CT: "I love this way of life"

Today's quote is from the 13th paragraph of Loretta Gillespie's article, "The spiritual side of art", in the Cullman Times:

"“I love this way of life. I garden, paint, and work with my pottery, and I travel when I want to,” he smiled. Abbott is notorious for leaving baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables at the fellowship hall of his church, and at the doorsteps of his friends and neighbors, as special gifts."

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The spiritual side of art

MB: "images that revolve around the Filipino way of life"

This quote is from the 6th paragraph from the article, "Imelda Cajipe-Andaya: A Filipina’s Social Engagement" in today's issue of the Manila Bulletin:

"This longing for national identity led Endaya to engulf herself in images that revolve around the Filipino way of life and traditions. Apart from the nationalist perspective that Endaya incorporates into her work, she also burdens herself with the responsibility of pursuing the advancement of feminine identity in her arts. “I draw inspiration from my day to day experience and the history of women before me. Women need voices and it needs to be projected, it needs to be heard,” Endaya stresses."

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Imelda Cajipe-Andaya: A Filipina’s Social Engagement

WP: "thereby preserving their way of life"

The actual context of this quote is from the tenth paragraph of the article, "Apple's iPad makes cover of Time, Newsweek" in today's Style section of the Washington Post, written by Howard Kurtz:

"Print reviewers might harbor a deep-seated wish that this tablet computer proves capable of rescuing their battered business, thereby preserving their way of life. What's more, the folks who write about technology adore fancy gizmos. Many are Mac users. They revel in the Apple-orchestrated drama of these rollouts."

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Apple's iPad makes cover of Time, Newsweek

AlterNet: "what amounts to wrecking our way of life"

Today's quote comes from the 16th paragraph of a blog from AlterNet, "Are Bailouts for the Super-Rich Inevitable? Ask Paul Krugman":

"It’s just not right or sane to let private bankers and investors walk off again and again with billions of taxpayer dollars for what amounts to wrecking our way of life. But alas, this is the nightmare we’re going to keep having until our best thinkers put forth a compelling vision to end the insanity."

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Are Bailouts for the Super-Rich Inevitable? Ask Paul Krugman

WP Story Lab: "Circumstances conspired to force her to choose a different way of life"

This quote kicks off the 7th paragraph of a blog entry from the Washington Post's Story Lab, "Test of time: How to find 30 hours of leisure a week":

"Circumstances conspired to force her to choose a different way of life. She'd dropped out of corporate America when the hours and commute got to be too demanding. Then her husband, a scientist, was laid off. He was unemployed for six months. They'd just finished a massive remodel on their Massachusetts home and were in deep debt."

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Test of time: How to find 30 hours of leisure a week

MN: "when it becomes a way of life"

So on my birthday, today's quote is from 12th paragraph of Jessica Yadegaran's article, "High tech multitasking slows you down", in the Mercury News.

"Because media multitasking is becoming chronic, as Ophir says, he and his colleagues set out to explain what happens when it becomes a way of life. Turns out, you sacrifice control of your environment."

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High tech multitasking slows you down

allAfrica: "without checking first their way of life"

This quote comes from 6th paragraph of Helena Selby's piece, "Positive Attitudes By Society - a Step to a Better World", from allAfrica.com/ghana:

"It is about time the people of the world take charge and responsibility of their attitudes towards the management of the basic things like food, water, energy and the prevention epidemics through good sanitation practices, which will make the world a better place to live. In Ghana, though the people boast of good democratic governance, the people's attitude towards making the world a better place is very weak, as they blame every, social, environmental, financial, economical and even epidemics on the government in power, without checking first their way of life."

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Positive Attitudes By Society - a Step to a Better World