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A Politically conscious single father of three children living in West Virginia who is proud to be engaged.

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There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

       By Berenice Abbott    [fullquote]

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

       By Rudyard Kipling    [fullquote]

only the cricket's song penetrates stones of ruined temple

       By Matsuo Basho    [fullquote]

"The unspoken word never does harm."

       By Lajos Kossuth    [fullquote]

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason

       By Thucydides    [fullquote]

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

       By Aldous Huxley    [fullquote]

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

       By Dianne Arbus    [fullquote]

Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.

       By Henrik Ibsen    [fullquote]

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

       By Berenice Abbott    [fullquote]

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

       By Herman Melville    [fullquote]

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

       By Claude Levi-Strauss    [fullquote]

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

       By Rudyard Kipling    [fullquote]


Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

       By Douglas Adams    [fullquote]

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

       By John Muir    [fullquote]


A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

       By Friedrich Nietzsche    [fullquote]

"The unspoken word never does harm."

       By Lajos Kossuth    [fullquote]