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Quote by Annie Dillard
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching d

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. – Annie Dillard

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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. – Khalil Gibran

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I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. – Albert Einstein

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People wont have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. – Stephen Hawking

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Theres as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said – hed rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much. – John Wooden

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