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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. — His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

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Our suicidal poets (Plath, Berryman, Lowell, Jarrell, et al.) spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when they should have been trudging up mountains, slogging through swamps, rowing down rivers. The indoor life is the next best thing to premature burial. — Edward Abbey

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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. — Abraham Lincoln

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The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook. — Julia Child