Doug Marlette
-Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
Ease up on yourselves. Have some compassion for yourself as well as for others. There’s no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.
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We are all children in various stages of growing up.
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Read. Reading is active. TV, movies and video are passive. Reading
engages your imagination. Video substitutes for your imagination.
Reading takes you into life, while television distracts you from life.
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Be competitive, but remember, envy is not competition. The word "competition" derives from the Latin con, which means "with" and petere, which means "to strive." Competition – to strive together. Competitors are in secret alliance, not to do each other in, but to bring out the best in each other.
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And despite all I’ve said about the authorities, honor your parents. You will eventually realize that there are no grownups. We are all children in various stages of growing up.
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pretty good definition of maturity is knowing how immature you are. A pretty good definition of sanity is knowing how crazy you are. A pretty good definition of wisdom is knowing how foolish you are.
Have fun, don’t worry, be happy, pick up your towels off the floor...
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Wesleyan University
Middleton, CT
June 03, 2005
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Posted on: 03.09.2006