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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans. A European says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with me?" An American says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?"
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"Remember: Half the people that you know are below average." - Dunno

"One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection." -Tyler Durden from Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club". One of my favorite books (way better than the movie) and favorite quotes.
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Anon:
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

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"When you get older I want to be just like me." - Ralph Wiggum
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One thing that makes me believe in UFOs is...sometimes I lose things.
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Arborealus wrote:
One thing that makes me believe in UFOs is...sometimes I lose things.
omfg you're alive!
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Winston Churchill wrote:If your not a liberal when you're young, you have no heart. If your not a conservative when your older, you have no common sense.
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"You forgot Poland."
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Winston Churchill wrote:
If your not a liberal when you're young, you have no heart. If your not a conservative when your older, you have no common sense.

that one was actually not from churchill, though he's the only person you'll find it attributed to for some reason. surely the same reason i get 7 chain emails a day apparently written by George Carlin



Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
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Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
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Lupe Velez wrote:The first time you buy a house you think how pretty it is and sign the check. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men.
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“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me.” -Janis Joplin
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"A fanatic is a person who can't change their mind, and wont change the subject"

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The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. - Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:
Arborealus wrote:
One thing that makes me believe in UFOs is...sometimes I lose things.
omfg you're alive!

Am not!

Actually it is spring which means I am outside mostly away from keyboards...:)
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If Relativity proves right, the Germans will call me a German, the Swiss will call me a Swiss, and the French will call me a great scientist. If it Proves wrong, the French will call me Swiss, the Swiss will call me a German, and the Germans will call me a Jew.



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