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While I Do Not Believe The Earth Loaned To Us By Our Ancestors Should Be Plagued By Chemical Horrors And Thereby Corrupted For Future Generations, Neither Do I Believe I Should Have To Face Anything That Has More Eyes Than I Have During Dinner. It Was My Rule When I Was Dating And, Heck, It's Still My Rule Now.

If Anger Were Mileage, I'd Be A Very Frequent Flyer, Right Up There In First Class.

...there Is A Celebrated Aphorism Insisting That The Best Way To Live Is To 'work Like You Don't Need The Money, Dance Like Nobody Is Watching, And Love Like You've Never Been Hurt.'...after Years Of Hearing And Reading These Lines I Have Decided To Tell The Truth: The Original Version Is Wrong. There Is A Grave Error In The Wording Of This Adage. The Correct Version Should Go As Follows: Love Like You Don't Need The Money, Work Like Nobody Is Watching, Dance Like You've Never Been Hurt. See? Doesn't That Make More Sense?

Interestingly, Anger And Lust Are Also Elusive States Once They Have Passed. Trying To Recall Why You Were Angry About Something When You've Calmed Down Is Like Trying To Remember Why You Were In Love With Someone Who No Longer Attracts You: The Initial Impulse Triggering The Emotion Is Impossible To Recapture.

Although Fear In The Right Dosage And Under The Right Circumstance Protects Us ... Imaginary Fear Offers Straitjackets Instead Of Lifejackets, Nooses Instead Of Safety Nets.