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Today's quote was submitted by Colby

Vincent van Gogh said "If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." I love that, but, I'll add... If you hear a voice say to cut off your ear and give it to a lady, maybe don't listen to that voice. Vincent supposedly did that in 1888, but I recently learned that he probably didn't really do that. A friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin may have nicked his ear while fencing with swords, the two men made a “pact of silence,” Vincent was endeared to his friend, and didn’t want to see him get into trouble. We do not know the details, but it was dark and we suspect that Gauguin did not intend to hit his friend. The rumor mill began churning right away and the legend was so big that even though the myth has pretty much been busted, I'm sure that many generations will believe the ear thing!

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Today's quote was submitted by Melissa

Hans Christian Andersen said "Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch." Nice quote. I love this one. I agree with the story part more than the fairy tale part. I must live a different life than good ol' Hans. My fairy tales are limited, but my stories are a plenty! I have made some dumb decisions that have given me some colorful and fun stories. I love to share them. Even the stories where it is quite obvious I was the reason for the calamity. I've learned from each mistake, so I might as well share them to help others avoid some mistakes along their way. I do stand up comedy. A large portion of my material are stories others would try to avoid talking about, and maybe some would pretend they didn't happen. I look back and laugh and hope I can help someone else avoid a mistake!

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Today's quote was submitted by Tim

Steve Jobs said "You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." What a great quote. My wife and I have very much been a fan of this kind of thinking too. There have been times that we made a decision to steer clear of something. It looked good, sometimes even too good to be true, but something didn't feel right. Then that something became very apparent, we looked back with grateful hearts that we did not jump into that mess. Oh, don't get me wrong. I've stepped into many a mess, one that was HUGE. It resulted in a three and a half year legal battle, a four day JURY trial. It took the jury about two minutes to find in our favor! I will also admit that my wife wanted to avoid that one as well. But I told her it would be OK. I was wrong.

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Today's quote was submitted by Danielle

Maya Angelou said "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." I've heard this one before. I loved it then too. I try to do this as often as I can. Sometimes it can be hard. If someone is going through a rough spot, it can be difficult to maneuver this one. I want to be there to cheer them up, but I don't want to cross a line to make them feel even worse. I have a friend who has been through some ups and downs in business. She knew that she would need to move for over a year. A new owner bought the building she was in. Things were good for a bit, then it looked like she might close instead of move. Then a new location became available. Things looked good, then the city made her change some things, it slowed her down. Following her progress videos has been a roller coaster. I stopped in to make sure she was OK. She said she's good.

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Today's quote was submitted by Kate
Marc Andreessen said “In the long run, software eats everything.” Marc Andreessen is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and former software engineer. His net worth is about $1.9 billion, so he must have been pretty good at what he did! I had to look him up, even thought I probably use his software, I was not familiar with who he was. I read more quotes from him. He was talking about AI taking over. I think I agree with him on that. There was recently a big media convention in Las Vegas. I was not able to attend this one, but my friends who were there said that pretty much every booth had some sort of AI twist. Whether they were pushing AI or showing how their product could use AI, it sounds like it was a big AI party. I'm not quite ready for this train, but it's on the tracks and rolling at us full speed ahead. Get ready!