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kathyv · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
William Shakespeare -Hamlet

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George Carlin

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Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Thomas Carlyle

kathyv · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:36 am Post subject:

A good man is hard to find, a hard man is good to find.
Car's Bumper Sticker
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George Carlin

Blackadder · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 4021

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
Soren Kierkegaard

Scott2006 · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

through his arrangement of the materials and emphasis,
the teacher's presentation of lectures on a discipline lets the student discern leading ideas appropriately.

Karl Weierstrass (in 1873) (1815-1897)
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.”
R. D. Laing

kathyv · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor b****rd who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging lumps of coal at him.

George Orwell

kathyv · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:10 am Post subject:

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
George Carlin

Possibly the funniest thing he ever said!
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Blackadder · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 4021

Sh*t, P*ss, F*ck, Cu*t, C*cks*cker, M*therf*cker, and T*ts. Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll curve your spine, warp your mind, and keep the country from winning the war.

George Carlin

(Have to agree. A very funny man!)

kathyv · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:58 am Post subject:

Little by little, one travels far.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Blackadder · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 4021

"The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination."
Garak (Ster Trek DS9 - "Improbable Cause")

kathyv · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:10 am Post subject:

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.
Mata Hari
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Blackadder · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 4021

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

W. C. Fields

kathyv · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

You have my permission to withdraw.
~Audry Hepburn during a press interview after the releas of 'Roman Holiday'
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"I could dance with you till the cows come home ... On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows when you came home."

Duck Soup 1933

kathyv · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:34 am Post subject:

Once is a mistake, twice is a habit.
Charles Dowd, Percussion instructor, University of Oregon
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George Carlin

Blackadder · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 4021

Eaten any good books lately?

Q (to Worf) (STTNG - Deja-Q)

kathyv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:15 am Post subject:

To the heavens we all shout, "Get well quick!" to our favorite Kraut. From Stalag 13
(Get well wish penned by Carter to Klink.)

Hogan's Heros episode "Is there a DR. in the house?
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What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Commentary.

Hillel