the power of thunder ... Mark Twain

Thunder is good; 

thunder is impressive. 

But it's lightning 

that does the work. 

~Mark Twain

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(the real and true Thunder)

when does trouble begin ... Evel Knievel

Anybody can jump

 a motorcycle. 

The trouble begins when

 you try to land it. 

~Evel Knievel

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you should be all wet ... Sam Walton

Swim upstream. 

Go the other way. 

Ignore the conventional 

wisdom. 

~Sam Walton

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Location: Yume Japanese Garden

Tucson, Arizona

where's the reset button...Germany Kent

Hit the reset button. 

Whatever happened yesterday,

 forget about it. 

Get a new perspective. 

Today is a new day. 

Fresh start, begins now. 

― Germany Kent 

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time to be a little free ... Terri Guillemets

Hey! It’s summer! 

Be free and happy 

and danceful and 

uninhibited and now-y! 

~Terri Guillemets

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1939 Mexican Ambassador's Daughter

tribute to summer ... Author Unknown

 Each fairy breath of summer, 

as it blows with loveliness,

 inspires the blushing rose. 

~Author Unknown

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Location: Ronsom Museum (both photos)
Phoenix, Arizona

possibilities with Whoopi Goldberg

I can do anything. 

I can be anything. 

No one ever told me 

I couldn't. 

No one ever expressed 

this idea that 

I was limited to 

any one thing, 

and so I think 

in terms of what's possible, 

not impossible. 

― Whoopi Goldberg

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Location: Old Town Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona

dream a big dream ... Lailah Gifty Akita

You can go
as far as you dream,
 think and imagine. 
― Lailah Gifty Akita 

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Location: Douglas County, Oregon

possibilities ... China Mieville

For every action, 

there's an infinity 

of outcomes. 

Countless trillions 

are possible, 

many milliards are likely,

 millions might be 

considered probable, 

several occur as 

possibilities to us

 as observers - 

and one comes true. 

― China Miéville, The Scar 

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Location: Redwood Forrest, California

reflecting on contrast ... John Steinbeck

What good is 

the warmth of summer, 

without the cold 

of winter to give 

it sweetness. 

~John Steinbeck

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Location: Alaska

making change ... Nathaniel Branden

The first step toward 

change is awareness. 

The second step 

is acceptance. 

-Nathaniel Branden

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Location: Montezuma's Well, Arizona

a little change ... Robert C. Gallagher

Change is inevitable

-except from 

a vending machine.

-Robert C. Gallagher

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- payphones didn't always give change either....

making change ... John Kenneth Galbraith

Faced with the choice

 between changing 

one's mind and 

proving that there is 

no need to do so, 

almost everyone gets 

busy on the proof. 

-John Kenneth Galbraith

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Location: Phoenix Botanical Gardens
Phoenix, Arizona

possible art ... Aristotle

With respect to 

the requirement of art,

 the probable impossible 

is always preferable 

to the improbable possible.
― Aristotle, Poetics

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the power of summer ... Russel Baker

Ah, summer, 

what power you have

 to make us suffer 

and like it. 

~Russel Baker

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the summer days ... F. Scott Fitzgerald

And so with the sunshine

 and the great bursts 

of leaves growing 

on the trees, 

just as things grow 

in fast movies, 

I had that familiar 

conviction that life was

 beginning over again 

with the summer.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 

The Great Gatsby

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a little change in the dog days of summer ... Arnold Bennett

Any change, even a change

 for the better, 

is always accompanied 

by drawbacks and discomforts.

-Arnold Bennett

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there are not always words ... Elie Wiesel

Words can sometimes,

 in moments of grace,

 attain the quality of deeds. 

~Elie Wiesel

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Location: Montezuma's Well, Arizona

nothing to fear ... Joyce Meyer

The eagle has no fear

 of adversity. 

We need to be 

like the eagle 

and have a fearless spirit 

of a conqueror. 

~Joyce Meyer

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Location: Tohono Chul
Tucson, Arizona

get a little dizzy ... Edie Adams

All the dreamers 

in the world 

are dizzy 

in the noodle. 

~ Edie Adams

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