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Mojave Desert, NV
"Set a goal so big that you can't achieve it until you grow into the person who can" - Dokeshi No Michi
Toronto, ON
"If you can't suck from mommy, suck from granny."
It's an old Guyanese saying that my father used to use to tell us that sometimes you have to find another way.
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"No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how much you want it, Somebody will want it more. I am Somebody." —Steve Prefontaine
"Lemme go ask my wife..... she kinda funny. I said I know, everybody funny, now you funny too" George Thorogood
Quoted from bcarter1234:"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by." Douglas Adams
My favourite DA line:
“Shut up, he explained.”
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Quoted from CubeSnake:When you are given everything, nothing has worth.
Oh,brother-is'nt that the truth!!
Quoted from CubeSnake:When you are given everything, nothing has worth.
Great advice to use in parenting as well!
"Keeping the bastards honest".
Don Chipp
Former Leader, Australian Democrats
Used in TV and print election campaign advertising.
This is not how it looks to my American friends.
Don led a party in the Australian Senate, that looked to hold the balance of power in the upper house. This was their firm strategy, which Aussies embraced.
Our 2 major parties really didn't have enough seats in the upper house to guarantee passage of bills by themselves. Minor parties often had 1 or 2 seats, but under Don the Democrats could, just about always, give the government or the opposition bills passage.
Which could well have been abused, but wasn't really. The Democrats guaranteed the sitting government passage of bills, unless they had explicitly campaigned on a different stance. And, their stance could, and did, change. Dependant on what Aussies actually wanted.
So. He considered the Democrats job to be, "keeping the bastards honest".
"Greetings!
The Master Control Program has chosen you to serve your circuits on the Game Grid!"
SARK
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“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?”
--Marcus Aurelius
WWII, near Monte Casino with the Germans holding the high ground, these battles were some of toughest of the war for the Allies. During one particularly difficult moment, an American soldier yelled out a prayer: "Oh God, where are you? We really could use your help down here. And don't send Jesus, come down here yourself. This ain't no place for children."
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Terry: "Oh my God Korvo! I can't believe You don't know the exact streaming service that every single show is on! You're such a Boomer!"
Solar Opposites Season 3 Episode 5.
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"Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don’t know why I bother to say it ...oh God, I’m so depressed."
Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Korvo:
"I Can't believe humans haven't solved Pi yet!
I almost just want to tell you the answer because it's embarrassing for you.
Okay, It's 4!"
Solar Opposites Season 3 episode 5.
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"Alright you primitive screw-heads, listen up!
See this? This ... is my BOOM STICK!"
Bruce Campbell, Army of Darkness.
"Here is what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon: forget it.
They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous.
They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders – signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters."
The Guide from The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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