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@@ -42640,4 +42640,77 @@ effort are in the heap of wisdom awareness;
 full liberation.
   -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
      Publications
+~
+i try to think of 10,008 impossible things before breakfast,
+and i'm near ecstatic if any of those is worth writing down.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+businesses or products mashed up with despots:
+- fidelity castro
+- mao zeding-dong
+- pol potstickers
+- donald trump
+~
+Relaxing in the midst of chaos,
+learning not to panic--this is the spiritual path.
+  -- Pema Chödrön, "When Things Fall Apart"
+~
+Driving all blames into oneself applies whenever we complain about anything,
+even that our coffee is cold or the bathroom is dirty.  We may think that we
+are the voice of the world, that we are speaking on behalf of others, but we
+are simply speaking on behalf of ourselves.  According to this slogan,
+everything is due to our own ego fixation, which makes us very vulnerable.
+Consequently, we provide an ideal target.  We get hit, but nobody meant to hit
+us--we are actually inviting the bullets.
+  -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma: The
+     Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion", published by Shambhala
+     Publications
+~
+I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
+  -- Wayne Gretzky
+~
+Aren't surveys inherently biased, because they only include people who are
+willing to be surveyed? What about people who value their time?
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+if throwing your dirty clothes at the hamper causes an avalanche,
+then it's time to do the laundry.  #NoteToSelf
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+stoner marxism:
+"from each according to his stash, to each according to his jones."
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+i learned everything i needed to know about the 2016 election cycle by
+listening to devo in the 70s. "We're pinheads now. We are not whole."
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+"i made a sample with my organ!"
+"that's disgusting!"
+"an electronic organ, dork."
+"oh, i get it."
+"i sampled the sound of orgasm."
+"gahh!"
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+"the universe is flat in all directions" is what an infinitely dimensional
+person might say as she perceives all realities simultaneously.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+Out of ten soldiers who are perfect in drill and the manual of arms, only one
+knows the purpose of the sights on his gun or can hit the broad side of a barn.
+  -- General Burnside, of his civil war recruits
+~
+music is the balm that soothes.
+anger is the bomb that kills.
+so don't listen to your anger if you want to feel right about life.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+don't torture yourself with overblown expectations of how much you can
+accomplish.  stretch goals are fine, "burst" goals are not.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+In the gap between two thoughts,
+Thought-free wakefulness manifests unceasingly.
+  -- Milarepa