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                              Pearls of Wisdom             
                                     Some of my favorite Quotes


Beggars make Rags
                      Rags make Paper
                                        Paper makes Money
                                                             Money makes Banks
                                                                                   Banks make Loans
                                                                                                      Loans make Beggars
                                                                                                                Beggars make Rags
                                                                                                                                        etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

We do not quit playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we quit
playing.


Life is not measured by the # of breaths we take;
but by the moments that take our breath away.



Never stop being tickled pink.


In the presence of trouble,
some people grow wings, others buy crutches
.                                                                       



Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.


                above ground
Any day                                is a good day.



Book Lovers never go to bed 
                                                                                 alone.



Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes.
                                                    
Art is knowing which ones to keep.



Dare to be different!



The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice.
It is conformity.



A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
 


Art
is the only way to run away without leaving home.   Twyla Thorpe



Everyone wants to
Understand Art.
Why not try to understand the song of a bird?
Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one?
Without trying to understand them?                  Pablo Picasso



Creativity is not finding the thing;
But making something out of it after it is found.




He who asks is a fool for 5 seconds,
But he who does not ask ...remains a
fool forever.



Don't rush me............      I'm           waiting            for              the          
last       minute.



Do not go where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and
leave a trail......................



There cannot be < crisis > next week.
My schedule is already full.                Henry Kissinger




When                                                                                Fall                                 eight
you                                                                                        down
get                                                                                              seven                  up
to                                                                                                       times          
the                                                                                                              Get
end                                                     
of
your
rope;


tie
a
knot

and                                                                                                                                                           
                                                              Go out on a limb;                          
 h                                                  That's where the fruit is.
  a
  n
   g
 
 
                                                            
   
   o
    n.

                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           

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