Quotes Worth Quoting
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'The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain, and so obvious, and so simple, and yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves'
Alan Watts
One of the quotes I turn to when the trappings of modern life get on top of me...
Saw it painted on a hostel wall many years ago, and never forgot it.
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@RobeOfTheMagi me too!
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I can resist everything except temptation (Oscar wilde)
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You're damned if you do and you're' damned if you don't...
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“I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut; I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I'll just give you the money, and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I just can't imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut.”
@gmac_ironheart
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@mclaincausey File it under "D" for Doughnut.
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One of my late father's favourites, I'm sure he got it from somewhere: "Bullshit baffles brains, fucks science, and rules the world"
Seems more apt every day.
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@Graham Kind of similar to when I buy a bottle of Vodka, at the same store, and the same brand for years. I tell them if I return it, it wont be in the original bottle. After they ask if I want a receipt.
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Civilization is not having much of a go at it these days innit?
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Love that one. Reminds me of a situation but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
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“Aging is a remarkable process that allows people to become the person they were always meant to be.”
-David Bowie
“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman
@zeebeeleather
I listen to the voice of Alan Watts when I cannot sleep.
