| #2101: | If you want to destroy your child, make him a child star. There are very few happy endings.
— Tue Jan 26 2010 08:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2102: | "Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional." - Buddhist proverb
— Tue Jan 26 2010 13:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2103: | "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." - Winston Churchill via @Twuoted - More than occasionally!
— Tue Jan 26 2010 13:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2104: | "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." - Mahatma Gandhi via @Twuoted
— Tue Jan 26 2010 13:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2105: | "It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise." - Johann Goethe
— Tue Jan 26 2010 14:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2106: | "Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enough to be honest." - Benjamin Franklin
— Tue Jan 26 2010 14:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2107: | "What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin." - Henry Ward Beecher
— Tue Jan 26 2010 14:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2108: | "Marriage is romantic story in which the hero dies in the first chapter!" @Abhiness
— Tue Jan 26 2010 14:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2109: | Some people have the amazing ability, when a crisis is upon them, of focussing on the most irrelevant factor and obsessing over it.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 08:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2110: | .@shitmydadsays is a story of empowerment, of taking control of your childhood circumstances and learning to separate yourself from them.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 08:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2111: | A great movie (or book or song or life experience) is one that you wake up at night thinking about, years after you saw it.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 09:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2112: | "Most people reveal more about their true nature by accident than they do on purpose." @PolarBear_
— Wed Jan 27 2010 09:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2113: | "My own mistakes I've always been able to live with. It's times I've adopted mistakes of others that make me want to kick myself." @TheBosha
— Wed Jan 27 2010 09:24 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2114: | "You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest." -Ambrose Bierce via @henryjennings - It's the nature of the beast!
— Wed Jan 27 2010 09:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2115: | "The most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision." - Harold Taylor
— Wed Jan 27 2010 09:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2116: | If you have more money than others, you should hide it. Otherwise, it will isolate you from reality and cut you off from your fellow man.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 10:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2117: | Living in the cold means no survival without technology. Only in the warm can you afford to directly experience the environment.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 10:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2118: | "The clear distinction between Black and White is only in books. We mostly live in gray areas for the whole of our lives." @gauravkantgoel
— Wed Jan 27 2010 14:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2119: | You CAN tell something from ones Twitter avatar. The most interesting feeds have stylistic avatars, not just a face.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 14:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2120: | "Adults are actually kids; kids with authority and money." @gauravkantgoel
— Wed Jan 27 2010 15:07 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2121: | All of my photo albums: http://www.roamingphotos.com/main/ - Europe, North America, Caribbean, Israel.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 15:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2122: | My new Homeless by Choice blog entry: "Money" http://bit.ly/dqXEPQ - Let's sit down and talk about the birds and the bees.
— Wed Jan 27 2010 17:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2123: | All social relations are a balance between loneliness and "engulfment", or the loss of control over ones own life.
— Thu Jan 28 2010 14:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2124: | My new photo album: Harvard University and Harvard Square: http://bit.ly/9S8j5M - Wheya ya pahk the cah!
— Thu Jan 28 2010 18:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2125: | Whenever you curse "the government", you are cursing what the people, at an earlier time, directed the government to do.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 01:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2126: | In any creative field, there's always a chance that someone will steal your work. Don't weep over it. You can make more, but they can't!
— Fri Jan 29 2010 02:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2127: | @tammyphinney said "Nothing is more preventive than a bad memory." - Explain this please!
— Fri Jan 29 2010 11:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2128: | Humor is the alcohol of life. A little of it can loosen people up, but a steady diet of the stuff is just another destructive addiction.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 12:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2129: | Advice to the student: Whatever you are afraid of is what you must study.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 13:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2130: | Roommate situations are like mini-marriages. You learn how people respond to shared responsibility, not always in ways that make sense.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 14:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2131: | The risk with any form of sharing is that one party will become weaker and less responsible and start taking more than they are giving.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 15:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2132: | Twitter philosophy: Every tweet must stand alone!
— Fri Jan 29 2010 16:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2133: | "Morality" and "legality" are two different things. One does not necessarily imply the other.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 16:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2134: | Oxymoron alert: "addiction treatment" (The implication is that addiction can be fixed by some outside force rather than the addict himself.)
— Fri Jan 29 2010 17:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2135: | Oxymoron Alert: "adult entertainment" (More like "infantile entertainment"!)
— Fri Jan 29 2010 18:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2136: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] — Fri Jan 29 2010 19:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2137: | Life is like a great buffet of every food you crave. Will you make the the right nutritional choices or simply pig out?
— Fri Jan 29 2010 19:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2138: | Dealing with a teenager is a exercise in lie detection and hyperbole correction. You have to be testing all the time to find the truth.
— Fri Jan 29 2010 22:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2139: | Opportunism is a philosophy of life wherein you take advantage of whatever unexpected opportunities come your way. It's a valuable skill!
— Sat Jan 30 2010 02:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2140: | While you can't predict unexpected opportunities, you can prepare for them by limiting your obligations and allowing for change.
— Sat Jan 30 2010 02:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2141: | Gadgetitus is an affliction, chiefly of the human male, involving the acquisition and maintenance of too many gadgets and devices.
— Sat Jan 30 2010 03:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2142: | Happiness is not a permanent condition. It must be constantly renegotiated and cannot be nailed down in the future by any form of contract.
— Sat Jan 30 2010 12:43 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2143: | So which is the better deal on a snack food product: the big bag or the small bag? Photo: http://bit.ly/bHgl2w
— Sat Jan 30 2010 16:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2144: | Instead of retweeting good quotes, I am now favoriting them: http://twitter.com/kilroycafe/favorites - My own best bon mots: @KilroyLite
— Sat Jan 30 2010 16:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2145: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] — Sat Jan 30 2010 19:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2146: | Used to be a fan of @johncmayer until I realized how trite and meaningless his lyrics are. Waitin' on the world to change? That's "apathy"!
— Sat Jan 30 2010 21:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2147: | The damaging effect of automatic toilet flushers and light switches is training people not to flush toilets or turn off lights.
— Sat Jan 30 2010 22:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2148: | "The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready." -- Henry David Thoreau
— Sun Jan 31 2010 00:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2149: | The ultimate coin of life is not money but time. You only have so much of it, and money rarely buys you more.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 01:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2150: | Once you have enough money to meet your needs, what is the point in making more? Time and freedom are more valuable.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 01:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2151: | There's a lot you can tell about a person online: their intelligence, their degree of narcissism, their respect for boundaries, their humor.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 01:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2152: | "Nothing in this world is truly vegan." (via @aubynr) How true! There are no simple guilt-free policies (in diet or life).
— Sun Jan 31 2010 02:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2153: | A split second, a bad decision made on the fly, and everything can change in an instant. Life hangs by such a fragile thread. Don't test it!
— Sun Jan 31 2010 08:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2154: | Behind most accidents is an unsafe act. You can do the act a hundred times without consequence but it will get you eventually.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 08:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2155: | Respect for boundaries means knowing where I end and you begin.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 08:45 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2156: | The fundamental human conflict is between inertia and taking control.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 09:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2157: | One wonders if the Na'vi would have had the strength to resist the invasion of the Wal'marti, with their Always Low Prices.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 12:45 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2158: | In any relationship, there are times you draw close and times you pull away. You damage the former if you try to prevent the latter.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 13:07 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2159: | A "relationship" is a shared history. It means that when you interact with someone, you already speak some of their unique language.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 13:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2160: | The dilemma of the public restroom is that most people who use it have no stake in its cleanliness.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 15:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2161: | Whenever you offer a free public service, there has to be a mechanism in place to prevent too many people from taking advantage of it.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 15:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2162: | From now on, I'm going to be gluten-free, meat-free and dairy-free. Let's get back to basics, people: sugar, fat, salt and caffeine!
— Sun Jan 31 2010 18:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2163: | A lawyer is sworn to uphold the law. He cannot advise you on when and how to break it. You have to figure that out on your own.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 18:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2164: | Pity the poor actor, forever a phony. Instead of accomplishing real things himself, he pretends to do them as someone else.
— Sun Jan 31 2010 19:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2165: | If I were to refrain from eating meat, I would only care about the mammals, 'cuz I can relate to those guys. Other phyla are open game. Yum!
— Mon Feb 01 2010 05:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2166: | No TV since 2003 (except in public places or when I'm in it). I hear the buzz and read about shows online. I view it through words.
— Mon Feb 01 2010 11:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2167: | American business is driven by a gamblers delusion: "I am special and will beat the odds." Most fail, but the winners keep others gambling.
— Mon Feb 01 2010 14:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2168: | There are 2 ways to achieve relative wealth: make more money or cut costs. People tend to become trapped in the former, missing the latter.
— Mon Feb 01 2010 14:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2169: | I dedicate this day to one of the best existential movies of all time: "Groundhog Day".
— Mon Feb 01 2010 14:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2170: | Providence RI is the only bus system I know that gives change. (It is coded in the transfer card you get.)
— Mon Feb 01 2010 14:52 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2171: | My new philosophy essay: "The Dilemma of the Public Restroom" http://bit.ly/ds7RPK - A microcosm of social policy. (Kilroy Cafe #61)
— Mon Feb 01 2010 21:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2172: | It gives me great satisfaction to board a flight where First Class is full but Coach is empty. They get free alcohol, but I get to sleep!
— Mon Feb 01 2010 22:38 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2173: | "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"
— Tue Feb 02 2010 12:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2174: | No passion so robs the mind of its powers as anger. (correcting Edmund Burke)
— Tue Feb 02 2010 12:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2175: | You can grasp a song without hearing it, a movie without seeing it and a language without speaking it, if you understand it's structure.
— Tue Feb 02 2010 18:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2176: | Blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, any kind of berry, iPhone, uPhone, red phone, blue phone, any kind of phone, must be turned off now!
— Tue Feb 02 2010 18:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2177: | "Gettin' a little wiggly here, so I'm turnin' the seat belt sign back on." - Pilot with a Texas accent
— Tue Feb 02 2010 18:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2178: | If you own a digital SLR camera, this $30 fisheye attachment is totally cool! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TQPTTM/
— Tue Feb 02 2010 20:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2179: | The essence of entertainment is exploitation.
— Wed Feb 03 2010 11:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2180: | The most valuable accessories of modern life: foam earplugs! (Find them in the firearms section of Wal-Mart™.)
— Wed Feb 03 2010 11:52 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2181: | Part of maturity is being able to recognize suffering and feel the pain of others while also accepting that you can do nothing about it.
— Wed Feb 03 2010 17:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2182: | Years are not the only way to measure age. Positively, you can measure experience or wisdom; negatively, entrenchment.
— Wed Feb 03 2010 17:45 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2183: | My new philosophy essay: "Fundamentals of Mental Nutrition" http://bit.ly/cPZvsn - If you value your mind, don't feed it junk!
— Wed Feb 03 2010 18:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2184: | A "relationship" is simply sustained communication. It is active only when you both have things to say to each other.
— Wed Feb 03 2010 20:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2185: | Adult personality cannot be changed from the outside, especially within the scope of romance. Change may happen, but only after you're gone.
— Wed Feb 03 2010 21:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2186: | You never know what a person is really like until after the honeymoon.
— Wed Feb 03 2010 21:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2187: | Most of what passes for "news" is merely voyeurism. It contributes nothing to your understanding of the world.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 00:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2188: | Depression leads to passivity - a decreased willingness to solve one's own problems - so the grim assessment of life is self-fulfilling.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 01:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2189: | Love isn't proven if it is enforced by marriage.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 10:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2190: | The basic human drama, in fiction and in life, is about a character facing his own fears and overcoming his own inertia.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 11:04 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2191: | The face I woke up to in a cheap motel: http://bit.ly/91JTs7
— Thu Feb 04 2010 12:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2192: | eHarmony claims to be responsible for 2% of all marriages. That's nothing! eMail is responsible for far more divorces!
— Thu Feb 04 2010 13:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2193: | In politics, someone has to defend the concept: "Government that governs the best governs the least." Without this voice, we're doomed!
— Thu Feb 04 2010 14:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2194: | Sarah Palin will never go away! She is too narcissistic, too wounded, to ever give up the limelight.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 14:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2195: | Correcting Howard Zinn: Small acts, multiplied by millions of people, are blown out of the water by one act by someone in power.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 14:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2196: | If you're Christian and you sin, but you repent later, God will forgive you. Doesn't this give you permission to sin right now?
— Thu Feb 04 2010 16:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2197: | My Idea Factory: 1) define the kind of idea I want; 2) lock myself in a room with no distractions; 3) don't come out until I have it.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 18:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2198: | In a great work of art, most of what you see in it was never put there by the artist.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 19:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2199: | A novel is too complex to be planned in detail. You can only plan the basic structure. The rest is serendipity.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 19:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2200: | Love can't be proven if it is enforced by marriage.
— Thu Feb 04 2010 20:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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