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Yes, that's the way they think, these hundred thousand kantoreks! iron youth! youth! we are none of us more than twenty years old. but young? that is long ago. we are old folk.

-Erich Maria Remarque

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Erich Maria Remarque

Yes, that's the way they think, these hundred thousand kantoreks! iron youth! youth! we are none of us more than twenty years old. but young? that is long ago. we are old folk.

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Find a way to say yes to things. say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport. yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new, and make a difference in your life. yes lets you stand out in a crowd, be the optimist, to stay positive, be the one everyone comes to. yes is what keeps us all young.

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; youth like summer brave, age like winter bare. youth is full sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame; youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; youth is wild, age is tame. age, i do abhor thee; youth, i do adore thee.

One man with an idea in his head is in danger of being considered a madman: two men with the same idea in common may be foolish, but can hardly be mad; ten men sharing an idea begin to act, a hundred draw attention as fanatics, a thousand and society begins to tremble, a hundred thousand and there is war abroad, and the cause has victories tangible and real; and why only a hundred thousand? why not a hundred million and peace upon the earth? you and i who agree together, it is we who have to answer that question.

On the river path in boston beauty was most expressed as youth and intelligence. that made sense; sixty degree-giving institutions, some three hundred thousand students; that meant at least one hundred fifty thousand more nubile young women than demographics would ordinarily suggest. maybe that was why young men stayed in boston when their college years were over, maybe that explained why they were so intellectually hyperactive, so frustrated, so alcoholic, such terrible drivers.

Knock! knock! who's there? me! me who? that's right? what's right? meehoo! that's what i want to know! what's what you want to know? me who? yes, exactly! exactly what? yes, i have exactlywatt on a chain! exactly what on a chain? yes! yes what? no, exactlywatt! that's what i want to know! i told you-exactlywatt! exactly what? yes! yes what? yes it's with me. what's with you? exactlywatt-that's what with me. me who? yes! go away! knock knock...

Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want it to be. we wouldn't be comfortable with it any other way. a folk song has over a thousand faces and you must meet them all if you want to play this stuff. a folk song might vary in meaning and it might not appear the same from one moment to the next. it depends on who's playing and who's listening.

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