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Myq Kaplan's avatar

Dear Benjamin,

Thank you for sharing these quotes! Some of my faves this week:

“The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.”

— William McFee

“Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it: keep cool, but care.”

— Thomas Pynchon

“I play it cool

And dig all jive

That’s the reason

I stay alive.

My motto,

As I live and learn,

Is:

Dig and be Dug

In return.”

— Langston Hughes

Thank you!

Love (with my mouth shut, but fingers typing loudly)

Myq

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Stephen D Forman's avatar

Dad, walking by son's room: "What's that you're listening to?"

Son: "Lester Young."

Dad: "Wow, I love it! If he has a concert, your Mom and I can come with you next time."

Son: throws away his formerly-cool Lester Young albums

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John E. Canuck's avatar

“All the physicians come to hear the musicians.”

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