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Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

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Robert Fitzgerald quote: "I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin."
I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin. Robert Fitzgerald
But if you didn't have more urgent things to do after supper [in boot camp], you could write a letter, loaf, gossip, discuss the myriad mental shortcomings of sergeants and, dearest of all, talk about the female of the species (we became convinced that there was no such creatures, just mythology created by inflamed imaginations - one boy in our company claimed to have seen a girl, over at regimental headquarters; he was unanimously judged a liar and a braggart). Robert A. Heinlein
Herman Melville quote: "I try all things, I achieve what I can."
I try all things, I achieve what I can. Herman Melville
William Weaver quote: "Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics."
Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics. William Weaver
The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained. Chuck Mangione
Marianne Moore quote: "The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in..."
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. Marianne Moore
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames. Les Brown
The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately. Barbara Mikulski
Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making oneself better, is an immense copout, an abrogation of responsibility. Derrick Jensen
Zoltan Kodaly quote: "Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows..."
Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child. Zoltan Kodaly
O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him. Plato
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "Life is too short to be little."
Life is too short to be little. Benjamin Disraeli
There is a tradition that jumping off a precipice is prejudicial to the health; and therefore nobody does it. Then appears a progressive prophet and reformer, who points out that we really know nothing about it, because nobody does it. And the tradition is thereby mocked - to the peril of us all. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Michael Ironside quote: "I basically was a precocious little kid."
I basically was a precocious little kid. Michael Ironside
As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again. Josef Albers