Wisdom & Humor
Every now and then I run across something that offers a new angle on an old thought. Other times something just makes me grin or laugh out loud. Sometimes I remember to write them down.
Here are some I remembered.
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“Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A woodturner is often measured, not by what they can do when everything goes right, but how they recover when everything goes wrong. - Rick
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A nice bowl is just the tip of a woodturning ice berg... an achievement resting on a lot of knowledge, skills, practice, and lessons learned. - Rick
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Neverr put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do it again tomorrow.
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Always try to make the inside smaller than the outside. - Friends at Apple Ridge Woodturners
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I think anyone who is self-taught actually has just had a lot of nontraditional teachers. - Rick
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If you work for NASA in orbital mathematics, a Celtic knot moebius design is a no-brainer. - Rick
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers
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Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. - Unknown
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If you think you might be doing something stupid, you probably are doing something stupid. - Unknown
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Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance. - Unknown
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The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. - Anonymous
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The older I get the less important it is to do something that strokes my ego and the more important it is to help others become the best they can. - Rick
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How did I get into carving? A whittle bit at a time.
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Each time I mount a piece of wood on the lathe a new treasure hunt begins. - Rick
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Once woodturning becomes a passion plan on spending the rest of your life perfecting your craft.
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I'm starting to be a bit forgetful. When I go to the other side of the shop for something I don't remember what it was. I'm not woried, though, I can usually figure it out.