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    24 November 2009
    “there are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”
    Tim Robbins, Still Life of a Wood Pecker

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    01 November 2009
    “The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.”
    Ben Okri

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    05 October 2009
    “Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.”
    William Hazlitt

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    16 September 2009
    “I hadn’t been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called ‘bee yard etiquette’. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work fine in both places. Don’t be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don’t be an idiot; wear long sleeves and pants. Don’t swat. Don’t even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee’s temper. Act like you know what you’re doing, even if you don’t. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.”
    Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

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    29 May 2009
    “There is a girl in New York City /
    Who calls herself the human trampoline /
    And sometimes when I’m falling flying /
    Or tumbling in turmoil I say /
    Whoa so this is what she means /”
    Paul Simon, Graceland

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    14 December 2008
    “I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.”
    Jack Kerouac

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