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28. Successful man nt

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 06:21 PM

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The Planet Does Not Need More Successful People [View all] trailmonkee Dec 2012 OP

Arrrgh, can't I be both? Bicoastal Dec 2012 #1

Depends on your definition of successful AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #5

So... you're saying we need marching bands? a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #11

Trouble, oh we got trouble AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #13

Well said! a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #15

Planning to do that myself AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #16

Physics is a blast - literally, in some cases... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #17

My hat's off to engineers/physicists AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #18

Keep at it... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #19

About 9 hours AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #24

The new series works perfectly a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #26

I have a son who has returned to college SheilaT Dec 2012 #20

I'm thinking of getting that triple engineering, and then going for applied physics a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #22

Where are you? What university? SheilaT Dec 2012 #25

I'm in CT... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #27

Bleck Nanotech AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #29

remediation and re-use of pollution is my goal... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #30

No Doubt AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #35

At the very least... it gives us new puzzles! a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #36

You sound like Mr. Holmes! AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #40

Thank you for the compliment! a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #45

Christian Friedrich Schönbein's wife was also nervous about his home experiments FarCenter Dec 2012 #38

My wife is cool with my experiments... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #44

One of my favorite movies! Some of the best movie songs ever. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #21

Sure - but there's no need to be a pirate over it! n/t whopis01 Dec 2012 #51

K&R AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #2

I guess the Dalai Lama is my model for what a human can and should be. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #3

One of my heros as well..... Magoo48 Dec 2012 #7

Yes, we need to view success as other than treestar Dec 2012 #4

I believe he would tell you that society wouldnt have failures if it didnt have successes. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #6

I wil ltry to make a hobbit of it! whistler162 Dec 2012 #58

Please explain. Is it a Harry Potter reference? nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #59

Success can be defined in many ways BainsBane Dec 2012 #8

We desperately need a redefinition of 'success'. gtar100 Dec 2012 #9

I hear you! defacto7 Dec 2012 #32

well said. XtopherXtopher Dec 2012 #46

Anyone who 'needs' material excess... pbrower2a Dec 2012 #53

+1 trailmonkee Dec 2012 #55

Very well said. You remind me of a quote from Obama's book: freshwest Dec 2012 #60

It would be easier to just adieu Dec 2012 #10

A Facebook world then? AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #14

Facebook? defacto7 Dec 2012 #31

"correct" definition? a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #34

Yep AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #37

I guess I too have a different definition of "successful," and "friends" a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #39

What's her number???? AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #42

The last I heard, she had "a change of mind,"... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #48

oh yes... handmade34 Dec 2012 #12

great man parisordi Dec 2012 #23

Successful man nt Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #28

Peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers ARE successful. progressoid Dec 2012 #33

Wouldn't being any of those things be successful? liberal N proud Dec 2012 #41

A google search attributes this to David Orr. What it the truth? Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #43

A QUOTE WAS MISATTRIBUTED ON THE INTERNET?!? Bicoastal Dec 2012 #47

That such a thing could happen on the internet... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #49

The world needs more spectacularly wealthy spiritual leaders Orrex Dec 2012 #50

I guess I don't accept the implied definition of success enough to agree. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #52

100 Rec's HCE SuiGeneris Dec 2012 #54

The Dali Lama's actual words used quatation marks around 'successful people' Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #56

K&R JDPriestly Dec 2012 #57

Peacemakers, healers, etc. are the most successful people...IMO. nt MADem Dec 2012 #61