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"People who think by the inch and talk by the yard deserve to be kicked by the foot."
-Anon.
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One fine day in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other
One was blind and the other couldn't see
So they chose a dummy for a referee.
A blind man went to see fair play
A dumb man went to shout "hooray!"
A paralysed donkey passing by
Kicked the blind man in the eye
Knocked him through a nine inch wall
Into a dry ditch and drowned them all
A deaf policeman heard the noise
And came to arrest the two dead boys
If you don't believe this story’s true,
Ask the blind man, he saw it too!
-Anon., Two Dead Boys [Folk rhyme]
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Action(s)
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"Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice."
-Anon.
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"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."
-Anon.
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk to failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
-Anon., [seen variously attributed with slight variations to William Arthur Ward, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Leo Buscaglia, and anonymous]
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Many aspire to change the world but few realize that everyone accomplishes that goal. Each day you live you are changing something. Rather than simply changing the world, one should aspire to make a positive change with each action they commit.
-Anon., [anonymous: submitted to Quoteland]
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Adventure
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The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore... Unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible... It is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors... to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.
-Anon., [from a motivational poster; can be found attributed to Magellan]
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Age
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Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, "So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see it could be a scent - perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches the autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.
Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to notice them, for at any time...it can all be taken away."
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.
Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook. Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double-dip ice cream cone.
For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
http://www.theallengroup.com/members/newsletter0101.html
-Anon., from a story "The Teacher" (A Powerful Lesson)
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Alcohol/Alcoholism
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"A boy is invincible. Then he drinks and drives and he finds out that his friend isn't."
-Anon.
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"We live for the nights we'll never remember with the people we'll never forget."
[this quotation was submitted to Quoteland by Daryl Slaughter]
-Anon.
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For me, A.A. is a synthesis of all the philosophy I've ever read, all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen that there is only one law, the law of love, and there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one's own growth.
-Anon., from "He Who Loses His Life" in the Second Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Ambition
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"We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd."
-Anon.
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There is only so much one can learn online. University is the last refuge of those who mistrust Wikipedia.
-Anon.
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Analysis, to Analyze
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The habit of analysis, the ability to get under the surface of things and at the vital essentials, gives a man a tremendous advantage.
-Anon., from The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering By John Rome Battle (1916)
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Angels
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"We are like angels with just one wing. We can only fly by embracing each other."
-Anon.
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Anger
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"Anger is not only inevitable, but it is necessary. For in its place is indifference, the worst of all human qualities."
-Anon.
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Authors & Writing
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"Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written."
-Anon.
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"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research."
-Anon.
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Baby, Babies
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Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow
So quiet down, cobwebs
Dust, go to sleep
I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep.
-Anon.
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Belief
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I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.
-Anon., (sometimes attributed to a World War II refugee)
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"In an age of nothing, at a time when we stand at the brink of our own destruction?
Strengthen your belief in yourself, in the future of humanity, in the things of this world that cannot be easily perceived.
Awaken that which lies dormant now within your soul. Re-ignite the flame of your consciousness, and measure the strength of your conviction.
Reveal the lie.
Renounce your hatred.
Seek, find and embrace the truths you are fortunate enough to discover. Cherish them. Use them to anchor you in the sea of chaos that is the world we live in.
When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, When it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life?
Believe."
-Anon., Disturbed, "Believe" liner notes
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A sign inside the front door of Holy Cross Primary School, in north Belfast, reads: "If we'd been born where they were born and taught what they were taught, we would believe what they believe."
-Anon., Chris Thornton - Time Magazine
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Bugs & Debugging
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"Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever."
-Anon.
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Business
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"Instead of focusing on their individual agendas, collaborative partnerships establish common goals. In order to address problems that lie beyond any single agency's exclusive purview, but which concern them all, partners agree to pool resources, jointly plan, implement, and evaluate new services and procedures, and delegate individual responsibility for the outcomes of their joint efforts."
This quote comes from an oft-cited monograph by Atelia I. Melaville with Martin J. Blank called What It Takes: Structuring Interagency Partnerships to Connect Children and Families with Comprehensive Services (Washington DC: Education and Human Services Consortium, 1991).
http://www.scottlondon.com/reports/ppcc.html
-Anon.
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Change
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Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them. Disagree with them. Glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world
Are the ones who do.
-Anon., Apple Computer ad
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Character
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Sow a thought and you reap an action;
sow an act and you reap a habit;
sow a habit and you reap a character;
sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Among the many attributions found for this: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Andre Maurois, Charles Reade, Buddist Proverb, Samuel Smiles, James Allen, George D. Boardman, and Francis E. Willard
-Anon., attributed to various sources
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Chocolate
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There are four basic food groups, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles.
-Anon.
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Christianity
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I am always amused by Christians who try so very hard to defend their position with reason and logic. They are like standing on top of a ladder with their tools and gadgets, straining their necks looking skywards for the leaks, trying to fix the roof amidst the rain. What they do not realize, of course, is that the roof isn't leaking -- it isn't there.
-Anon.
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Coffee (or Tea)
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Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water.
-Anon., (The Women's Petition Against Coffee), 1674
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Chocolate, men, coffee - some things are better rich.
-Anon.
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Coffee, n. break fluid.
-Anon.
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Color
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While walking in a toy store
The day before today,
I overheard a Crayon Box
With many things to say.
"I don't like red!" said Yellow.
And Green said, "Nor do I!
And no one here likes Orange,
But no one knows quite why."
"We are a box of crayons
that really doesn't get along,"
Said Blue to all the others.
"Something here is wrong!
Well, i bought that box of crayons
And took it home with me
And laid out all the crayons
So the crayons could all see
They watched me as I colored
With Red and Blue and Green
And Black and White and Orange
And every color in between
They watched as Green became the grass
And Blue became the sky.
The Yellow sun was shining bright
On White clouds drifting by.
Colors changing as they touched,
Becoming something new.
They watched me as I colored.
They watched till I was through.
And when I'd finally finished,
I began to walk away.
And as I did the Crayon box
Had something more to say...
"I do like Red!" said the Yellow
And Green said, "So do I!
And Blue you are terrific!
So high up in the sky."
We are a Box of Crayons
Each of us unique,
But when we get together
The picture is complete.
-Anon., Box Of Crayons (Original Author Unknown)
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Ditch your white panties for yellow ones. Sounds crazy, but color theorists say your body absorbs the vibration of colors, which, in turn, affects your brain and can actually alter your mood. Yellow connects us.
[Number 1 among 15 recommendations to achieve “split second serenity”. Others included hanging a crystal from your rear-view mirror, challenging your brain by wearing your watch on the opposite wrist, taking a different route to work, and stirring your coffee backwards.]
-Anon., ""Fitness" magazine"
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Commitment
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The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'.
-Anon.
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“Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism."
[this is commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln or Shearson Lehman (American Express) or anon.
-Anon.
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Computers
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"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."
-Anon.
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"Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window."
-Anon.
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"If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?"
-Anon.
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"The Next Computer: The hardware makes it a PC, the software makes it a workstation, the unit sales makes it a mainframe."
-Anon.
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"What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator."
-Anon.
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"Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?"
-Anon.
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"Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad."
-Anon.
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"If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing."
-Anon.
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"Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium."
-Anon.
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"Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand."
-Anon.
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Where the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1 1/2 tons.
-Anon., "Popular Mechanics", March, 1949
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"At the dictation of a mathematician, it will solve in a matter of hours equations never before solved because of their intricacy and the enormous time and personnel which would be required to work them out on ordinary office calculators."
-Anon., New York Times, 1944
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Consulting
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Consultants get paid to tell clients what they already know.
-Anon., (aphorism)
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Conversation
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"The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."
-Anon.
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"Silence is one great art of conversation."
-Anon.
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Crime
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"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
-Anon.
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"Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all about it."
-Anon.
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Criticism
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behooves any of us,
To say anything about the rest of us.
-Anon.
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All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
-Anon., "North DeKalb Kiwanis Club Beacon"
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Customer Service / Sales
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To my customer:
I may not have the answer, but I'll find it.
I may not have the time, but I'll make it.
I may not be the biggest, but I'll be the most committed to your success.
-Anon.
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Death
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If it all be for naught, for nothingness at last,
Why does God make the world so fair?
Why spill this golden splendor out across the western hills,
And light the silver lamp of eve?
Why give me eyes to see, and soul to love so strong and deep?
Then, with a pang this brightness stabs me through,
And wakes within rebellious voice to cry against all death?
Why set this hunger for eternity to gnaw my heartstrings through,
If death ends all?
If death ends all, then evil must be good,
Wrong must be right, and beauty ugliness.
God is Judas who betrays His Son,
And with a kiss, damns all the world to Hell, --
If Christ rose not again.
[written by Unknown soldier, killed in World War I]
-Anon.
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I think of you often
and make no outward show,
But what it means to lose you,
no one will ever know
You wished no one farewell,
not even said good-bye,
You were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.
You are not forgotten
nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memories last,
I will remember thee.
To some you may be forgotten,
to others a part of the past,
But to me who loved you dearly,
your memories will always last.
Nothing can be more beautiful
than the memories I have of you.
To me, you were someone special,
God must have thought so too!
If tears could build a staircase
and memories a lane,
I would walk all the way to Heaven,
and bring you back again.
-Anon.
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"He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead."
-Anon.
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Decisions
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"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going."
-Anon.
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Depression
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"Depression is anger without enthusiasm"
-Anon.
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Despair
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When the tide of life turns against you
And the current upsets your boat,
Don't waste tears on what might have been,
Just lie on your back and float.
-Anon.
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Determination
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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must-but never quit.
Life is queer, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might of won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slows-
You may succeed with one more blow.
Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt-
And you may never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things seem worse that YOU MUSN'T QUIT.
-Anon., "You Musn't Quit"
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"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are foosteps on the moon."
-Anon.
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"The mighty Oak was once a little nut that stood its ground."
-Anon.
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"I'll have a full recovery - that's the utmost physically my body has the ability to heal. Then I will push about 20 percent further, through sheer mental tenacity. If you're not prepared for that, go elsewhere."
-Anon., Navy Seal: a note he posted on his Bethesda Naval hospital door.
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Dogs
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
-Anon.
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Dreams
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"When one of your dreams come true, you begin to look at the others more carefully."
-Anon.
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Drinking
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Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.
-Anon., [Irish Proberb]
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Drugs
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"One pill, two pill, three pill, four,
five pill, six pill, seven pill, floor."
[submitted to Quoteland by Ashlei Henson]
-Anon.
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Economics
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If your outgo exceeds your income your upkeep will be your downfall.
-Anon., attributed to Bill Earle, usually referred to as "an old saying"
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Effort
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"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
[This quote had been associated with David Dunham, who has stated that he is not the originator.]
-Anon., source unknown
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Equality
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"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
-Anon.
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Error Messages
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"The world will end in 5 minutes. Please log out..."
-Anon.
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"WARNING: Keyboard Not Attached. Press F10 to Continue."
-Anon.
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"COFFEE.EXE missing. Insert cup and press any key."
-Anon.
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"Bad Command or File Name. Good try, though."
-Anon.
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"Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue..."
-Anon.
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"Error reading FAT record. Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)"
-Anon.
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"General Failure's Fault. Not Yours."
-Anon.
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"Hit any user to continue."
-Anon.
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"Scandisk is now checking your hard disk. You can start praying."
-Anon.
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"Smash forehead on keyboard to continue."
-Anon.
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"Earth is 98% full. Please delete anyone you can."
-Anon.
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"Press any key... no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!"
-Anon.
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"Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted."
-Anon.
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Excellence
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Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise,
Risk more than others think is safe,
Dream more than others think is practical, and
Expect more than others think is possible.
-Anon., [also called: Cadet Maxim]
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Expectation
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I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.
-Anon., Unattributed Author, Spectator (no. 7), an English periodical (1711 - 1712)
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Expertise
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"An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until eventually he knows everything about nothing."
-Anon.
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Faith
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
-Anon.
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Fear
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According to legend, one day a man was wandering in the desert when he met Fear and Plague. They said they were on their way to a large city where they were going to kill 10,000 people. The man asked Plague if he was going to do all the work. Plague smiled and said, "No, I'll only take care of a few hundred. I'll let my friend Fear do the rest.
-Anon.
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Firefighting
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YER OF THE VIGILE DEL FUOCO
Lord who light the skyes and fill up the abysses,
burn in our breast the flame of sacrifice.
Strenghten the spirit of service that burn in us,
make safe our eye, steady our foot,
to make effective the rescue that in your name we bring
to brothers in danger.
When the siren shrieks in the streets of the town,
listen the throb of our earths devoted to renounce.
When in competition with eagles we climb to You,
support us Your sored hand.
When the fire irresistible flares up,
burns the evil nestled in the houses of men,
not the life and affections of Your sons.
Lord, we are the bearer of Your Cross,
and risk is our daily bread.
A day without risk is not lived,
because for we believers death is life,
is light: in the dread of collapses, in the fury of waters,
in the hell of fires.
Our life is the fire, our faith is God.
For Saint Barbara martyr.
AMEN
-Anon., "The prayer of italian firefighters"
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Football
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"That Jim Brown. He says he isn't Superman. What he really means is that Superman isn't Jimmy Brown!"
-Anon.
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Forgiveness
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Forgiveness is love in its most noble form.
-Anon.
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Friends
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There’s a miracle of friendship that
dwells within the heart
And you don’t know how it happens
or where it gets its start
But the happiness it brings you
always gives a special lift
Any you realize that friendship
Is God’s most perfect gift.
-Anon.
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Friendship is like a prism through which the many variations of beauty are revealed in our lives.
-Anon.
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"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
-Anon.
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A memory lasts forever.
Never does it die.
True friends stay together.
And never say goodbye.
-Anon.
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"When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy."
-Anon.
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Announcements of others' joy are invitations to one's own misery.
-Anon.
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Generosity
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"I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken. And the one that could always brighten up your day even if she couldnt brighten her own."
-Anon., (submitted to Quoteland.com by 'Stevie')
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Genius
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Those who dance are thought mad by those who do not hear the music.
-Anon.
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Golf
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Is my friend in the bunker or is the bastard on the green?
-Anon.
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Gratitude
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I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
-Anon.
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I had the blues
because I had no shoes
until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet.
-Anon., attributed to several: Denis Waitley, Ancient Persian Saying, etc.
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Guilt
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He who flees judgment confesses his guilt.
-Anon., Legal maxim
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Habits
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"Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of."
-Anon.
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Happiness
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"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."
-Anon.
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Happiness is security and payday loans are the happiness of two weeks.
-Anon.
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Holidays
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The only thing bad about a holiday is it is followed by a non-holiday.
-Anon.
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Home
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What is home?
“A roof to keep out the rain?
Four walls to keep out the wind?
Floors to keep out the cold?
Yes, but home is more than that.
It is the laugh of a baby,
the song of a mother,
the strength of a father,
warmth of loving hearts,
lights from happy eyes,
kindness, loyalty, comradeship.
Home is first school and first church for young ones,
where they learn what is right, what is good, and what is kind,
where they go for comfort
when they are hurt or sick;
where joy is shared and sorrow eased;
where fathers and mothers are respected and loved,
where children are wanted;
where the simplest food is good enough for kings because it is earned;
where money is not as important as loving-kindness;
where even the tea kettle sings from happiness.
That is home. God bless it!”
-Anon.
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Hope
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"May every sunrise hold more promise, every moonrise hold more peace."
-Anon.
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Horses, Horse Racing
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Let us look beyond the ears of our own horses so that we may see the good in one another's.
-Anon., Old equine expression
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There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
-Anon., Old equine expression
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I am the Turquoise Woman's Son,
On top of Belted Mountain
beautiful horses--slim like a weasel!
My horse with a hoof like a striped agate,
with his fetlock like a fine eagle plume:
my horse whose legs are like quick lightning
whose body is an eagle-plumed arrow:
my horse whose tail is like a trailing black cloud.
The Little Holy Wind blows through his hair.
My horse with a mane made of short rainbows.
My horse with ears made of round corn.
My horse with eyes made of big starts.
My horse with a head made of mixed waters.
My horse with teeth made of white shell.
The long rainbow is in his mouth for a bridle
and with it I guide him.
-Anon., "The War God's Horse Song", Anonymous Navajo poet
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Housework
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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.
-Anon.
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Ignorance & Stupidity
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Hanlon's Razor:
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
-Anon.
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Imagination
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"Reality can be beaten with enough imagination."
-Anon.
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Inheritance
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Say not that you’ve known a man until you’ve shared an inheritance with him.
-Anon.
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Internet
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"The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back. I don't need jackhammers and atom bomb to get in when I can walk through the door."
-Anon.
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"Old hackers never die. They just go to bitnet."
-Anon.
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Journeys
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Life is a journey, not a destination - we determine our destiny by the direction we take.
-Anon.
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The richness of the human journey is here. Listen. Pass it on. So that there will not pass from our future the enchantment that begins with the honored words, Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in a deep forest, there lived a child - much like you.
-Anon.
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Judging, Judgment
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Never judge a man by his umbrella. It may not be his.
-Anon.
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Justice
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"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."
can be found attributed to: Herbert Spencer, Robert Frost, Michael Pritchard, John Fredericksen, humorous “tagline” etc.
-Anon.
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Kindness
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Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away. When I am gone, I hope it can be said of me that I plucked a thistle and planted a flower wherever I thought a flower would grow.
-Anon.
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Laughter
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"Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable."
-Anon.
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Leadership
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"A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune."
-Anon.
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If you get too far in front of your troops, you start looking like the enemy.
-Anon.
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Legacy
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"This is the beginning of a new day.
You have been given this day to use as you will.
You can waste it or use it for good.
What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever;
in its place is something that you have left behind...
let it be something good."
-Anon.
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Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.
-Anon.
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Life
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Life is a bed of water filling from many springs and we seem not to know when one gushing flow will oe'r flood the banks only to be succeeded by a drought.
[letter to Edgar Cayce]
-Anon., December 21, 1925
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WHAT IS LIFE?
Life is an Adventure ... Dare it
Life is a Beauty ... Praise it
Life is a Challenge ... Meet it
Life is a Duty ... Perform it
Life is a Love ... Enjoy it
Life is a Tragedy ... Face it
Life is a Struggle ... Fight it
Life is a Promise ... Fulfill it
Life is a Game ... Play it
Life is a Gift ... Accept it
Life is a Journey ... Complete it
Life is a Mystery ... Unfold it
Life is a Goal ... Achieve it
Life is an Opportunity ... Take it
Life is a Puzzle ... Solve it
Life is a Song ... Sing it
Life is a Sorrow ... Overcome it
Life is a Spirit ... Realize it
-Anon.
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming – "WOW – What a Ride!"
-Anon., [various versions of this exist; one version is attributed: Bill McKenna, professional motorcycle racer, Cycle magazine Feb. 1982]
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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
-Anon.
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"Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique."
-Anon.
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"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."
-Anon.
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"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us."
another version ends with "what lies within us"
-Anon., variously attributed to Thoreau, Emerson, and Holmes
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"My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs
And says we're going to the dogs.
His grandpa in his house of logs
Said things were going to the dogs.
His grandpa in the Flemish bogs
Said things were going to the dogs.
His grandpa in his hairy togs
Said things were going to the dogs.
But this is what I wish to state.
The dogs have had an awful wait."
-Anon., "The Hymn of the Pessimist"
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Love
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"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything."
-Anon.
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"You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her."
-Anon.
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"If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were."
-Anon.
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Never talk about yourself on a first date-- it's like playing online poker with a web cam.
-Anon.
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Management
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Most management-speak is, as Schrijvers points out, Panglossian balderdash designed to lull the weak and credulous—the feeble-minded, the nice—into a position of supine docility.
-Anon., Daily Telegraph, July 2004
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Marriage
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I will remember always that marriage, like life, is a journey - not a destination - and that its treasures are found not just at the end but all along the way.
-Anon.
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Military, the
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Unselfishly, you left your fathers and your mothers,
You left behind your sisters and your brothers.
Leaving your beloved children and wives,
You put on hold, your dreams—your lives.
On foreign soil, you found yourself planted
To fight for those whose freedom you granted.
Without your sacrifice, their cause would be lost
But you carried onward, no matter the cost.
Many horrors you had endured and seen.
Many faces had haunted your dreams.
You cheered as your enemies littered the ground;
You cried as your brothers fell all around.
When it was over, you all came back home,
Some were left with memories to face all alone;
Some found themselves in the company of friends
As their crosses cast shadows across the land.
Those who survived were forever scarred
Emotionally, physically, permanently marred.
Those who did not now sleep eternally
‘Neath the ground they had given their lives to keep free.
With a hand upon my heart,
I feel The pride and respect; my reverence is revealed
In the tears that now stream down my upturned face
As our flag waves above you, in her glory and grace.
Freedom was the gift that you unselfishly gave
Pain and death was the price that you ultimately paid.
Every day, I give my utmost admiration
To those who had fought to defend our nation.
-Anon., In Your Honor
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Mind, the
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The human mind is like a TV set. When it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound.
-Anon.
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Mirrors
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Take care that the face that looks out from the mirror in the morning is a pleasant face. You may not see it again during the day, but others will.
-Anon.
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Mistakes
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"No one is listening until you make a mistake."
-Anon.
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Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.
-Anon.
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Money
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"Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye."
-Anon.
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Mother
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For a mother is the only person on earth
Who can divide her love among ten children
And each child still have all her love.
-Anon.
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"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers"
-Anon.
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Original Poems for Infant Minds "My Mother"
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My Mother.
-Anon.
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Motivational
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Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.
-Anon.
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"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly.
AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES."
-Anon., Nike ad
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Nudity
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There once was a sculptor called Phidias
Who had a distaste for the hideous.
So he sculpt Aphrodite
Without any nightie
Which shocked the ultra-fastidious.
-Anon.
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Operating Systems
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"Shell to DOS... Come in DOS, do you copy? Shell to DOS..."
-Anon.
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"C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN \RUN\DOS\RUN"
-Anon.
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"Why doesn't DOS ever say 'EXCELLENT command or filename!'"
-Anon.
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Opportunity
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"Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers."
-Anon.
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"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."
-Anon.
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For every man there comes that special moment when he is physically tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing - unique to him and fitted to his talents.
What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.
-Anon., [widely attributed to Winston Churchill]
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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
-Anon.
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Patience
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You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.
-Anon.
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Perception
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Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak.
-Anon.
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Persistence
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Hang in there. Hang in there because the greatest quarterbacks complete only six of 10 passes. The best basketball players make only 50% of their shots. The top oil companies, with all their geologists, drill 10 dry holes for every wet one. And even the most successful actors flunk 29 auditions for television commercials before they land one. So, HANG IN THERE.
-Anon.
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Philosophy
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"Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently."
-Anon.
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Play/Games
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We do not stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing.
-Anon.
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Poetry
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"A poet is someone who is astonished by everything."
-Anon.
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Poker
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Never talk about yourself on a first date-- it's like playing online poker with a web cam.
-Anon.
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Politics
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"To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles."
-Anon.
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Definition of Politics: "Poli" in latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "blood-sucking parasites."
-Anon.
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Power
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"Power (n): The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA."
-Anon.
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Prayer
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I asked for wisdom...
And God gave me problems to solve.
I asked for prosperity...
And God gave me brains and the strength to work.
I asked for courage...
And God gave me danger to overcome.
I asked for love...
And God gave me troubled people to help.
I asked for favors...
And God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed.
My Prayer has been answered.
-Anon., (of Islamic origin)
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Prison
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A fly and a flea in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the Flea, "Let us fly!"
Said the Fly, "Let us flee!"
So they fled through a flaw in the flue.
-Anon.
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Privacy
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The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable.
-Anon., U. S. Privacy Study Commission, 1977
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Programs & Programming
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"f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgmmng."
-Anon.
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"Old programmers never die. They just branch out to a new address."
-Anon.
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"Old programmers never die. They just can't C as well."
-Anon.
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"BASIC - A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in that those who have it will not admit it in polite company."
-Anon.
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"I speak BASIC to clients, 1-2-3 to management, and mumble to myself."
-Anon.
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"Optimization hinders evolution."
-Anon.
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"The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland; but that's because it's the best book on anything for layman."
-Anon.
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"There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works."
-Anon.
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"Pascal keeps your hand tied. C gives you enough rope to hang yourself."
-Anon.
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"A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages."
-Anon.
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Progress
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"The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted by the person who is doing it."
-Anon.
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Quotations
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Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
-Anon.
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Recovery (addiction/alcoholism)
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A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He descended a bit more and shouted to a man on the ground, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man on the ground below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be a sponsor," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man, "how did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me, I believe, is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've probably delayed my trip."
"Well," said the man on the ground, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect other people to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."
-Anon., "A Sponsor"
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To renounce the alcoholic world is not to abandon it, but to act upon principles I have come to love and cherish, and to restore in others - who still suffer - the serenity I have come to know. When I am truly committed to this purpose, it matters little what clothes I wear or how I make a living. My task is to carry the message, and to lead by example, not design.
-Anon., "Daily Reflections" © Copyright Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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At bottom is the best soil to sow and grow something new again. In that sense, hitting bottom, while extremely painful, is also the sowing ground.
-Anon.
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It doesn't bother me
That less than brimming is my cup.
Today is crowned with great success!
Look at me! I'm up!
My first blessing of the day:
I'm up!
I'm up, and I'm sober;
And if nothing of the good happens
For the rest of the day,
Before I put my head on a pillow tonight,
I can say,
'Thank you God, for those two blessings.'
-Anon., [Sister Maurice]
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Revenge
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If you are bitten by a snake, what's the best thing to do? Remain calm, separate the poison from the rest of your body, suck the poison out. Worst thing to do: get upset, chase and kill snake. Same when someone strikes out at you verbally. Remain calm, don't try to strike back at the other person. Don't let the poison spread throughout your system.
-Anon.
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Risk
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Any new venture goes through the following stages: Enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent and decoration of those who did nothing.
-Anon.
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Great love and great achievements involve great risk.
-Anon., [Nepalese saying]
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Secrets
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To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty.
-Anon.
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Serenity
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Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.
-Anon.
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Service
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"You can not do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do."
-Anon.
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"Volunteers"
Many will be shocked to find,
When the day of judgement nears,
That there's a special place in Heaven
Set aside for volunteers.
Furnished with big recliners,
Satin Couches and footstools,
Where ther are no committee chairmen,
Nor yard sale or rest area coffee to serve.
No library duty or bulletin assembly,
There will be nothing to print and staple.
Not one thing to fold and mail,
Telephone lists will be outlawed.
But a finger snap will bring
Cool drinks and gourmet dinners
And rare treats fit for a king.
You ask,
"Who'll serve these privileged few
And work for all the're worth?"
Why, all those who reaped the benifits,
And not once volunteered on Earth.
-Anon., source unknown
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Sex
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Sex is like snow; you never know how many inches you are going to get or how long it is going to last.
-Anon., [one of "Murphy's Laws on Sex"]
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Snow
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In the town of The Pas, Manitoba
It snows on the first of Octoba
From then, for six months,
It thaws only once
And never when I am quite soba.
-Anon.
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A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!
-Anon.
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Snowmen fall from heaven... unassembled.
-Anon.
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Spirituality
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"We are all spiritual beings having a human experience."
-Anon., personal
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Sports
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Send a school emergency SMS weather alert | Weather Alerts for school closures | Emergency notification system | Group mobile alerts for schools
also attributed to Vince Lombardi
-Anon.
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Storytelling
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If you don't know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don't know the stories you may be lost in life.
-Anon., (Siberian Elder)
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Under the Earth I go,
On the oak leaf I stand.
I ride on the filly
That was never foaled,
And I carry the dead in my hand.
-Anon., "traditional storyteller's introduction"
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Strength
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
-Anon.
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Struggle
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"Through struggle to the stars."
Latin: "Per ardua ad astra"
-Anon., [motto of the Royal Australian Air Force]
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Stubbornness
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Persistence is a strong will. Obstinance is a strong won’t.
-Anon.
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Success & Failure
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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.
http://www.rwe.org/pages/in_pursuit_of_the_truth_of_Success.htm
-Anon., (widely and falsely attributed to Emerson, actually derived from a piece written by Bessie Anderson Stanley)
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"Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view."
-Anon.
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Teamwork
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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.
-Anon., ~ attributed to "B. Dodge"
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In the fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter fly along in "v" formation, one might consider what science has discovered as to why geese fly this way.
Each bird flaps its wings creating uplift for the bird immediately following. A flock has a greater flying range in formation than a single bird would have on its own.
When a goose falls out of formation, it feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone and quickly rejoins the formation. The goose takes advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those flying up front to keep their speed. When a goose gets sick or wounded and falls out of formation, two other geese will fall out of formation with that goose to follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with that fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies. Only then do they launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their flock.
People, who share a common direction and sense of community, can reach a goal more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. It is harder to do something alone than together.
It is beneficial to take turns doing demanding work. By sharing leadership and depending upon others in a group, there is a chance to lead and an opportunity to rest.
-Anon.
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Television
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The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.
-Anon.
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Terrorism
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Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces.
-Anon., attributed to "Joseph T. Chew" "in a Usenet posting in talk.politics.guns"
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"Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns."
-Anon.
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Thought
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"Great minds think alike."
-Anon.
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Time
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"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."
-Anon.
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"Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you."
no source for this, even a website dedicated to Cheers doesn't have it http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-66/epid-14345/
-Anon., attributed to "Cheers"
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Trees
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For a hundred years I breathe and live, the flower of beauty and the bread of kindness.
I am your friendly shade in the noonday heat of summer, and I stand pencilled against the winter twilight, a silhouette for dreams. At dawning in the spring I am filled with song, the host to a thousand birds, and I decorate the autumn with pageantry and colour.
Then comes the woodsman with his axe.
And still I serve.
I am the timber that builds your boat; the rafters of your cathedrals; the choirstalls of your church enriched by the magic of the carver's fingers. I am the beam that holds your house; the door of your homestead, and the lintel too. I am the handle of your hoe; the wood of your cradle; the bed on which you lie; the board of your table and the board for your bread.
When I am living, harm me not.
When I am dead, respect me and use me kindly.
-Anon., Testimony of the Tree
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Usenet
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"If you put a billion monkeys in front of a billion typewriters typing at random, they would reproduce the entire collected works of Usenet in about ... five minutes."
-Anon.
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War
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You've never lived until you've almost died, for those who fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know.
-Anon., from Viet Nam, 1968
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Wealth
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"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."
-Anon.
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Witches
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"We teach that every priest shall extinguish heathendom, and forbid wilweorthunga (fountain worship), and licwiglunga (incantations of the dead), and hwata (omens), and galdra (magic), and man worship, and the abominations that men exercise in various sorts of witchcraft, and in frithspottum (peace-enclosures) with elms and other trees, and with stones, and with many phantoms."
"The Church's transformation of...women into the modern concept "witch"..." http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Witch
-Anon., 16th Canon Law enacted under King Edgar in the 10th century
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Women
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As armed conflict is highly gendered and women’s experiences during war differ from those of men, any conflict mapping and tracking exercise undertaken for use in negotiation must also take account of shifting gender relations and women’s activities throughout all phases of conflict and its aftermath.
Effectiveness of peace processes requires that they are built on the widest base of experience. Thus they need to take into account women’s lived experiences before, during and post-conflict. Failure to do so can lead to an impoverished understanding of peace and security that focuses on militarism and power supported by force. Attention also needs to be focused on women’s experiences post-conflict. Collapsed civilian structures may mean continuing and pervasive lawlessness and women’s experiences of violence do not stop with the cessation of hostilities. There must also be studies on the militarization of humanitarian aid and its impact upon women.
-Anon., Peace agreements as a means for promoting gender equality and ensuring participation of women - A framework of model provisions", Report of the Expert Group Meeting, November, 2003
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A new kind of woman with deep-rooted values is changing the way we live. Market researchers call it "neo-traditionalism." To us it's a woman who has found her identity in herself, her home, her family…. She is part of an extraordinary social movement that is profoundly changing the way Americans look at living-and the way products are marketed. The home is again the center of American life, oatmeal is back on the breakfast table, families are vacationing together, watching movies at home, playing Monopoly again. Even the perfume ads are suddenly glorifying commitment.
-Anon., "Good Housekeeping ad in The New York Times", November 17, 1988
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Islam exhorts men to respect and honor women. The status of the wife is so respected in Islam that it is not obligatory for her to do household chores. She may do them of her own accord. But if her husband forces her to do household work, he will have to account for his conduct in the hereafter.
-Anon., from "A Woman’s Place, in The Pioneer" reprinted in World Press Review, May, 1994.
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Work
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If a task has once begun.
Never leave it till it's done.
Be the labor great or small.
Do it well or not at all.
-Anon.
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Youth
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they allow disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children now are tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
This quote was used by the Mayor of Amsterdam, Gijsbert van Hall, following a street demonstration in 1966, as reported by The New York Times, April 3, 1966, p. 16
-Anon., widely mis-attributed to Socrates
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