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    neph93
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    Joined: 18 Aug 2014

    While we are on the subject of falsely attributed quotes, this is my favourite. I came across it in my studies recently and I find it both clever and accurate.

    "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice they are not".

    “Some of those that work forces
    Are the same that burn crosses”

    • Virginia Woolf
    last edited by 3 Jan 2022, 10:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      scooter
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 26 Dec 2015

      @Bfd70:

      Sorry

      https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/betty-white-grow-some-balls/

      Post amended.

      Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

      last edited by 3 Jan 2022, 17:32 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        scooter
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 26 Dec 2015

        @Jett129:

        Thanks,I totally bought it.

        I as well. I totally imagined her saying it. It even shows up on a number of quoting sites, as hers.

        Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

        last edited by 3 Jan 2022, 17:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          dinobarnesberlin
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 28 Mar 2020

          '' The trouble with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence''

          c.bukowski

          last edited by 4 Jan 2022, 16:54 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            mclaincausey
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            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

            Bukowski independently discovered something like Dunning-Kruger.

            Those lacking intellectual intelligence also often seem to lack emotional intelligence and empathy, which is even more damaging when you have to share a planet with them.

            Think it, be it.

            last edited by 4 Jan 2022, 21:06 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Fadez
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 9 Nov 2011

              [mention]mclaincausey [/mention] I think the link you posted is broken. But I looked it up anyway. Great read and thank you for sharing. I really enjoy concepts like this

              last edited by 4 Jan 2022, 21:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                steelworker
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                Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                @dinobarnesberlin:

                '' The trouble with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence''

                c.bukowski

                The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                Are full of passionate intensity.  Yeats

                Chuckie knew that when you steal, steal from the best. 😉

                Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                Well, I have others.

                last edited by 1 May 2022, 12:12 5 Jan 2022, 12:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  neph93
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                  @steelworker:

                  Chuckie knew that when you steal, steal from the best. 😉

                  All the hacks do [emoji1]

                  “Some of those that work forces
                  Are the same that burn crosses”

                  • Virginia Woolf
                  last edited by 5 Jan 2022, 12:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    Graham
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 8 May 2014

                    I always thought the balls quote was Joan Rivers.

                    @gmac_ironheart
                    🤘

                    last edited by 5 Jan 2022, 13:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      scooter
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                      " I don't know, sage is just… that's me. Therefore, it's not. "

                      Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

                      last edited by 15 Jan 2022, 06:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        dinobarnesberlin
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                        Joined: 28 Mar 2020

                        " When a society regrets the economic loss more than the loss of life, it doesn't need a virus–it is already sick"

                        unknown

                        last edited by 15 Jan 2022, 08:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          neph93
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                          Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                          @dinobarnesberlin:

                          " When a society regrets the economic loss more than the loss of life, it doesn't need a virus–it is already sick"

                          unknown

                          Boom!

                          “Some of those that work forces
                          Are the same that burn crosses”

                          • Virginia Woolf
                          last edited by 15 Jan 2022, 21:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            Manticore
                            Haraki san Expert
                            Joined: 25 Jan 2017

                            Read this quote recently and resonated deeply given today's polarized political climate.

                            "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."

                            • Noam Chomsky

                            Said differently but from another angle:

                            "Panem et circenses" - Juvenal

                            last edited by 2 Apr 2022, 02:15 18 Jan 2022, 23:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • LewisStonehouseL
                              LewisStonehouse
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 11 May 2020

                              “All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
                              Douglas Adams

                              “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
                              Ralph Waldo Emerson

                              last edited by 23 Jan 2022, 19:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                mclaincausey
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                                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                Good ones from great ones!

                                Speaking of great ones, I’m so grateful for this one, who recently passed:

                                Now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.

                                -Thich Nhat Hanh

                                Think it, be it.

                                last edited by 23 Jan 2022, 20:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  scooter
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                                  "Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit." - Mahatma Gandhi

                                  Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

                                  last edited by 23 Jan 2022, 20:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • ChapC
                                    Chap
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                                    Joined: 24 May 2016

                                    Learn to sit back and observe. Not everything needs your reaction.

                                    God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

                                    last edited by 24 Jan 2022, 06:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                    • AnesthetistA
                                      Anesthetist
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                                      Joined: 14 May 2011

                                      @Chap:

                                      Learn to sit back and observe. Not everything needs your reaction.

                                      10/10!

                                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                      IG: bluehandsslim

                                      last edited by 24 Jan 2022, 16:10 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

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                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                        last edited by 3 Nov 2023, 11:24 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
                                        • NocturamaN
                                          Nocturama
                                          Haraki san Prodigy
                                          Joined: 1 Jan 2023

                                          @Matt said in WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS):

                                          I feel like you need to incorporate the bottom ring somehow.
                                          🤷‍♂️

                                          #JustStopCrocs

                                          last edited by 3 Nov 2023, 22:50 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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