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Post by Siren on Apr 17, 2006 16:32:04 GMT -6
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. ~ James Oppenheim
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Post by Siren on Apr 17, 2006 19:07:51 GMT -6
I already posted a quote for the day. But I found some beauties in an old friend, Sue Grafton's "D Is For Deadbeat". Kinsey, a private detective, is trying to talk a young man out of committing suicide.
"...I hurt too bad and I don't see the point." Kinsey: "There isn't a point. That's the part you invent."
..and a bit later...
"...I've been reading up on this stuff and it's no big deal. Kids kill themselves all the time." I hung my head, almost incapable of framing a response. "Tony, listen," I said finally. "What you're talking about is dumb and it doesn't make any sense. Do you have any idea how crummy life seemed when I was 15? I cried all the time and I felt like crap. I was ugly. I was skinny. I was lonely. I was mad. I never thought I'd pull out of it, but I did. Life is hard. Life hurts. So what? You tough it out. You get through and then you'll feel good again, I swear to God." He tilted his head, watching me intently, "I don't think so. Not for me. I'm in too deep. I can't bear any more. It's too much." "Tony, there are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help."
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Post by fallenangel on Apr 18, 2006 7:34:20 GMT -6
''Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” ~ Albert Einstein
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Post by Siren on Apr 18, 2006 21:17:31 GMT -6
Gosh, that's a great one from Thoreau, yinyang. I'm gonna print that, and put it up on my fridge. Thanks!
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Post by Phalon on Apr 21, 2006 0:29:11 GMT -6
Some quotes to ponder this Earth Day, (Saturday, April 22nd)...
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ~Bill Vaughn, quoted in Jon Winokur, The Portable Curmudgeon, 1987
For 200 years we've been conquering Nature. Now we're beating it to death. ~Tom McMillan, quoted in Francesca Lyman, The Greenhouse Trap, 1990
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977
A living planet is a much more complex metaphor for deity than just a bigger father with a bigger fist. If an omniscient, all-powerful Dad ignores your prayers, it's taken personally. Hear only silence long enough, and you start wondering about his power. His fairness. His very existence. But if a world mother doesn't reply, Her excuse is simple. She never claimed conceited omnipotence. She has countless others clinging to her apron strings, including myriad species unable to speak for themselves. To Her elder offspring She says - go raid the fridge. Go play outside. Go get a job. Or, better yet, lend me a hand. I have no time for idle whining. ~David Brin
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle, 1855
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. ~George Carlin
Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind. ~David Ehrenfeld, The Arrogance of Humanism, 1978
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more. ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. ~Brooke Medicine Eagle
Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Cree Indian Proverb
Every day is Earth Day. ~Author Unknown
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Apr 22, 2006 0:38:35 GMT -6
Gotta love this woman....
In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.
Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older.
And, there on television, she said it was "exciting." Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day...like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.
The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!
Maya Angelou said this:
"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."
"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."
"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life."
"I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as "making a life." "I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance."
"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back."
"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."
"I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one."
"I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back."
"I've learned that I still have a lot to learn."
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
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Post by Phalon on Apr 23, 2006 7:41:28 GMT -6
Maya is such a wise, wise woman. I'd love to hear her speak in person some day; I'd be completely mesmerized. LX did a report about her recently for school during Black History Month, and found out she is the great step-aunt of a boy in her class. Now how cool would that be; to have Ms. Angelou as a great aunt? Think of the stories you'd get to hear!
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Post by Siren on Apr 24, 2006 20:27:46 GMT -6
And as I always enjoy pointing out, in addition to all her other charms and attributes, Maya Angelou is a big-time country music fan! I heard a terrific quote from the US' first female African-American fighter pilot. Sadly, I didn't catch her name, and can't find her on the internet. But she said, "If you do what average people do, you'll get what average people get. I don't want that. Do you?"
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Post by LMV's Old Account on Apr 25, 2006 21:09:33 GMT -6
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Sir Winston Churchill
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two. - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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Post by LMV's Old Account on Apr 25, 2006 21:10:52 GMT -6
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. Will Rogers
Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability. Flower A. Newhouse
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. Author: Bernard Meltzer
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650), "Discours de la Methode"
No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver Author: Kahlil Gibran
Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that ... Author: George Carlin
The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary Author: Ashleigh (Ellwood) Brilliant
Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried. Author: William Shakespeare
To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe. Author: Anatole
To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep Author: Chinese Proverb
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. Author: Max Beerbohm
Quote: When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay. Libby Houston
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion Author: G. W. F. Hegel
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm Author: Ralph Waldo Emmerson
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. Author: Marabel Morgan
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.-- John Quincy Adams
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Herm Albright
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Post by LMV's Old Account on Apr 25, 2006 21:12:11 GMT -6
my friends say that this quote reminds them of me lol.....
You know what, I am an FBI agent, all right? I'm not a performing monkey in heels. Author: Miss Congeniality
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Post by fallenangel on Apr 27, 2006 8:31:41 GMT -6
"I'd love to stay here and be normal but it's just so overrated" ~Blur
For a dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight and see the dawn before the rest of the world. ~Oscar Wilde
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Post by LMV's Old Account on Apr 27, 2006 17:44:21 GMT -6
ok this one is from my ex... (my first ever girlfriend) we havent spoken for 5 years and ive been in her IT class at school for three months, and the other day i said to my self ahh screw it and i spoke to her we spent the whole day talking and appoligizing to each other we found out we had alot in common it was great and this was her quote:
Sarah: You know Cherry , if we had of spent more time talking and less time.....well you know, it may have lasted longer
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Post by Siren on Apr 27, 2006 20:40:19 GMT -6
Oh, I don't know, yinyang. I've known some beautiful fools who would've benefitted from listening to the old Mary Chapin Carpenter tune, "Shut Up And Kiss Me".
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Post by fallenangel on Apr 28, 2006 8:50:21 GMT -6
talking quotes : "I think 'no comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again." Winston Churchill "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." Jimi Hendrix
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato
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Post by Phalon on Apr 30, 2006 21:50:57 GMT -6
Hears another quote about talking, but I can't remember who said it, (or even if I've got it exactly right).
"Silent is an anagram of listen."
I like this one....
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." ~ William James
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Post by Phalon on May 1, 2006 22:57:07 GMT -6
"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey." ~ Babs Hoffman
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Post by Siren on May 2, 2006 17:08:54 GMT -6
Amen, Sista Gams!
Here are some quotes on anger, all from this month's "Women's Health" magazine. I need to remember, there's a difference between my childish, hair-trigger temper, and true anger. These quotes are good to have!
"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear." ~Zora Neale Hurston, writer (I LOVE that one!)
"I don't know if fury can compete with necessity as the mother of invention, but I recommend it." ~Gloria Steinem, writer/activist
"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns all clean." ~Maya Angelou, writer
"Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self, and less of an expert on others." ~Harriet Lerner, author and psychologist
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Post by Phalon on May 2, 2006 17:20:40 GMT -6
Hey there, Siren! Almost missed you - I'm sitting here folding mounds and mounds of laundry while signed into the computer. Grrrrr. Where's it all come from? It drives me insane.
"I need to remember, there's a difference between my childish, hair-trigger temper, and true anger."
So true, and a quote I'd do well remembering!
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Post by fallenangel on May 4, 2006 9:12:37 GMT -6
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.~ John Keats
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Post by Phalon on May 5, 2006 0:23:52 GMT -6
Oooo, I like that one, yinyang. Romantic images.
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Post by mabd on May 5, 2006 7:58:20 GMT -6
Great quotes!
"We commit our half-formed thoughts in ungrammatical phrases to the post card. Gray is dead, he continued; Horace Walpole is dead; Madame de Sevigne -- she is dead too, I suppose he was about to add, but a fit of choking cut him short, and he had to leave the room before he had time to condemn all the arts, as his pleasure was, to the cemetery." Virginia Woolf (I just adore her grammar.)
"Through what primal paradise in a remote morning of creation ran the simple path by which their hearts visited each other?" Rabindranath Tagore
Maeve
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Post by Phalon on May 5, 2006 8:17:22 GMT -6
Hello there, Maeve. Oh my! Another adorist of Virgin Woolf - and grammar too! She and Jane are two of the most interesting female authors, I think - writing with a perfect combination of wit and wisdom, and done in such subtle sarcasm too.
Read back through this thread when you get a chance; Jane and Virginia have been discussed throughout.
And I can't sign out without leaving one from Ms. Austen....
"Why not seize pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!" ~ Jane Austen
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Post by fallenangel on May 5, 2006 9:57:22 GMT -6
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.~e. e. cummings
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Post by mabd on May 6, 2006 23:13:57 GMT -6
"Why all of a sudden this unrest and confusion. (How solemn the faces have become.) Why are the streets and squares clearing quickly, and all return to their homes, so deep in thought? Because night is here but the barbarians have not come. And some people arrived from the borders, and said that there are no longer any barbarians. And now what shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were some kind of solution." Constantine P. Cavafy Hello there, Maeve. Oh my! Another adorist of Virgin Woolf - and grammar too! Hello to you, Phalon, Yes, I am an adorist indeed. Sometimes I think I was born to be a Jane Austen character but somehow I ended up in the Carson MCullersverse. Hm, that might be because in my home people wander about saying such things as "I didn't feel well after eating the salad at the bad cafe." Maeve
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Post by LMV's Old Account on May 7, 2006 19:07:41 GMT -6
"Can you guys smell that? Come to the stairs...its like a combination of incense and poop.. It smells like a priest took a huge shit.." -Laura defining Random odors
(just something silly)
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Post by LMV's Old Account on May 7, 2006 19:35:40 GMT -6
(just thought id post thios conversation in here to)
the other day i got defensive in a lovely conversation between me and my ex who ive just started speaking to again after 5 years she was my first girlfriend but anyways back to the conversation. oh and my friend kylie was involved in this conversation too...
Kylie: Cherry have you always had big boobs? Me: Yes... Sarah: Oh you are such a liar! Me: No i'm not i have ALWAYS (Gives sarah a look) Sarah: What ever I remember when your boobs were just a handfull, a very small handfull. (Sarah hold her hand up, (she has small hands)) Sarah: about that size *Kylie Laughs* Kylie: your kidding right? Sarah: Nope...this big *Waves her hand about* Kylie: well how did they get that big? Sarah: Beats me I havent seen her for 5 years Me: Will you two shut up My boobs were never that small *Giggles* Kylie: SO they were really tiny? Sarah: Yep Me: Argh shut up shut up shut up Kylie & Sarah: Denial much??
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Post by Siren on May 7, 2006 22:50:13 GMT -6
Maeve: "I didn't feel well after eating the salad at the bad cafe." - LOL!
lmv, it's never dull around your place, that's for sure!
Here's a great line from a film classic. Rita Hayworth as "Gilda" says,
"If I were a ranch, they'd call me the 'Bar Nothing'."
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Post by Phalon on May 8, 2006 5:56:27 GMT -6
Hey Chere - nice to see you painting the place with those colorful quotes of yours again.
Siren, you know I love those old movie quotes. Such classic dames.
And Maeve - I'm not familiar with Ms. McCullers, but did find a quote or two from her. Lettuce compare your Unwell-Salad-Days-from-the-Bad-Cafe household with mine, (it's a wonder my sanity romaines intact).
"The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.” ~ Carson McCullers
"One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish." ~ Dr. Seuss
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Post by LMV's Old Account on May 8, 2006 20:05:55 GMT -6
who me colour.....ful? nah oh i got one i said to a friend this morning
Good Lord, I think this morning every sl*tty girl woke up in frankston and said "Gee I've kept my cooter couped up in pants all winter, why dont i wear a short skirt today to air it out?.."Hey everyone check out my cervix!"
Cherry at 6:30am on the way back from clubbing all night seeing weirdly dressed girls at that time in the morning lol!
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