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Join the bold, the brazen, the unintimidated. Join not having excuses. Join the idea that fun is the source of all joy. Join the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome. Join your gut. Join the constant challenge of seeking greatness. Join play. Join the hunger to find what makes you happy. Join karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you... Bode Miller
At this command, to Rose's great dismay, six more hands were offered, and it was evident that she was expected to shake them all. Louisa May Alcott
To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. Dan Brown
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, are transitory and will soon disappear. When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something last longer than we do. Herman Hesse
Everybody knows the thing about an infinite number of monkeys," Fenig said. "An infinite number of monkeys is put to work at an infinite number of typewriters and eventually one of them reproduces a great work of literature. In what language I don't know. But what about an infinite number of writers in an infinite number of cages? Would they make on monkey sound? One genuine chimp noise? Would they eventually swing by their toes from an infinite number of monkey bars? Would they shit monkey... Don DeLillo
Dirt is a great respecter of persons; it lets you alone when you are well dressed, but as soon as your collar is gone it flies towards you from all directions. George Orwell
Joy said she hadn't really understood the meaning of life until Tyffanie had come along, but now she understood it perfectly. Well, great, I felt like saying. Make sure you share the news with Plato and Kierkegaard and all those other philosophers who'd banged their heads against the wall, trying to figure things out. Wally Lamb
In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Sarah Vowell
You are fond of history! And so are Mr. Allen and my father; and I have two brothers who do not dislike it. So many instances within my small circle of friends is remarkable! At this rate, I shall not pity the writers of history any longer. If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck... Jane Austen
Alfred Jarry quote: "It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol..."
It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom Alfred Jarry
Dr. Seuss quote: "I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here..."
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights. Dr. Seuss
If I have succeeded at all in giving the complicated impression that Strickland made on me, it will not seem outrageous to say that I felt he was at once too great and too small for love. W. Somerset Maugham
Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charles Spurgeon quote: "The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil..."
The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God. Charles Spurgeon
Mortimer Adler quote: "The truly great books are the few books that are over..."
The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time. Mortimer Adler

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