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December 1

The more you put in a brain, the more it will hold — if you have one.

~ Rex Stout ~
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~ Might as Well Be Dead ~

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December 2

Art is Harmony.
Harmony is the analogy of opposites, the analogy of similarities of tone, of tint, of line taking account of a dominant and under the influence of the lighting, in combinations that are gay calm or sad.

~ Georges Seurat ~

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December 3

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off. And thus, doubtful of strength to travel so far, we talk a little about the aim — the aim of art, which, like life itself, is inspiring, difficult — obscured by mists. It is not in the clear logic of a triumphant conclusion; it is not in the unveiling of one of those heartless secrets which are called the Laws of Nature. It is not less great, but only more difficult.

~ Joseph Conrad ~
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~ The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' ~

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December 4

Insurrection usually 'gains' little; usually wastes how much! One of its worst kinds of waste, to say nothing of the rest, is that of irritating and exasperating men against each other, by violence done; which is always sure to be injustice done, for violence does even justice unjustly.

~ Thomas Carlyle ~

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December 5

Disneyland is often called a magic kingdom because it combines fantasy and history, adventure and learning, together with every variety of recreation and fun designed to appeal to everyone.

~ Walt Disney ~

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December 6

Book love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.

~ Anthony Trollope ~

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December 7

The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.

~ Noam Chomsky ~

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December 8

To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.

~ Horace ~

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December 9

Dr J. O. Wisdom once observed to me that he knew people who thought there was no philosophy after Hegel, and others who thought there was none before Wittgenstein; and he saw no reason for excluding the possibility that both were right.

~ Ernest Gellner‎‎ ~

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December 10

At long last, the Assad regime has fallen. This regime brutalized and tortured and killed literally hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrians.
A fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice. It’s a moment of historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria to build a better future for their proud country.
It’s also a moment of risk and uncertainty. As we all turn to the question of what comes next, the United States will work with our partners and the stakeholders in Syria to help them seize an opportunity to manage the risks. … this is a moment of considerable risk and uncertainty, but I also believe this is the best opportunity in generations for Syrians to forge their own future free of opposition.

~ Joe Biden ~

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December 11

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

~ George Mason ~

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December 12

Poets shouldn't commit suicide. That would leave the world to those without imaginations or hearts. That would bequeath to the world a mangled syntax and no love of champagne. Poets must live in misery and ecstasy, to sing a song with the katydids. Poets should be ashamed to die before they kiss the sun.

~ Nikki Giovanni ~

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December 13

Analogy pervades all our thinking, our everyday speech and our trivial conclusions as well as artistic ways of expression and the highest scientific achievements.

~ George Pólya ~

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December 14

A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free.

~ Zorba the Greek ~

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December 15

The meanings of poetry take their growth through the interaction of the images and the music of the poem. The music is not the rhythm, which is a representation of life, alone. The music involves the interplay of the sounds of words, the length of the sequences, the keeping and breaking of rhythms, and the repetition and variation of syllables unrhymed and rhymed. It also involves the play of ideas and images.

~ Muriel Rukeyser ~

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December 16

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

~ George Santayana ~

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December 17

I believe in God, not in a Catholic God, there is no Catholic God, there is God and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.

~ Pope Francis ~

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December 18

Birds of a feather, we should stick together, I know
I said I'd never think I wasn't better alone
Can't change the weather, might not be forever
But if it's forever, it's even better.

~ Billie Eilish ~

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December 19

Show me an alley, show me a train
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.

~ Phil Ochs ~

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December 20

The primal and perennial work of social organization is not to fix the bounds of behavior as permanent lines, which would make all evolutionary process impossible, but to retrieve the vital balance every time some act, public or private, has upset it.

~ Susanne Langer ~

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December 21

The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain. It also shows us our amazing independence from our circumstances. In cold or warmth, light or dark, deprivation or abundance, we can choose to respond with love or react in fear.

~ Gary Zukav ~

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December 22

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

~ George Eliot ~

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December 23

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

~ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ~

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December 24

Poets are wiser than anyone because they’re the only people who have the guts to think and feel at the same time.

~ Fritz Leiber ~

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December 25

Christmas is more than barging up and down department store aisles and pushing people out of the way. … Christmas is another thing finer than that. Richer, finer, truer, and it should come with patience and love, charity, compassion.

~ Rod Serling ~
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~ The Night of the Meek ~

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December 26

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

~ Mao Zedong ~

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December 27

Whether or not Big Brother is watching us, we certainly have to watch him, which may be even worse.

~ Wilfrid Sheed ~

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December 28

Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding.

~ Mortimer Adler ~

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December 29

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