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“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

"The crowd neither wants nor seeks knowledge, and the leaders of the crowd, in their own interests, try to strengthen its fear and dislike of everything new and unknown. The slavery in which mankind lives is based upon this fear."

G. I. Gurdjieff

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I agree that left brained aspies get diagnosed more than the right brained types. I also think empathy plays a key role. If a person can empathize, he/she can alter their behavior and not appear to be too different. I think females tend to be right brainers much more so than males. I am so empathetic that I'd say I'm an empath. I wonder if there are other people like this who learn to shut it down because it bombards the senses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empath

^So Magnus, What makes you point the finger at Einstein as someone who probably had asperger syndrome other than his developmental delays???

He couldn't comb his hair?

My hair is always a mess too.

Mine is a natural style..... you might call it.... wind-swept.

Occasionally I have to use a brush.. to remove the mice that are nesting in it..

You appear well groomed though.

But then we haven't seen one of your.. "first thing in the morning" pics......... yet.



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You mean, he DIDNT comb his hair. Besides, even if he couldnt that does NOT automatically qualify him to be labeled an aspie.......just sayin.

“Long hair minimizes the need for barbers; socks can be done without; one leather jacket solves the coat problem for many years; suspenders are superfluous.”
~ Albert Einstein

"I have reached an age where, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to."

Apparently Einstein was not a big fan of socks. Maybe he just hated clothes shopping, though. I wouldn't blame him.

I think he just really hated socks. I never could wear them either.


“When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in the sock. So I stopped wearing socks"
"Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilisation in high boots."
~ Albert Einstein

I love fluffy socks in the winter. All my shoes are slip on sandals or clogs. I like the openness of those shoes. If it's cold I'll wear my fluffy socks with sandals. Yes, I know...Who cares...gosh

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes”
~ Mark Twain

Reading of Einstein’s disdain for suspenders and love of long hair inspired me to form my own long hair into twin braids which I tie to my belt to keep up my pants. This solves both problems wonderfully unless I contract diarrhea which can cause problems of expediency. – Harold Lohirinne

“It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.”
~ James Russell Lowell

With the world going to hell in a handbasket the interest these days is mostly in improving handbaskets. - Samuel Shimwas

When the going gets tough the tough get going leaving us intelligent sensitive people to solve the mess they've left behind. -Stephen Slooven