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Bria’s Quotes

“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

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“All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.”
― Marilyn French

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“The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is.”
― Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind

tags: belief, books, narrowmindedness, reading, self-deception, self-limiting-beliefs, vision

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“Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be...”
― William Wordsworth

tags: glory, hope, poetry, strength

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“Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty.”
― Xiaolu Guo

tags: chinese, life, wisdom

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Good Beginnings — 19 members — last activity Oct 30, 2014 06:20AM
Our aim is to promote stimulating discussion amongst a diverse group of people. It is also to provide a place where people can feel safe to air their ...more

Page Against the Machine — 14 members — last activity Aug 20, 2010 09:17PM
online book club

Terminalcoffee — 1734 members — last activity 17 hours, 19 min ago
A place to chat about anything that emerges. We're pretty relaxed, and our attitudes mostly are mild. Make friends. Be authentic. Get mad. Laugh. ...more

Movies We've Just Watched — 2598 members — last activity May 19, 2026 10:26AM
A chance in quick form to give your recent impressions of a movie you just watched--on the big screen or on dvd. Good or bad; life-changing or just si ...more

TNBBC Presents-- Audrey Niffenegger Author Q&A — 42 members — last activity Sep 10, 2013 12:26PM
Welcome to the Audrey Niffenegger Author Q&A session. TNBBC, together with Michael and Amanda from Regal Literary, are hosting a question and answer s ...more

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