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Thought For the Day: There Are Three Rules For Writing A Novel. Unfortunately, No One Knows What They Are

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” – William Somerset Maugham

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Thought For the Day: Laugh As Much As Possible, Always Laugh. It’s the Sweetest Thing One Can Do For Oneself & One’s Fellow Human Beings

“Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings.” – Maya Angelou

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Thought for the Day: If You Don’t Love Me, It Does Not Matter, Anyway I Can Love For Both of Us

“If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.” -Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), novelist (23 Jan 1783-1842)

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Thought For the Day: A Story Has No Beginning Or End: Arbitrarily One Chooses That Moment of Experience From Which To Look Back Or From Which To Look Ahead

“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.” – Graham Greene

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Thought For the Day: Agape’s Object Is Always the Concrete Individual, Not Some Abstraction Called Humanity

“Agape’s object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. Love of humanity does not surprise you with inconvenient demands. You never find humanity on your doorstep, stinking and begging.” – Peter Kreeft, ‘Love’, in ‘Fundamentals of the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Friendship Multiplies the Good In Life and Divides the Evil

“Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.” – Baltasar Gracian

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Thought For the Day: The Only Difference Between Stalin’s Communism and Mussolini’s Fascism Is An Insignificant Detail In Organizational Structure

“What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism? Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism. The only difference between Stalin’s communism and Mussolini’s fascism is an insignificant detail in organizational structure.” – Leonard E. Read (1898-1983)

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Thought For the Day: You Are Precisely As Big As What You Love and Precisely As Small As What You Allow To Annoy You

“You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.” – Robert Anton Wilson

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Thought For the Day: Half the Truth Is Often A Great Lie

“Half the truth is often a great lie.” -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (17 Jan 1706-1790)

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Thought For the Day: One Father Is More Than A Hundred Schoolmasters

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” – English Proverb

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