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Kilgore Trout - K. Vonnegut
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It's not having what you want, It's wanting what you've got! - Sheryl Crow
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FREEDOM: Walking down the platform with a train on either side. One is the Local Commuter run, the other is a regoinal run and being able to choose either one.
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SADNESS: It not making a difference to anyone which one I get on.
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It seemed like all of the weirdos were collected in the same place at one time. I'm glad wasn't one of them. I was only there as a victim of bad circumstance. Maybe the station was just full of unique people.
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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. - Ogden Nash
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Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. - Ogden Nash
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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. - Ogden Nash
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"It's like an old comfortable shoe -- with a nail coming through it," - Glen Matlock
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"All Men Die - Some men never live." [Underage Drunk driving victim 11/15/02] [his underage friends died a stupid death when their Jeep flipped over on I-95 after they had been out at a bar in Providence drinking late at night]
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The Scout Law: A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, reverent
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Scout Oath/Promise: On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and obey the scout law: To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
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It has rarely been my experience that a picture is worth a thousand words -- the best pictures often elicit no words at all. binyamen - Phila. PA
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"Life's a garden...dig it" - Joe Dirt
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"If brains was lard, Jethro couldn't grease a pan." -Jed Clampett
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King
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"You'll never complete your journey if you stop to throw stones at every dog that barks along the way." - Don Cherry
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Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, The world offers itself to your imagination, Calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-- Over and over announcing your place In the family of things. - Mary Oliver ("Wild Geese")
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Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. - Frederick Henry Hodge (1805 -1890)
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If you can, then you must. And if you must, then you can. - Tony Robbins
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Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details. - William Feather
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Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
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"I usually don't play requests...unless I'm asked to" - Victor Borge
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"If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where do you expect to find it?"
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"Well done is quickly done." - Augustus Caesar, from SUETONIUS, "Augustus", sec. 25
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"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix
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Let the inspections work! Regime change begins at home.
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. - Helen Keller
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. - African Proverb
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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination. - John Dewey
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We must become the change we want to see. - Gandhi
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"What makes the desert beautiful", said the little prince, is that somewhere it hides a well..." - Antoine de Saint Exupery
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I never see what has been done... I only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie
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"Those who trade liberty for security have neither." - Thomas Jefferson
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I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them. - Nancy Astor, interview, 1959
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When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
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Time wears away error and polishes truth.
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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. - Vince Lombardi
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"Free speech and free publication are the cornerstones of democracy - the keystones of liberty. The first step toward tyranny is the suppression of free speech, and the government control of the press." - William Randolph Hearst, Sr., SF Examiner, Oct. 8, 1935
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Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. - Dr. Laura Schlessinger
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"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." - Josh Billings
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"Be the person your dog thinks you are." - T-shirt
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"Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas," explained Jason Jones, Bungie Studios head. "And the ninjas are all on fire, too."
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"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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The curious thing about an idea is that it only works when you do.
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain
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"War is a coward's escape from the problems of peace." - Thomas Mann
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When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. - Alice Hoffman, 'Here on Earth'
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"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell
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"Of course the people don't want war... That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." - Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946 from "Nuremberg Diary" by G M Gilbert (Signet, New York, 1947)
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Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault. - Dr. David M. Burns
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Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse. - Unknown
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"Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose." - Andy Rooney
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America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. - Alexis de Tocqueville
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"I am a jelly doughnut."
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Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival. - W. Edwards Deming
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"Stay .com."
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Quote: Well, there IS always Prozac!
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"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." - Einstein.
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"It amuses me to see the profound change in attitude about access to information which occurs when highly placed insiders suddenly find themselves on the outside. And vice versa!" - John Reid, 1999
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"I think it would be a good idea. " - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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-mfherron; Long Email Alert!
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. - Japanese Proverb
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Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. [*see end for translation]
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"A life is not important, except for the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson's Epitaph
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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.' - Maya Angelou, in Daily News
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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. - Henry S. Haskins
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"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter F. Drucker
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"This is only temporary, unless it works." - Red Green
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Do something everyday that you fear.
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"And without faith it is impossible to please God" - Hebrews 11:6a
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Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. - David Lloyd George
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"My hair hasn't been this long since before my last haircut!"
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"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." - Prov 22:1
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - Author Unknown (But Smart!)
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"The distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, even if a stubborn one." - Albert Einstein, 1955
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Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. - Jacob Braude
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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. - James Thurber
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Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda, 'The Empire Strikes Back'
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
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Let us not take for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small. - Virginia Woolf, "Modern Fiction"
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"We shouldn't be opening firehouses in Baghdad while closing them in Brooklyn" - John Kerry
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You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. - Bonnie Prudden
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"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." - Voltaire, "Essay on Tolerance"
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"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire
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"Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies."
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"The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, it is queerer than we CAN suppose." - J.B.S. Haldane.
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" 'Tis a poorly fellow who hath not a hanger for his cloak." - Sir John Vanbrugh The Suitor (1704) act 3, scene 5
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"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Xenocrates (396-314 B.C.)
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"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
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"I very quickly realized two things: a) a frightening number of people had effectively no clue at all how a device their livelihoods depended on operated, and b) there was often no conceivable way they could learn those details if that itself were not the purpose of their jobs." -Glenn McDonald
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heard recently from a cherished friend: "You're confusing the look of boredom and age on my face for worry."
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Apparently a teacher has been arrested in the UK in possession of compasses, protractor, and straight edge. It is claimed he is a member of the Al Gebra movement bearing weapons of math instruction.
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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, The Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the US of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war.
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"In a dark time the eye begins to see" - Theodore Roethke
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. - Vernon Sanders Law
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"If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time that Windows crashed...oh wait, he does!" - C.S.M.A.
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If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it! - Jonathan Winters
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - Theodore Roosevelt
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It isn't about the destination, It's about the journey on the way.
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I'd been looking for a four-lane highway when what I desperately needed was a walk down an abandoned backcountry road.
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> > 1. Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, get one flea..." > > . > > 2. Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative. > > > > 3. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it. So I said > > "Implants?" She hit me. > > > > 4. I don't do drugs. I get the same effect just standing up fast. > > > > 5. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my > own pants. > > > > 6. I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here. > > > > 7. I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get > > elected. > > > > 8. I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person > > you want to annoy for the rest of your life. > > > 9. Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive > days I've stayed alive. > > > > 10. How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 > > for Miss America? > > > > 11. Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing > > section in a swimming pool? > > > > 12. Why is it that most nudists are people you don't want to see naked? > > > > 13. Snowmen fall from heaven unassembled. > > > > 14. Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom's wise words: > > "Don't pick that up, you don't know where it's been!" > > > > 15. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true > friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was > fun!" GREAT TRUTHS GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food. 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair. 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap. GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED: 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree. 2) Wrinkles don't hurt. 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts. 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside. 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the joy. GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there. 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. 6) Time may be a great healer, ! but it's a lousy beautician. 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE: 1) You believe in Santa Claus. 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus. 3) You are Santa Claus. 4) You look like Santa Claus. SUCCESS: At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants. At age 12 success is . . . having friends. At age 16 success is . . . having a drivers license. At age 20 success is . . . going all the way. At age 35 success is . . . having money. At age 50 success is . . . having money. At age 60 success is . . . going all the way. At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license. At age 75 success is . . . having friends. At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants. Pass this on to someone who could use a laugh. Always remember to forget the troubles that pass your way BUT never forget to remember the blessings that come each day Subject: Do you ever wonder??? Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round? Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...but it's only a "penny" for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to? Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours? If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing? If you drink Pepsi at work in the Coke factory, will they fire you? Why are you IN a movie, but your ON TV? Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America? Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway. If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call? and finally... Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural? Do you ever wonder? The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.....
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. " - Confucius
*Translation: [had to look it up... "If you can read this, you're overeducated.")
