Quotes to remember
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“Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.”
a quote misattributed to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Admiral Hyman Rickover
a quote misattributed to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Admiral Hyman Rickover
lol
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"There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.”
― Steven Wright
― Steven Wright
"It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to speak up and erase all doubt" - anonymous
"I'd like to buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth."- AE Shuttlesworth.
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“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
Who knows?“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
― Mark Twain
"If I dare you to jump off a bridge and you do it and you're 23 years of age, you're stupid," police Maj. Mike Matulavich said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-01-30-9801300106-story.html
Mine just thought up
Every day you age you are moving into unknown, to you, territory. Many others have been before you, but for you, it is all new and some place you can never return to except in memory
Every day you age you are moving into unknown, to you, territory. Many others have been before you, but for you, it is all new and some place you can never return to except in memory
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"We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry people ain't allergic to shit. You think anyone in Rwanda's got a fucking lactose intolerance?!”
― Chris Rock
― Chris Rock
We can look out any distance, from the tip of your nose to the furthest observable objects in the Galaxy, and only see what no longer exist (the visible history of the object)
Mine
Mine - self assessment
I am shallow. If I was a puddle I would be so shallow if a snake slithered over me they would not get wet
I am shallow. If I was a puddle I would be so shallow if a snake slithered over me they would not get wet
Which as the quote says, is in the past. And of course all frames of references are as valid as each other.We can look out any distance, from the tip of your nose to the furthest observable objects in the Galaxy, and only see what no longer exist (the visible history of the object)
"The person that has to constantly show just how sharp they are, more often than not, only shows that if they were a knife they couldn't cut through hot butter!" - anon
Not exactlyWhich as the quote says, is in the past. And of course all frames of references are as valid as each other.
I don't consider
... without looking back into Time...
the same as
...can look out any distance...