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First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?
If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.
To be human means to feel inferior.
To be human means to feel inferior.
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a read more
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
