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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:15 AM
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Do you have a saying that sums up life itself?
Or motto or adage?
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:16 AM
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1. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke!
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Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:17 AM
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2. "People are worse than anyone!".................says it all for me!
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Joe_VB Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:18 AM
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3. Here's one..
As you swim the river of life, do the breast stroke. It helps
to clear the turds from your path.

George Carlin.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:20 AM
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4. I like that !
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Joe_VB Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:21 AM
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6. Kinda sums it all up, doesn't it.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:22 AM
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8. Yes it does!
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:21 AM
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5. From Warren Zevon: Enjoy every sandwich. n/t
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:22 AM
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7. Well, it's trite and not original but ...

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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:31 AM
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13. Makes perfect sense to me.
Now pass me a ginintonix or a gin and tonic, ah hell, just make it a pangalactic gargleblaster.
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ott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:23 AM
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9. Just that we're all here to pass on
And it's up to you what you want that to be.

... Enjoy life while doing it.
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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:24 AM
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10. Everyone does better when EVERYONE does better
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:27 AM
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11. Learn to Live with disappointment
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:30 AM
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12. John Lennon -
Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:33 AM
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14. Know when to hold em, know when to fold em.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:35 AM
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15. When they ask "who's that fool in the corner, crying?"
I say "little old wine drinker, me."
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:36 AM
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16. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." All great religions,
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 07:43 AM by jody
humanists, agnostics, and atheists acknowledge that universal, timeless basic principle. :hi:

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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:43 AM
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17. There's no such thing as Gravity - the world sucks (nt)
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:45 AM
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18. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right"
I used to drive my Sailors crazy with that one, but it got the job done most of the time.
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:46 AM
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19. It's in my sig.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:54 AM
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20. If it isn't one God Damn thing,
it's another.

Redstone
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 07:57 AM
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21. never turn down free food, drink, or women.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:32 AM
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22. "hang on a second..."
;) :hi:
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:35 AM
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23. No one gets out alive!
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:36 AM
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24. From Oscar Wilde: "Life is never fair..."
"..and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:37 AM
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25. I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour...
...but heaven knows I'm miserable now.
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TyeDye75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:55 AM
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30. I was looking for a job
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 08:55 AM by TyeDye75
and then I found a job...:D
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Red State Rebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:46 AM
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26. Even if you're on the right track....
you'll get run over if you just stand there.
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freebird1 Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:47 AM
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27. I make lemonade out of lemons
also "This too shall pass" works wonders
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:49 AM
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28. "If it's something you wouldn't want your friends or family............
to find out about then you probably don't want to do it."

I don't know where I heard it but the saying has always been useful when making moral or ethical decisions. I have always made this point to my kids.
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TyeDye75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:54 AM
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29. Its not how many moments you breathe
Its how many moments take your breath away
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 09:00 AM
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31. People don't normally regret the things they do -
but the things they don't do.
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