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last updated: November 28, 2023

Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.
-- Franklyn Ajaye

Source : Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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We do not hug our miracles close. We put them hastily away, preferring the commonplace to live with.
-- Fulton Oursler

Source : Fulton Oursler (1997). “The Greatest Story Ever Told: The Timeless Story of the Life of Jesus Christ”, Wings

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“Acting is just another way to express myself as an artist. I realized if you're an artist, you're an artist and you can express that through music, through painting, through photography, through acting - this is just another way for me to express myself.”
“Personally, I don't believe in anything more supernatural than what you read about in the Bible, and I only believe that one day out of seven.”
“A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That strangest is of all, yet brought to pass.”

Source : The Salutation (published 1903).
“I want a girl who respects herself. It means her standards are high and if I fit them then id be honored. If she's easy then what does that say about me?”
“Information is the lifeblood of medicine and health information technology is destined to be the circulatory system for that information.”
“Life's good so Im feelin' great.”
“If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.”
“Just for today, I will let go of anger. Just for today, I will let go of worry. Today, I will count my many blessings. Today, I will do my work honestly. Today, I will be kind to every living creature.”
“Television is a completely different industry now. It's just extraordinary. It's so wonderful, because there's more interesting product. It attracts the best writers and directors. And one thing that's really interesting about it is that it used to be, if you were on a big network show, like it or not, you were a household face and name. And believe it or not, not all actors like that. That's not their goal. They just like being actors. And there are so many actors that are on hit shows that I have never seen, I've never heard.”

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“There is much to be said for solitude.”

Source : Douglas Kennedy (2013). “The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2: Temptation, The Woman in the Fifth, and Leaving the World”, p.444, Simon and Schuster