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There are two lost continents.... We are one: the lovers.
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'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by…
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This may be said for the last quarter of the twentieth century: the truism that if we want a better world we…
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If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points…
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Meditation... dissolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.
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Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the…
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If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill-take it and push it as far as it will go, push…
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When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a…
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Much scientific truth proved to be as hypothetical as poetic allegory. The relationshiip of those rod-connected blue and red balls to an…
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Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they…
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Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.
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When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend…
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Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir…
— Edward Kennedy
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Appalachia is still, for American musicians, a kind of fountain of youth we always go back to, the old home place to…
— Unknown Author
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Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has…
— Silas House
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For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are…
— Jeff Goodell
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I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or…
— William Gibson
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I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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I went to a large consolidated school in Appalachia. And I wrote the story when I was in the second grade and…
— Tom Robbins
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Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure…
— Sam Trammell
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