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Sunday, 2 November
Two thoughts from Hubert Selby, Jr.
“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.”
“Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.”
Monday, 3 November
Two thoughts from Thomas McGuane
“An undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.”
“The trouble is, you can’t properly present something you don’t believe in.”
Tuesday, 4 November
Two thoughts from Tony Horwitz
“Myth is more important than history. History is arbitrary, a collection of facts. Myth we choose, we create, we perpetuate.”
“Even aimless journeys have a purpose.”
Wednesday, 5 November
Two thoughts from Guillermo del Toro
“To learn what we fear is to learn who we are.”
“You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.”
Thursday, 6 November
Two thoughts from Matthew Reilly
“The acquisition of knowledge, the sheer pleasure of finding things out, is the greatest gift in life.”
“We didn’t come this far just to come this far.”
Friday, 7 November
Two thoughts from Richard J. Davidson
“The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.”
“Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.”
Saturday, 8 November
Two thoughts from Bryan Caplan
“Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world.”
“Changing the people you see, changes the way you see people.”
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Dear Jim,
Great quotes! Some of my faves this time:
Hubert Selby, Jr.:
“Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.”
Thomas McGuane:
“An undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.”
Tony Horwitz:
“Myth is more important than history. History is arbitrary, a collection of facts. Myth we choose, we create, we perpetuate.”
“Even aimless journeys have a purpose.”
Guillermo del Toro:
“You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.”
Matthew Reilly:
“The acquisition of knowledge, the sheer pleasure of finding things out, is the greatest gift in life.”
“We didn’t come this far just to come this far.”
Richard J. Davidson:
“The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.”
“Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.”
Bryan Caplan:
“Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world.”
“Changing the people you see, changes the way you see people.”
Really great! Thank you for sharing!
Love
Myq