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Emerson quotes
The great American Transcendalist, poet and essayist.
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As we grow old....
" As we grow old..... the beauty steals steals inward."
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On quotations
" I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
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your wagon
Hitch your wagon to s star.
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cascadejames 08-Nov-09, 20:45
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A man is . . .
A man is what he thinks about all day long. Ralph Waldo Emerson James Lee Burke expressed the dark side of this idea when he had his character Dave Robicheaux realize that his mind has spent too much time in bad places lately.
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Words are alive....
"Words are alive; cut them and they bleed"
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cascadejames 09-Nov-09, 21:24
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a famous but often misquoted line.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesman and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do."
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cascadejames 09-Nov-09, 21:25
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One key to a meaningful life.
"Make yourself necessary to someone."
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cascadejames 10-Nov-09, 21:40
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security check
"The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons."
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cascadejames 11-Nov-09, 19:51
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Actions speak louder than words
"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. "
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cascadejames 15-Nov-09, 20:56
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Finish each day
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
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cascadejames 19-Nov-09, 21:15
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Beauty
"Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."
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