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Thread started 08/10/04 11:03am

dag

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Your favourite quotes?

Here´s mine.

Isn't it strange that what we talk least
about the things we think about most. Charles Lindberg

I´ll post some more later.
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #1 posted 08/10/04 11:14am

FiveFootNine

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You can't even remember,
What I'm trying to forget...


- Bono (Dirty Day)
**...they were right about you.**
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Reply #2 posted 08/10/04 11:20am

Lleena

"Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, he only gargled."

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Reply #3 posted 08/10/04 11:39am

Lleena

She's so pure, Moses couldn't even part her knees.
-- Joan Rivers (on Marie Osmond)
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Reply #4 posted 08/10/04 11:48am

ReturnOfDOOK

"Falling down doesn't make you a failure but staying down does".

My high school Algebra teacher used to say that years ago and I still love it. I don't know who the original quote came from....
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Reply #5 posted 08/10/04 11:55am

namepeace

"Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and that they may glorify your Father who is in heaven."

--Matthew 5:17 (I think)

"I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you."

--John 18:14


"We demand our rights on this earth: to be a man, to be a human being, to be given rights of a human being, to be given the respect of a human being, in this society on this earth in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary."

--Malcolm X


"You hardly know me, Johnny, so I beg you to believe my reputation: I am a constant soldier, a sometime poet, and I will be king."

-- Richard the Lionhearted, The Lion In Winter


"Wisdom is a collection of mistakes: either yours or someone else's."

-- My father


"You owe nothing to the past but wasted time/to serve a sentence that was only in your mind."

-- Beck, "The End of the Day," sea change


"When the tongue or pen is unleashed in a fury, it is the man, not the subject, that becomes exhausted."

-- a paraphrase from Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man"



"What can I say that Shakespeare hasn't said before?"

-- prince, "I Like It There"



"Don't ever let anyone make you feel as if you don't count. Maintain a sense of dignity and respect."

-- a paraphrase from Martin Luther King, Jr.


"Excellence brings about wealth. Wealth does not always bring about excellence."

-- Socrates, "The Apology" (I think)


"Always think as people around you think. On that basis anything's possible."

-- Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part II

to name only a very few . . .
[This message was edited Tue Aug 10 21:26:11 2004 by namepeace]
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #6 posted 08/10/04 12:19pm

dag

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Sometimes the world seems to be sad, scarry or without rhyme or reason. But it´s only reflection of the way we feel.
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #7 posted 08/10/04 12:43pm

dag

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There must be more to life than having everything.

Just think how happy you´d be if you lost everything you have and than got it all back.

We often do not realize moments of pure joy, simply becuase we have expected something greater and more dramatic.

It´s easy to consider yourself wise and loving when you live alone.

"Excuse me": said a little fish. "You are probably older and wiser than I am. Could you please tell me where I could find sea? I have been looking everywhere for it, but haven´t been able to find it."
"Sea is what you swim in," answered the older fish.
"This? This´s just a water, but I am looking for sea," said the little fish and felt very dissapointed.

Very few of us regret what we have done. Most of us regret what we haven´t done.

Only insecure people are looking for security.

"What the hell" are always the right dicisions.

I have experienced a lot of terrible things - and some of them actually happened.
Mark Twain
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #8 posted 08/10/04 2:03pm

DexMSR

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dag said:

Here´s mine.

Isn't it strange that what we talk least
about the things we think about most. Charles Lindberg

I´ll post some more later.



"You have not yet "begun" to experience the PLEASURES OF YOUR FLESH!"....PinHead!! evilking
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.

BOB JOHNSON IS PART OF THE PROBLEM!!
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Reply #9 posted 08/10/04 2:05pm

PREDOMINANT

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"True wisdom lies in knowing that you know nothing"

Socrates (or was it?)
Happy is he who finds out the causes for things.Virgil (70-19 BC). Virgil was such a lying bastard!
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Reply #10 posted 08/10/04 3:29pm

meow85

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"The only difference between a crazy person and myself is that I am not crazy." -Salvador Dali

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because no one listens.

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

I plead contemporary insanity.

If voting could really change things it would be illegal.

Satan is the best friend the Church has ever had...he's kept it in business all these years.


This one's been credited to Prince, but I have no idea if he actually said it or not:

"Imagine what you could become if you could be everything you wanted."
[This message was edited Tue Aug 10 15:29:39 2004 by meow85]
"A Watcher scoffs at gravity!"
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Reply #11 posted 08/10/04 3:30pm

andykeen

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Keenmeister
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Reply #12 posted 08/10/04 3:44pm

daPope

Victims....aren't we all.
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Reply #13 posted 08/10/04 5:26pm

flipwilson

This is a little lengthy, but I've always been in awe of Richard Dawkins, and I wouldn't dare edit one word he's written. I'm going to have the final sentence engraved on my tombstone.


"The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference."

-- Richard Dawkins,

edit for faulty grammar.
[This message was edited Tue Aug 10 18:34:51 2004 by flipwilson]
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Reply #14 posted 08/10/04 5:29pm

Natisse

"All you need is love" John Lennon cool
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Reply #15 posted 08/10/04 6:03pm

MarySharon

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namepeace said:

"What can I say that Shakespeare hasn't said before?"

-- prince, "I Like It There"


bow One of the rare quote were Prince is mentionning litterature; I just dig that track soooo much headbang dancing jig
Is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity
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Reply #16 posted 08/10/04 9:33pm

namepeace

MarySharon said:

namepeace said:

"What can I say that Shakespeare hasn't said before?"

-- prince, "I Like It There"


bow [color=mediumpurple:9908c7d3ea]One of the rare quote were Prince is mentionning litterature; I just dig that track soooo much headbang dancing jig[/color]


I write that line every once in a while to challenge myself. I love the line and the song.

thumbs up!
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #17 posted 08/10/04 9:48pm

MarySharon

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My current motto: Becoming a wise one is losing pride to win dignity peace


Mornin' y'all cloud9
Is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity
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Reply #18 posted 08/10/04 9:53pm

Natisse

MarySharon said:

My current motto: Becoming a wise one is losing pride to win dignity peace


Mornin' y'all cloud9


ooooh I like that!!! thumbs up! good morning!!! wave
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Reply #19 posted 08/10/04 11:44pm

Christopher

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PREDOMINANT said:

"True wisdom lies in knowing that you know nothing"

Socrates (or was it?)


you are wise. smile


ps) wave

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[This message was edited Tue Aug 10 23:44:58 2004 by Christopher]
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Reply #20 posted 08/10/04 11:47pm

Christopher

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MarySharon said:

namepeace said:

"What can I say that Shakespeare hasn't said before?"

-- prince, "I Like It There"


bow [color=mediumpurple:9908c7d3ea]One of the rare quote were Prince is mentionning litterature; I just dig that track soooo much headbang dancing jig[/color]


i agree excellent track!
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Reply #21 posted 08/11/04 4:32am

MartyMcFly

"Haemorrhoids are a pain in the ass" - me
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Reply #22 posted 08/11/04 5:28am

Rhondab

Death and Life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof


The [FEAR] of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor IS humility
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Reply #23 posted 08/11/04 1:28pm

dag

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thanks for the quotes guys! Keep them coming!
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #24 posted 08/11/04 2:19pm

soulyacolia

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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture

Author unknown. biggrin
if you've gotta pay for things that you've done wrong I've gotta big bill coming at the end of the day- Gil Scott Heron

Prince.org where fans of Prince meet and stay up too late
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Reply #25 posted 08/11/04 2:26pm

lil1

My favorite quote is " Go Fuck Yourself" not sure who the author is but people say it to me alot lol lol lol lol
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Reply #26 posted 08/12/04 2:06am

dag

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My favorite quote is " Go Fuck Yourself" not sure who the author is but people say it to me alot

*lmao*
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #27 posted 08/12/04 2:15am

BombSquad

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"If you remember the sixties - you were not there!" - by ??? I can't remember wink

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" - by Red Butler (Gone with the wind)

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Has anyone tried unplugging the United States and plugging it back in?
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Reply #28 posted 08/12/04 2:36am

Natsume

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"How fearful is it to love something death can touch..."

18th century English tombstone

I got this from Michael O'Reilly's short film In the Shadow of the Shortest Saint. He can speak volumes through experimental media...
I mean, like, where is the sun?
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Reply #29 posted 08/12/04 3:12am

roverlo

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"The graveyards are full of indispensable men" - Charles De Gaulle

"Well I can deal with a sucker if he's in your mouth
But I can't deal with insincere" - Prince 1991 (Violet The Organgrinder)
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