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“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen”

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Rod McKuen, an American poet, was born on April 29, 1933, and passed away on January 29, 2015. His poetry, known for its emotional depth and lyrical beauty, has gained widespread popularity. more

“To create the life of your dreams, the time has come for you to love You. Focus on Your joy. Do all the things that make You feel good. Love You, inside and out. Everything will change in your life, when you change the inside of you. Allow the Universe to give you every good thing you deserve, by being a magnet to them all. To be a magnet for every single thing you deserve, you must be a magnet of love.”

Giving Feels Dream Joy Universe Focus Love You Deserve Good Things Feel Good Your Dreams Magnet Make You Feel Good Good Love Deserve You

Author:Rhonda Byrne

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”

“The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, “Are we free?” I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?”

Ifs Looks Eye Asks Speak Hurt Answers Liberty Tests Neighbor Shoulders

Book:Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

Source: Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.”

Want Jesus Drink Cat Alcohol Awful Loud Dishes Gin

Book:Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.”

Ifs Would Be Cases Blasphemy Candor

Author:Catherine Marshall

“I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.”

Knowing Proud Doubted

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”

World Way Order Born Natural Careers Technology Five Normal Ordinary Exciting Come Up Reactions Revolutionary Thirty Fifteen Natural Order

Author:Douglas Adams

“Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.”

Choices Animal Unique Capacity Species Distinction

Author:Jared Diamond

“President Obama is determined that our foreign and national security policies not play into al-Qa'ida's strategy or its warped ideology. Al-Qa'ida seeks to terrorize us into retreating from the world stage. But President Obama has made it a priority to renew American leadership in the world, strengthening our alliances and deepening partnerships.”

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