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| And the old man, Nagacork, the Creator, went on a long walkabout to see all the tribesmen, the birds, animals, fish, and reptiles. And as Nagacork traveled through all the different countries of the tribes he sang: "Allo, allo, allo, allo, allo, cha nallah, wirrit, burra burra, cubrimilla, cubrimilla. Bo bo!" This means, "Oh well, all you people who belong to me have change into men, animals, birds, reptiles, fish , sun, moon, and stars. I go now. I go forever. You will see me no more. But all the time I will watch about you. And the tribesmen say that you can see the old man Nagacork lying among the stars. His lubral (woman) is lying near him with one arm behind her head. And the tribesmen say that the stream of stars that the white man calls the Milky Way is the smoke of Nagacork's campfire drifting across the night." |
| The Autumn Willow knew what the Storm did not; that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it. |
| There is nothing more serious than a child at play. |
| The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed - or did you fail because you stopped trying? |
| The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. |
| Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. |
| Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. |
| Crayons can take you to more places than a starship. |
| For the creation of a masterwork of literature, two powers must concur - the power of the man, and the power of the moment. |
| Accept life for what it offers. Don't deny it because of what it takes. |
| The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to discover places no one has ever been before. Creativity in living is not without its attendant difficulties; For peculiarity breed contempt. And the unfortunate thing about being ahead of your time is that when people finally realize you were right, they'll say it was obvious all along.You have two choices in life: you can dissolve into the mainstream or you can be distinct. To be distinct, you must be different. To be different, you must strive to be what no one else but you can be . |
| If you could see your ancestors All standing in a row, Would you be proud of them or not, Or don't you really know?But here's another question, which Requires a different view -- If you could meet your ancestors Would they be proud of you? |
| My life is nothing but moments, individual moments that can only be truly remembered at that moment. |
| We cling to those truths that keep us sane. |
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Time passes in moments. Moments which, rushing past us, define the path of a life even as they fix upon its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path? To see the reasons why all things happen. To consider whether the path we have taken is of our own making, or simply one into which we've drifted with eyes closed. But what if we were to stop? To take stock of each precious moment before it passes? Might we see the endless forks in the roads that shape our lives? And... seeing the choices we've made... choose another path?
-- (Scully) Gillian Anderson |
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