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• A North Korean soldier would later recall a buddy who had been given an American-made nail clipper and was showing it off to his friends. The soldier clipped a few nails, admired the sharp, clean edges, and marveled at the mechanics of this simple item. Then he realized with a sinking heart: If North Korea couldn’t make such a fine nail clipper, how could it compete with American weapons?

  Barbara Demick

  Heart, Simple, Korea

  Barbara Demick (2010). “Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea”, p.168, Granta

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• It might pay to be resilient, if this was all being vulnerable and skinless got you. People didn’t stop and cluck over damage done unless you made it worth their while. Indeed, maybe it was time to rethink this whole salvation business. Or maybe I was less desperate, less teetering on the edge than I cared to admit. Now, that was a refreshing possibility.

  Daphne Merkin

  People, Done, Might

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• Mind led body
  to the edge of the precipice.
  They stared in desire
  at the naked abyss.
  If you love me, said mind,
  take that step into silence.
  If you love me, said body,
  turn and exist.

  Anne Stevenson

  Silence, Mind, Desire

  Anne Stevenson (2005). “Poems 1955-2005”, Bloodaxe Books Limited

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• When I'm awake all night, sometimes I see the people and the city waking up around me. I feel a little bit moody at them for stepping into my night-time. What I want is that feeling when you're in the rain, or a storm. It's a shiver at the edge of your mind, an atmosphere of hearing a sad, distant sound, but it seems closer - like it's just for you. Like hearing rain or a whale-song, a cry in the dark, the far cry.

  Burial

  Song, Rain, Dark

  "Only five people know I make tunes". Interview with Dan Hancox, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• Happiness comes from accepting the present situation, whether it is something you wish to savor as long as possible or change as quickly as you can.  Neither is possible without acceptance as the starting point, because without acceptance you are living on the periphery of your life.  There at the edges, you can't fully enjoy the good stuff or do anything about the rest.

  Victoria Moran

  Acceptance, Long, Wish

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• Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Knitting, Mad, Bored

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.223, Storey Publishing

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• When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery - that intimate relationship can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we can be ourselves, as we are ...This kind of unmasking - speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges - is sacred activity, which allows two souls to meet and touch more deeply.

  John Welwood

  Struggle, Healing, Discovery

  John Welwood (1996). “Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship”, Harpercollins

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• If every day of your life you are told by authority figures that the Earth is flat, you will be scared of falling off the edge whether you want to be or not.

  Mark Rippetoe

  Fall, Earth, Want

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• At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.

  Charlie LeDuff

  The End Of The Day, Important, May

  Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.11, Penguin

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• Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals, speak on every subject. Then tie him up and hold him over the volcano's edge, and on that day, you will finally meet the man.

  Xiang Yu

  Firefly, Men, Volcanoes

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• If we want TRULY EXTRAORDINARY VISION then you have to continually expand your horizons, take risks.  If we don’t push our edge we’ll never expand our view.. It’s not trespassing to go beyond your own boundaries.

  Dewitt Jones

  Views, Risk, Vision

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• Science can explain what's happening down inside atoms and what's happening at the edge of the universe, but it cannot explain consciousness. It's a paradox--withou t consciousness there would be no science, but science doesn't know what to do, at all, with consciousness.

  Peter Russell

  Atoms, Would Be, Consciousness

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• I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.

  Harry Callahan

  Photography, Artist, Thinking

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• This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.

  Bo Lozoff

  Real, Responsibility, Lasting Change

  Bo Lozoff (2001). “It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice”, p.41, Penguin

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• The women's suffrage movement is only the small edge of the wedge, if we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure and the rise of every liberal cause under the sun. Women are well represented by their fathers, brothers, and husbands.

  Winston Churchill

  Brother, Husband, Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The most interesting parts of the natural world are the edges, places where ocean meets land, meadow meets forest, timberline touches the heights.

  Galen Rowell

  Ocean, Land, Interesting

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• Waking up early on Saturday gives me an edge in finishing my work with a very relaxed state of mind. There is a feeling of time pressure on weekdays that aren’t there on weekends. If I wake up early in the morning before anybody else, I can plan the day or at least my activities with relaxed mind.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Morning, Weekend, Up Early

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• Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.

  Pete Carroll

  Relentless, Relentless Pursuit, Pursuit

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• No map to help us find the tranquil flat lands, clearings calm, fields without mean fences. Rolling down the other side of life our compass is the sureness of ourselves. Time may make us rugged, ragged round the edges, but know and understand that love is still the safest place to land.

  Rod McKuen

  Mean, Love Is, Land

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• The people on the edge of Hell were most afraid of the devil; for those already in hell the devil was only another and no one in particular.

  Joanne Greenberg

  People, Devil, Hell

  Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan

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• Risk is the universe's way of pushing us to become more than what we are. Risk is faith at the edge. Risk is the pulsating nature of life.

  Sarah Strohmeyer

  Inspiration, Risk, Way

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• Because the pot takes the edge off the adrenaline, and it also clears your mind of it, and then you can see things a lot clearer.

  Tommy Chong

  Mind, Pot, Adrenaline

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• That is why we need to travel. If we don't offer ourself to the unknown, our senses dull. Our world becomes small and we lose our sense of wonder. Our eyes don't lift to the horizon; our ears don't hear the sounds around us. The edge is off our experience, and we pass our days in a routine that is both comfortable and limiting. We wake up one day and find that we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days.

  Kent Nerburn

  Dream, Eye, Our World

  Kent Nerburn (1999). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Women, Life and Love”, p.115, New World Library

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• As populations crowd toward the ocean's edge and the sea encroaches menacingly toward the land, John R. Gillis looks at the history of the world from a fresh perspective and enables readers to see it in a new light. That he has managed to do so in a single conceptual work is nothing short of astounding.

  Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

  Ocean, Light, Sea

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• The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

  Tony Scott

  Scary, Dangerous, Can Do

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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