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Spiritualmonkey

6-9-2009 10:46 AM

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Spiritualmonkey says:

“Never believe in a meritocracy in which no one is funny-looking.” (Teresa Nielsen Hayden)

“True religion invites us to become better people. False religion tells us that this has already occurred.” (Abdal-Hakim Murad)

“To live is to war against the trolls.” (Henrik Ibsen)

“No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett)

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