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• The function of an ideal is not to be realized but, like that of the North Star, to serve as a guiding point.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• It is not going to be the best of years when you discover that your son, the football star, has had his ears pierced and is stealing earrings from his grandmother.
• Hitch your wagon to a star. EMERSON
• A man can lose his soul among the stars. Much later, he may realize that his body acted for him, guiding his ship while his mind traveled in realms he cannot remember.
  They call it _the far look._ It is dangerous. A man's soul does not always return....
• Your logic was impeccable, Captain. We are in grave danger. -- Star Trek
• Change is the essential process of all existence. -- Spock, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," stardate 5730.
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• Yuppie version of Twinkle Twinkle Little star: Scintillate
  cintillate, globule orific How I conjecture your nature specific Way above in the ethereal stratosphere Like a giant gem carbonaceous....
• Put your hand over your mouth when you sneeze; internal organs will be scarce in the post-nuclear age.
  -- Safety Tips for the Post-Nuclear Existence...