Dr Wingnut

Category: Quotations

  • Fear

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    It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.Seneca

  • Proust

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    Proust describes rounding a bend in the road: he sees a stand of trees he’s seen before, but whether he first saw them in a dream or in the distant real past, he can’t say.  "I watched the trees gradually recede, waving their despairing arms, seeming to say to me: ‘What you fail to learn…

  • Crocodiles love dogs

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    A dog barks nearby.  "Crocodiles love dogs," [Mark] Read [Biologist, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service] tells me.  "To crocs their barking is like the jingle of an ice-cream truck to a child."Smithsonian, page 92, November 2001

  • Blurb of the Week

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    Soon-to-be-author Paris Hilton, quoted in the Las Vegas Sun, on being introduced to Jackie Collins: "If I could read a book, I’d definitely read one of yours."via email from John Treworgy, Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:39:26 -0500

  • Loss

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    The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost.Roy L. Smith

  • Having a dog

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    A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.Robert Benchley

  • Success

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    If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work.  Y is play.  Z is keep your mouth shut.Albert Einstein