Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
#quotes #trevor-baylis #inspiration #ideas #night

You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
#quotes #steven-wright #humor

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
#quotes #joel-osteen #god #heart

Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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