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Quote:THe asymptotic approach to vapidity oft approximates conceptual emptiness.
Marden is a fine example.
Occhi
You mean those homeless guys who've lost everything but their pluck and grit are not what Marden envisioned? It seems at times along the way of losing everything some lose more than others, like their minds, motivation, dignity, and hope.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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2/6/2008
My appolgies for the tardiness.
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
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2/7/2008
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius
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Quote:2/7/2008
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius
Then flush.
Here's one:
Clearly there is enough stupidity to cross oceans with gas left over.[i]
-- Jester --
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
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My appolgies for the tardiness.
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
We create a great deal, methinks, during quality time.
Life is a bucket of manure, with the handle on the inside.
--Woody Stanley--
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
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2/8/2008
I shall pass this way but once; again good, therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
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Quote:2/7/2008
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius
Darn reruns.
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Quote:My appolgies for the tardiness.
Sorry, but it's going to affect your Final Grade, which of course will go on your Permanent Record.
-V
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Recently in conversation about bad weather...
"There is no sense in playing the hero, at least not in a Kia minivan."
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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Quote:Recently in conversation about bad weather...
"There is no sense in playing the hero, at least not in a Kia minivan."
A few more quotable quotes:
1. I will pass this way once, but I'll pass gas frequently.
2. I drink to quiet the voices in my head.
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
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Quote:2. I drink to quiet the voices in my head.
Occhi
"When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer!"
That's when I knew it was time to hand over the car keys to the bartender and call a cab. :P
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
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2/11/2008
"The secret lies in how we handle today, not yesterday or tomorrow.
Today. . .that special block of time holding the keys that locks out
yesterday's nightmares and unlocks tomorrow's dreams."
Charles Swindoll -- Christian author and minister
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Quote:2/11/2008
"The secret lies in how we handle today, not yesterday or tomorrow.
Today. . .that special block of time holding the keys that locks out
yesterday's nightmares and unlocks tomorrow's dreams."
Charles Swindoll -- Christian author and minister
"Wiser's Canadian Whiskey -- that special elixer that blocks the past's nightmares and unlocks the hell of tomorrow's hangover."
Occhi the Rogue ~ A Slightly Tipsy Rogue with Auburn locks and Emerald Green eyes, oft seen in Ogden's Tavern in Tristram
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
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2/12/2008
"A good name is better than great riches, and respect is better than silver and gold"
-- Proverbs 22:1
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2/14/2008
My apologies for being late with this:
"The heart sees better than the eye."
Hebrew Proverb
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2/15/2008
"Ask advice from everyone, but act with your own mind."
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"My advice to you is to drink heavily."
-as given to Flounder in Animal House, and oft-repeated in mine own college experience
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The meaning of life is best left tested by those who endure. Yet, qualifiers test but.
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My apologies for being late with this:
"The heart sees better than the eye."
Hebrew Proverb
Not through a gun sight.
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
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Quote:Not through a gun sight.
Occhi
You sure?
Them hebrews are pretty handy with a gun sight.
:lol:
-Jester
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