"Christians arenâ€™t making a religious claim when they say Jesus rose from the grave. Theyâ€™re making a historical one; theyâ€™re saying that this thing happened just as surely and really as it happened that Julius Caesar became emperor of Rome. Itâ€™s the kind of claim that can be thought about and investigated; it can be judged,"

-- Greg Gilbert

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“On the Internet, there are an unlimited number of competitors. Anybody with a Flip camera is your competition. What makes it even worse is that YouTube is willing to subsidize the cost of your bandwidth. So anybody can create and distribute for free basically, but the real cost is marketing. And that's always the big cost - how do you stand out and what's the cost of standing out? And there's no limit to that cost.”
“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
“Seven years I worked at the Polish deli. It's a very slow deli. So I sat around a lot on my stool at the cashier. And I'd sign my autograph on all the bags I'd put the milk in. Just everyday, practice my autograph. And the manager of the store would take some of them and tape them against the wall. And he'd say, "Some day, I'm telling you, it will be worth something." And I'm like 13, going, "Really?!" And when I go back there, he still has them on the wall. It's very cute.”
“What pity that Religion and Love, which heighten our relish for the things of both worlds, should ever run the human heart into enthusiasm, superstition, or uncharitableness!”
“Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that Ive had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.”
“A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight.”

Source : Kay Ryan (2007). “Say Uncle: Poems”, p.57, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Just as the setting sun turned the clouds to liquid gold.”
“It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.”

Source : Hugh Prather (2003). “Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions”, p.20, Conari Press

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