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I have buck teeth. I sucked my thumb until I was 11... and then I went on to suck other things…
- Rosanna Arquette
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
- John Kenneth Galbraith |
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| OKJones | RE: Quotes |
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"You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bon-fire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense."
Napoleon, on Robert Fulton's steamship.
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 22-10-2007 12:32 |
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"You can take the girl out of Vegas, but you can't take Vegas out of the girl".
-Charisma Carpenter
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
Edited by Jogvanth on 23-10-2007 08:48 |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
- Dan Quayle 1947-, American Politician, Vice-President
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Norlander | RE: Quotes |
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| | Location: Copenhagen | | Joined: 09.06.06 | | Posted on 24-10-2007 14:42 |
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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
- Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
- John Kenneth Galbraith |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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'At drekka er sum at flúgva'
-Tórður Bærentsen
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Spiff | RE: Quotes |
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“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.â€
Richard Dawkins
ps what is Tórður drinking? 
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nunc est bibendum |
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| Norlander | RE: Quotes |
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There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
- Richard Feynman
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
- John Kenneth Galbraith |
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| Norlander | RE: Quotes |
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The best is the enemy of the good.
- Voltaire
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
- John Kenneth Galbraith |
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| Norlander | RE: Quotes |
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Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time or the money to do it right.
- Kurt Herbert Alder
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
- John Kenneth Galbraith |
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| Laluu | RE: Quotes |
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In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns on the heads of thieves, called kings.
- Robert Green Ingersoll
and one of my favourites:
Bruk ikke det utenlandske ord: 'idealer'. Vi har jo det gode norske ord: 'løgner'.
- Henrik Ibsen
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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
- H.P. Lovecraft |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar Wilde
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!
- Unknown
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Grizlas | RE: Quotes |
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For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it.
- George Bush, Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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“I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.â€
- George Herbert Walker Bush
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Grizlas | RE: Quotes |
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"Simply put, Garfield sucks. It is an abomination, a complete waste of ink and paper. It never makes me laugh. I don’t think it ever makes anyone laugh. If I ever walk up to you on the street and say “Man, did you read Garfield today? It sure was funny,†shoot me."
-John Marcotte
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You want to tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing? |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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Quick, call the lollipop factory. They want you to pose for the world's biggest sucker.
- Garfield
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Boddin | RE: Quotes |
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I don't get it... jogvanth tú hevur eina shakespeare quote sum tína signature sum sikkurt er skilgód nokk, men tú?
Eg kundi fingi mær "best. Treat others as you want to be treated." men eg... ja tad heldur sikkurt líka nógv sum ein somaliu búgvi í mótvindi.
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| Laluu | RE: Quotes |
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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
- Aldous Huxley
Was fí¼r ein Glí¼ck fí¼r die Regierenden, dass die Menschen nicht denken.
- Adolf Hitler
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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
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| Jogvanth | RE: Quotes |
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@Boddin: It's something to aspire too.
Quote: Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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