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portland metro, or, United States
i wish an orchestra & someone with a boombox would follow me around so that my life would continuously be accompanied by a soundtrack.

collection

i have the quotes widget on my iGoogle that i read everyday either before i get started with work or during my morning break. here are my favorites that i've saved so far...

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
- Ralph Hodgson

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
- Robert Benchley

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
- Salma Hayek

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
- Anon

The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.
- Ken Rockwell

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
- Henry S. Haskins

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
- Henry Ward Beecher

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
- Katharine Hepburn

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
- Alice Walker

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
- Burt Bacharach