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Archives - January 2016

January 1, 2016

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

– Melody Beattie

January 2, 2016

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.

– Iain Banks

January 3, 2016

Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor.

– Vera Nazarian

January 4, 2016

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

– Marc Anthony

January 5, 2016

We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually flying, and how much of it is just sort of coasting from the previous flap?

– Jack Handey, DEEPER THOUGHTS: All New, All Crispy

January 6, 2016

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

– M. Kathleen Casey

January 7, 2016

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

– Will Durant

January 8, 2016

Childhood is that wonderful time when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.

– Joe Moore

January 9, 2016

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

– Joel A. Barker

January 10, 2016

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

– Joanne Harris

January 11, 2016

Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.

– Tom Giaquinto

January 12, 2016

We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself --- your own house --- which we never do.

– Marina Abramovic

January 13, 2016

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

– Don Herold

January 14, 2016

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

– Benjamin Franklin

January 15, 2016

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

– Frederick the Great

January 16, 2016

Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

– Hugh Prather

January 17, 2016

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.

– Gina Barreca

January 18, 2016

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 19, 2016

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

– Calvin Coolidge

January 20, 2016

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's "trendy" because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

– Boy George

January 21, 2016

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

– Jean-Jacques Rousseau

January 22, 2016

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

– Oprah Winfrey

January 23, 2016

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.

– John Burroughs, WINTER SUNSHINE

January 24, 2016

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

– Jill Scott

January 25, 2016

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

– Paul Tillich

January 26, 2016

What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore parachute pants for a long, long time, and I'm doin' okay.

– Ellen DeGeneres

January 27, 2016

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

– Meryl Streep

January 28, 2016

Now people see that competitive curling of a high caliber is athletic, not just beer parties. It takes mental and physical strength.

– John Shuster

January 29, 2016

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

– Theodore Zeldin

January 30, 2016

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

– George Jean Nathan

January 31, 2016

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

– Jerzy Kosinski