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18 Jul 2016, 6:10 pm

‘Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.’
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18 Jul 2016, 6:13 pm

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18 Jul 2016, 7:44 pm

The S. I. Hayakawa quote on understanding describes some interactions I have with my wife.


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18 Jul 2016, 8:27 pm

drlaugh wrote:
The S. I. Hayakawa quote on understanding describes some interactions I have with my wife.

and it also describes my interactions with people, in general. :alien:



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18 Jul 2016, 10:10 pm

YES! YES! YES!

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18 Jul 2016, 10:12 pm

Lloyd Bentsen, on the Bush/Quayle ticket: "When you buy a horse, you buy both ends."



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23 Jul 2016, 3:40 am

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

- Arthur Schopenhauer


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23 Jul 2016, 3:43 am

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
John W. Gardner



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23 Jul 2016, 5:20 pm

Brilliant. ^


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23 Jul 2016, 7:17 pm

CaptLasik wrote:
Brilliant. ^

thanx :) John W. Gardner was a brilliant and compassionate man. people of his ilk seldom come down the pike to our hellworld. anyways, on the way to somewhere I found this quote which is very pertinent to our American times-
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken



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23 Jul 2016, 8:08 pm

auntblabby wrote:
CaptLasik wrote:
Brilliant. ^

thanx :) John W. Gardner was a brilliant and compassionate man. people of his ilk seldom come down the pike to our hellworld. anyways, on the way to somewhere I found this quote which is very pertinent to our American times-
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken


Mr Mencken had a way with words that was both profound and hilarious.


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23 Jul 2016, 8:15 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
CaptLasik wrote:
Brilliant. ^

thanx :) John W. Gardner was a brilliant and compassionate man. people of his ilk seldom come down the pike to our hellworld. anyways, on the way to somewhere I found this quote which is very pertinent to our American times-
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken


Mr Mencken had a way with words that was both profound and hilarious.

if you crossed gore vidal with George carlin, you might get something like h.l. Mencken.



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23 Jul 2016, 10:13 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
CaptLasik wrote:
Brilliant. ^

thanx :) John W. Gardner was a brilliant and compassionate man. people of his ilk seldom come down the pike to our hellworld. anyways, on the way to somewhere I found this quote which is very pertinent to our American times-
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken


Mr Mencken had a way with words that was both profound and hilarious.

if you crossed gore vidal with George carlin, you might get something like h.l. Mencken.


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31 Jul 2016, 5:44 am

"I think I'm much more humble than you would understand."

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31 Jul 2016, 6:06 am

Maya Angelou: "Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."