"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of the stretch."

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Source : Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume”, p.270

Augustus Hare

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“If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.”
“Having Plan B is good. But if your obsessed with Plan A, u'll never need backup. Become Obsessed with ur goals, ur focus will bring results.”
“In projecting the future, I think Apple did a good job of figuring out when the technology was ready to be consumer-grade.”

Source : "Android Chief Says Your Phone Should Not Be Your Assistant" by Ina Fried, allthingsd.com. October 19, 2011.
“There's something peculiar about artists. They have ups and downs... After a while everything you do is just wonderful... then you slide back. If you're a good artist you're going to go down. And then it's up to you.”
“Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future.”
“All my life I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic.”

Source : "Lutheran Minister Prodding U.S. Catholics to Lead Christian Revitalization" by Peter Steinfels, www.nytimes.com. 1988.
“Gary Burnetts office is shelved with theological books, guitars fill the floor, and the drawers are crammed with CDs. In The Gospel According to the Blues, Gary brings his vocation as a New Testament teacher together with his passion for the blues and gives the reader scholarly knowledge and wise insight.”
“The money footballers earn today is incredulous”

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