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I try to retire jokes as soon as I can once I put them on an album. But I can't think of anything I just stopped doing for no reason. — Anthony Jeselnik

In the end, we choose what we want to believe. We shape the truth to fit our requirements, because otherwise life would be just too hard to bear. — Tom Bale

Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much — Galen Beckett

Jesus Himself has already paid the price for your sins, so stop condemning yourself! Today, when you look into the mirror, what do you see? Do you see yourself trapped in all your failings, mistakes, and sins? Or do you see what God sees? My dear friend, when God sees you today, He sees Jesus. Use your eyes of faith and believe that as Jesus is, so are you. In God's eyes, you are righteous, you are favored, you are blessed, and you are healed. You are freed from all sin, all pangs of guilt, all forms of condemnation, and every bondage of addiction! — Joseph Prince

Orphanage 127, Sector D, sub-district 28, Zone 7, the city of Plexus, Continental Center, Earth, 3,914 years after the End of the Age of the Uzgen. — Damian Wampler

Here in This New Place Is Your Memory"

For P. Smith

Here in this new place it is reasonable to own
a dog or to tell somebody you've been needing
them less. A tree is always on a journey
toward becoming a better tree, limbs waving like eager sails
on an anchored ship. It is sad when you understand that nothing
else can come along. It is worse when you care
a little less. What you love requires a prioritized list, thus
that nothing is equal but to itself. And you are equal to a dangerous
ivory moon. Here there is sacrifice on the doorstep
of beauty. Here there is an altar made of sand. It dismantles
no less than itself to please the sea. — Wendy Xu

There is no economic law that says that everyone, or even most people, automatically benefit from technological progress. — Nicholas Carr

Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation. — Walter Lang

It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd. — Michel De Montaigne

'I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade, the stars and constellations for my pearls and jewels; and all things assisting as the mourners. Will not the provisions for my funeral be complete? What could you add to them?' — Zhuangzi