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Old 04-17-2002, 08:55 PM   #31
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One more, just remembered:

"The intellect is also a passion."

-George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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Old 04-18-2002, 09:37 AM   #32
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I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
Edward Everret writing to Abraham Lincoln after the dedication of the National Cemetary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Everett gave a two hour oration at the ceremony, after which Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.


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Or, I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do
lyrics from "Dead" by They Might Be Giants
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Old 04-19-2002, 05:00 PM   #33
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Who was it that quoted "death is a law not a punishment"?
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"Heaven for the scenery, Hell for the company."
I believe that was Mark Twain, but I am not certain.
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Old 04-22-2002, 11:15 PM   #35
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"A fool and his money is a combination soon invited to parties." - Anonymous

"Better keep your mouth shut and seem a fool, than open it and leave no doubt." Mark Twain
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If you don't see God in all, then you don't see God at all.
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Old 04-23-2002, 05:29 PM   #37
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"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."
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Old 04-24-2002, 06:40 AM   #39
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"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes."
-Erasmus
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"Our school systems teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who have evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud." - Tom DeLay, reflecting on Columbine.
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