Does the work get easier once you know what you are doing?

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"Your lungs grow thick with stone dust and your eyes bleary from the sun and fragments thrown up by the chisel. You pour your lifeblood out into works of stone for Romans who will take your money in taxes to feed soldiers who will nail your people to crosses for wanting to be free. Your back breaks, your bones creak, your wife screeches at you, and your children torment you with open begging mouths, like greedy
baby birds in the nest. You go to bed every night so tired and beaten that you pray to the Lord to send the angel of death to take you in your sleep so you don't have to face another morning. It also has its downside.”

Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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Type:  JPG Image
Date taken:  5/16/2013 2:06:15 PM
Dimensions:  4320 x 3240
Camera:  COOLPIX L310
Shot:  1/125 f/5.7 83.7mm

As you see, flight isn't so cool

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“If I could fly, life would be amazing. But paraplegic people say the same thing about walking, and I freaking hate walking. Somebody might ask me, “Hey, do you want to go for a walk?” and I’ll reply, “Nope. But I do want to have a seat on a chair with wheels and roll along with you.” So maybe flight isn’t so cool after all. Possibly birds get pissed off they have to fly everywhere. 
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Jarod Kintz, The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over.

Do we really know anything important about anyone?

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"Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?
We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?"

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Type: JPG

Image Date taken: 5/5/2013 5:00:00 PM

Dimensions: 4320 x 3240

Camera: COOLPIX L310 

Shot: 1/80 f/5.1 31.8mm

People

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“I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life." I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

-Maya Angelou-

Photo stats:

Dimension: 4320 x 3240

Horizontal & Vertical resolution: 300 dpi

Bit depth: 24

Resolution unit: 2

Colour representation: sRGB

Compressed bits/pixel: 4

Camera maker: Nikon

Camera model: COOLPIX L310

F-stop: f/5.6

Exposure tie: 1/100 sec.

ISO speed: ISO-160

Exposure bias: 0 step

Focal length: 50 mm

Max aperture: 3.2

Metering mode: Pattern

Flash mode: No flash, compulsory

35 mm focal length: 278

EXIF version: 0230