antiquary
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posted on November 27, 2001 10:56:08 AM new
When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives.
Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig. Albert Einstein
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REAMOND
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posted on November 27, 2001 12:40:32 PM new
"F#ck You, Pay me!" From the movie Good Fellas.
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hjw
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posted on November 27, 2001 01:48:40 PM new
"Grace under pressure."
by Hemingway (his definition of guts)
Helen
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snowyegret
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posted on November 27, 2001 02:41:29 PM new
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
Have you sent the Don't shoot, we're pathetic message yet?
Farscape
You have the right to an informed opinion
-Harlan Ellison
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donny
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posted on November 27, 2001 03:32:06 PM new
If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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mybiddness
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posted on November 27, 2001 04:11:52 PM new
Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to.
I don't know who said it.
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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BittyBug
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posted on November 27, 2001 05:21:44 PM new
Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
Please call me Charlotte so I don't have ta change my ID.
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sweetpotato
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posted on November 27, 2001 06:00:56 PM new
"If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?" George Deacon
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hjw
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posted on November 27, 2001 06:35:32 PM new
Working with Ashcroft.
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 07:28:47 PM new
Hi Helen
Great thread topic Antiquary.
I don't have a particular favorite quote but here's a few interesting ones from Nietzsche.
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
And perhaps even more interesting...
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
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stusi
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posted on November 27, 2001 07:37:41 PM new
"A society can be judged by the way it treats its animals". Mahatma Ghandi
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hjw
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posted on November 27, 2001 07:52:42 PM new
[ edited by hjw on Nov 27, 2001 08:36 PM ]
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hjw
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:01:27 PM new
[ edited by hjw on Nov 27, 2001 08:37 PM ]
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:04:49 PM new
LOL Helen, yes sometimes that is hard... it's a wise policy though. Your mother was quite smart.
I aspire to many goals that I don't always quite reach. I make a mighty effort though.
I thought you might like that quote of Nietzsche's about the abyss... it seemed to fit quite well with your comment about Ashcroft. Do you think he's looked into the abyss one too many times?
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:06:37 PM new
"I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am."
Samuel Johnson
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:10:49 PM new
Hi Rawbunz! good to see you.
Do I detect a note of cynicism in Samuel Johnson's quote?
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:13:38 PM new
Perhaps just a bit.
How are you today Enchanted? Making lots of sales these days?
Oops! That felt an awful lot like derailing this thread!
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hjw
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:18:34 PM new
[ edited by hjw on Nov 27, 2001 08:38 PM ]
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:18:54 PM new
thinking... mustn't derail, mustn't derail...
Well, I'm quite cynical about my sales. That fits with the theme of this thread, right?
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:20:23 PM new
"It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."
Professor Irwin Corey
"The future is much like the present, only longer."
Dan Quisenberry
I'm cheating now... HeHeHeHe
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:21:35 PM new
Helen, that is a inspiring quote "Grace under pressure." Those words have helped me to get through a lot in my life too. I admire those who have the maturity to have grace under pressure.
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:22:24 PM new
Hi Helen. I think you do rather well at whatever it is you are doing.
Oh, Enchanted, I believe I am just feeling plain cynical tonight. Fitting, eh?
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hjw
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:24:00 PM new
[ edited by hjw on Nov 27, 2001 08:39 PM ]
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:24:48 PM new
Tonight, "Grace under pressure" makes me think that she could suddenly explode. Grace that is. Messy. I'd hate to clean up.
Antiquary, I meant to ask you in what way were you a precocious young man? Would we be shocked?? I hope.
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:25:34 PM new
Rawbunz, I'm beginning to see a pattern in those quotes. 
I must now admit that when I first read Antiquary's first post to this thread, I thought he was talking about himself, I thought ... what a revelation and personal disclosure. Then I realized he was quoting Einstein but it was still slightly unsettling.
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:28:00 PM new
Well thank you for that visual of Grace Rawbunzel!
I think we're all suffering from a slight level of cynicism and anomie tonight.
I might just have to counterbalance it with an inspirational quote thread tomorrow, hmmm?
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:32:52 PM new
"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform."
Mark Twain
"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well."
Missy Dizick
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with."
Tenessee Williams
"It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men."
Mae West
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow."
Jeff Valdez
I am having WAY too much fun at this web site! LOLOLOL
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antiquary
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:34:10 PM new
Hi everybody!
Yes, Einstien said that not I. And it's not really a favorite quote, but interesting.
Oh, I think all the thread police have left the building, Robin, so you're safe.
It's good to see you all out.
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:35:04 PM new
These are inspirational quotes!!!
I believe I can find some of those at this web site as well. I'll be prepared for whatever you can dish up! HA!
Sorry about the Grace thing.....
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enchanted
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posted on November 27, 2001 08:38:45 PM new
Hi Antiquary!
I love that Mae West quote. So true, so true.
and for Helen, I found this page about Greek mythology that summarizes the story of Helen of Troy...
http://www.hellenism.net/eng/helen.htm
Just teasing you about poor Grace, rawbunzel.LOL.
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