“An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.”
~Thomas Paine, 1795
“At such moments, courage is necessary,” Mr. Obama said. “We need courage to stand up to hate, not just in others, but in ourselves. At such moments, we need the courage to stand up to dogma, not just in others, but in ourselves.”
“Stop abortion at the source. Vasectomies are reversible. Make every young man have one. When he’s deemed financially and emotionally fit to be a father it will be reversed. What’s that? Did the idea of regulating a man’s body make you uncomfortable? Then mind your f**king business.”
~ @stephenszczerba via Twitter
“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
—CHARLES BAUDELAIREThe Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (1863)
Every decision I make will either lead me towards comfort, or growth.”
—Vincent Van Patten
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“Magic is the use of spiritual skills to achieve specific goals, according to individual will.”
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Elisa's Spot 
Ahhh, yes, I’ve seen February fruit such as this. You’ve captured it most congenially. Love that wise tea time quote~~ha, ha,~~way to go, Conduit!
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I either like the Conduit a LOT…
OR I want to beat him with a stick, yes for some reason he is male.
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What a great shot! Nice DoF. Loved it. 🙂
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Thank you! Pssst…I had to go look up DoF. And then…I had to look up Depth of Field. Normally I rather aim and shoot. Unless I want close up, then I use the zoom. THIS one, I wanted to attempt to get the fungi clearly allllll of the way back along the fallen tree, until it faded. I took a lot of shots trying all sorts of buttons. This was not one of my effortlimited shots.
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