Several quotes from 'Side Notes', the vertical thoughts in the margins of the December/January publication of OUR IOWA magazine:

"Snowmen fall from heaven --
unassembled."
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"Faith is holding on tight
when the going gets windy."
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"Always do right --
this will gratify some people
and astonish the rest."
~ Mark Twain
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"You can always pray for someone,
when you don't have the strength
to help in any other way."
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"Did you hear about the guy
who got hit in the head with
a can of soda?
He was lucky it was
a soft drink."
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*"Everyone one you meet
deserves to be greeted with
a smile."
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"What lies behind us
and what lies in front of us
are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us."
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"Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,
but all happiness
and growth occurs while 
you're climbing it."
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