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Thomas Slatin Quote On Dreams
“When I was a little girl, I listed and wrote down my dreams. People laughed at me and said I’d never accomplish any of them. Now that I’ve accomplished every single one, I’m the one who now has the right to laugh.” Thomas Slatin
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Amelia Desertsong Quote On Living Creatures
Every living creature has a purpose, even if in our limited field of vision that is not at all clear. Whatever divine purpose endows us with our widely varied and often unique cosmic assignments cannot be fully known by even the whole of our impressive, yet still quite unevolved, species of mammal. We can often only approximate the entire truth of any happening; its effects may be clear, but its causes can be often hidden and possibly nearly infinite in nature. Whatever ideas we form will always be hopefully incomplete, even if they are more than adequate for our purposes. Amelia Phoenix Desertsong
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Thomas Slatin Quote About Humility
Every person is a gift, and as such are so much more than their jobs, their possessions, or bloated bank accounts. It seems the more we take, the less we become; the fortune of one can only equate with less for some. Love, the greatest thing in life, and are the feelings of the heart. Thomas Slatin, Belong
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Thomas Slatin Quote About Intelligence
The most troublesome part about my 178 IQ is the almost daily reminder that not everyone has been gifted with such a high IQ. Watching people fail to learn from their mistakes, notwithstanding that these same people often seek my help and advice, yet fail to apply that advice. Thomas Slatin
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Amelia Desertsong Quote About Writing
There she sits, dreaming up names for her heroes, her heroines, her villains, her trusty steed, or car, or spaceship, or whatever. She dreams of an endless space, full of wonders, delights, and dangers she cannot yet fathom, for the train that is her imagination has not yet departed for such reaches, frontiers, and fantastic outer spaces yet unknown. Amelia Desertsong
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Thomas Slatin Quote About Her Work As A Firefighter
Whenever I went to work as a firefighter, I promised my family that no matter what happened at work, I would come home safely after my shift. Also, if the unthinkable happened and I didn’t survive, I wanted to be remembered not for the way in which I died, but instead, how I lived. Thomas Slatin
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Thomas Slatin Quote About Ignorance
The cancer of my intellect is the constant visceral feeling that I am mostly surrounded by idiots in popular parlance that shuns genius, and celebrates ignorance. Thomas Slatin
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Thomas Slatin Quote About Parental Expectations
One day I was daddy’s little angel, the next day I became what he never wanted me to be. Thomas Slatin
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Thomas Slatin Quote About Bad Days
If ever you’re feeling like you’re having a bad day, remember that the sun still rises, even through the rain. Thomas Slatin
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Thomas Slatin Quote On Genius
Being a genius has its challenges, but the greatest challenge of all is raising one. Thomas Slatin