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 quotes"one of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." ~will durant |
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kementari 19-Jan-07, 18:47 |
nice one "Too many people NEED to look at things only in black and white. Grey makes them very nervous. It introduces too many variables. It makes them think." Sandy (aka Xolo) |
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one i came across today... - John Andrew Holmes |
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- David T. Wolf |
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soulcrates 04-Feb-07, 08:42 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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theloneranger 04-Feb-07, 10:53 |
John Maxwell |
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theloneranger 04-Feb-07, 10:56 |
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kementari 04-Feb-07, 12:23 |
heh... The reciprocal truth to both of those statements is that although it is important to remember that the world does not revolve around any one person, no man is an island, and a single man with a vision and the passion to see it through can change the course of history, for better or for worse. |
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Sir Winston Churchill "Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. " |
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kementari 04-Feb-07, 19:47 |
Sir Winston Churchill again "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." |
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Sir Winston Churchill yet again |
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jonathan safran foer said from his wonderful book, extremely loud and incredibly close |
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bob marley's birthday yesterday Conquer the devils with a little thing called love! Don't gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is worth more than silver and gold. If you get down and quarrel everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say Just can't live that negative way...make way for the positive day! Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds Won't you help to sing The songs of freedom. Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally discredited and abandoned...WAR! Open your eyes & look within, are you satisfied with the life you´re living. Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live! The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall. |
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leo_london 07-Feb-07, 17:18 |
A little poem.. he only grows older, losing on his way the happiness of seeing a butterfly on a blade of grass and shedding the simple smile and simple honesty of childhood. . . carrying with him the loneliness and fear, the insecurity and rivalry that clouds his days with discontent. Yet, there are still a few among us who walk with peace; having neither envy nor anger; neither fear of death nor hunger for wealth, who live out their years with a calm smile . . . untouched by the brutal hunger of other men ! _________Tom Weber |
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agree about the "silence" Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952. |
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ha! Larry Hardiman |
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Anwar El-Sadat |
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One of my favorites |
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question is this entomology or etymology???? |
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unknown author |
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~T.S. Elliot, "The Wasteland" |
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- Howard Aiken |
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George Carlin incoming 2. When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? 3. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted? 4. When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day? 5. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks? 6. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? 7. Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers? 8. What if there were no hypothetical questions? 9. Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 10. Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. 11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. 12. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? 13. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. 14. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with. 15. I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. 16. May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. 17. Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? 18. If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2? 19. I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. 20. Electricity is really just organized lightning. 21. Women like silent men, they think they're listening. 22. "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence? 23. Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it. 24. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? 25. Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they? 26. Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. 27. I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away. 28. Why is the man (or woman) who invests all your money called a broker? 29. I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. 30. There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. 31. At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. 32. As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything. 33. The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. 34. Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. 35. Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. 36. I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. 37. The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music. 38. Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money! 39. This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray in schools they might as well have a nice prayer like this: Our Father who art in heaven, and to the republic for which it stands, thy kingdom come, one nation indivisible as in heaven, give us this day as we forgive those who so proudly we hail. Crown thy good into temptation but deliver us from the twilight's last gleaming. Amen and Awomen. |
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Several people have said this, and it's impossible to give proper credit for these famous words. However, I would like to mention myself as the honorary coiner. |
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~ Barbara Kingsolver |
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Kingsolver |
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The Dalai Lama |
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The dolly llama |
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thomas paine all mankind are my brethren, to do good is my religion. how perfect is that? |
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