Quotes Worth Quoting
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Because of America's interminable election season, My wife and I have been discussing what we think the future will bring, both in the next few years and further down the line. That has reminded me of a classic quote from John Maynard Keynes-
"But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead." -
Ouch. Made me laugh though. As a multilingual U.S. citizen who travels around the world most of the year, I have come to understand the view many have of people from the U.S. being ignorant and uncultured. It is in some ways a deserved reputation. I think the current election says a great deal, no matter which candidate you support. I have also been amazed to witness some of the most condescending, dismissive and arrogant assumptions made by my friends (particularly by my European friends). The bottom line is that in every country I have visited, there are some beautiful and praiseworthy aspects, and some that are backward and disturbing. The U.S. is no exception, with many things to be proud of–Martin Luther King Jr., Faulkner, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Tom Waits, The Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop, AND the blue jeans we all love, and on and on--and many to be upset about. While it is easy to poke fun, and I often despair at the state of my country, there is plenty of goodness and brilliance still here, just as there is all over the world. Rant over.
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Well said.
When we were in Canada over the summer, we got razzed constantly. A lot of Canadians hate Trump. Who knew? [emoji23]
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Well said.
When we were in Canada over the summer, we got razzed constantly. A lot of Canadians hate Trump. Who knew? [emoji23]
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*Tell me about it! Everywhere I've been since he started his campaign, that's what people what to talk about! Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Australia and England. I always get the questions, lol
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One from an account of the last days of Hitler and the third reich written by the eminently qualified Hugh Trevor-Roper. He refers to Juvenal (ancient Roman) when describing the facile idiocy of Nazism and Nazis and how it came to wield such influence. Of course the quote can apply just as readily to current events as those less recent..
"yesterday the village pierrots, today the arbiters of right and wrong, tomorrow keepers of the public latrines"
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"Pippa and James Middleton have to be in the running for the two biggest cockwombles of 2017. How they are content to live their lives, attending society weddings and manicuring their beards and barnets, is beyond me."
This was part of a rant in the Daily Mail online. Not my reading of choice, but the title of the article drew my attention….
"The Wimbledon royal box should be for real royals and the kings and queens of tennis – not the pushy Middleton mafia"
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Champaign for my real friends…Real pain for my sham friends.
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"Alway smell nice. Remember, the first hole you penetrate is her nostril".
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"If you are planning on using margarine in anything, you can stop reading now, because I won’t be able to help you”.
Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential
Margarine is just one molecule away from being plastic.
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