage Ali MacGraw, circa 1968.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a read more
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?
This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
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This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
But to borrow, or beg, or to get a man's own,
It is the worst world that ever was known.
