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"Murphy was an optimist!"

Of Grasshoppers January 31, 2010 5:42 pm

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Student: I am overwhelmed.
Master: Perhaps you do too much at once.

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Of Grasshoppers January 30, 2010 5:30 pm

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Student: I was very happy until I was told I wasn’t.
Master: With great effort, we climb to heights from which it is so easy to be knocked down.

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Of Grasshoppers January 20, 2010 6:23 pm

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Student: Correcting the results of my poor judgments is ridiculously difficult.
Master: Much easier to use good judgment in the first place.

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Of Grasshoppers January 12, 2010 9:11 pm

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Student: Look. A bus.
Master: Get out of the street!

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Of Grasshoppers December 31, 2009 7:49 am

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Student: Take it back.
Master: Once a stone is tossed in the pond, only time calms the ripples.

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Of Grasshoppers December 17, 2009 6:31 am

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Student: If I think of all the tasks I must do, I cannot move.
Master: Instead of thinking of all, do one task.

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Of Grasshoppers December 2, 2009 5:35 am

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Student: Spent the night trying to wake up.
Master: Exhausting way to sleep.

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Of Grasshoppers November 30, 2009 9:42 am

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Student: Self-doubt.
Master: No doubt.

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Of Grasshoppers November 27, 2009 11:15 pm

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Student: I have purpose again.
Master: You’ve always had purpose.

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Of Grasshoppers November 27, 2009 12:27 pm

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Student: What I want to do and need to do are not the same.
Master: Split your attention between each and accomplish neither.

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Of Grasshoppers November 25, 2009 8:44 pm

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Student: This is not the path I thought I was walking.
Master: Do you have a map?

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Of Grasshoppers November 18, 2009 6:40 am

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Student: Is this what failure feels like?
Master: Have you quit?

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Of Grasshoppers November 11, 2009 12:45 pm

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Student: Can it suck more?
Master: Yes.

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Of Grasshoppers November 9, 2009 5:05 pm

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Student: Life is weird. Hasn’t turned out at all as I expected.
Master: You had a plan?!

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Of Grasshoppers November 9, 2009 3:12 pm

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Student: All I can see is the problem.
Master: If you only look at the problem, you will never see the solution.

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