between Boogie-Woogie and Boolean

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plagiarized thoughts, ideas and smiles

In every book there's a line or two that makes you say, "That's perfect!" A line that strikes the right chord or one that makes you think another way. Sometimes... It's just a smile.

So, what do I do... I steal 'em! Well, I borrow 'em anyhow and then share them with friends. Who knows... it might get you to go out and read a book. Steve K 3/14/02

"The most important thing in life is style. That is, the style of one's existence - the characteristic mode of one's actions - is basically, ultimately what matters. For if man defines himself by doing, then style is doubly definitive because style describes the doing…"

"Happiness is a learned condition. And since it is learned and self-generating, it does not depend upon external circumstances for its perpetuation…"

"It is content, or rather the consciousness of content, that fills the void. But the mere presence of content is not enough. It is style that gives content the capacity to absorb us, to move us; it is style that makes us care." ...source

"It's hard for me to read our local paper because there are so many misspelled words in it." ...source

"In seeming contradiction of physical laws, time is heavy only when it is empty." ...source

"There is no such thing as a weird human being. It's just that some people require more understanding than others." ...source

"Theodore lights up at the mention of fame. Who among us wouldn't? What a grand concept: To be appreciated and sought after for your God-given talent." ...source

"One of the difficult things for Egocentric man to face is that he is a minor character in every biography but his own. I am a bit player in your life; you in mine. We have known each other for more than twenty years but, discounting business (and one must always discount business), we have shared perhaps twelve hours of intimate conversation, of honest inquiry into one another's minds and emotions." ....

"The roots in the Mulligan family are strong, but at this point, the branches are mostly dead." ....

" … trite ideas are born simultaneously in mediocre minds." ...source

"The only relative I have left is my aunt, Alice Mulligan Lambert. (She is a pill.) Her husband, my Uncle Wayne, has spent his life trying not to make her angry. But he has failed." ...source

"Where people settle tells a lot about them." ...source

"Television is the mother that eats its young. A television show is senile about two seconds after the phosphor dots stop glowing. It's dead after one re-run, and it doesn't go to heaven." ...source

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