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Old 03-27-2006, 09:49 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Capitalism is man exploiting man. Socialism is the other way around.
Were you trying to remember this one?

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite." (John Kenneth Galbraith)
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Old 03-30-2006, 10:13 AM   #82 (permalink)
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Old 03-30-2006, 10:45 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Old 03-30-2006, 03:00 PM   #84 (permalink)
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"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)
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Old 03-31-2006, 11:11 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Here is another good one I found recently.

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)
This is the quotation I ended up selecting for my door. I think it's a really apt quote for kids in recovery to see.
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Old 03-31-2006, 03:45 PM   #86 (permalink)
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This is the quotation I ended up selecting for my door. I think it's a really apt quote for kids in recovery to see.
Yay! Glad this thread helped you.

And, to stay on topic...

"Love is an irresistable desire to be irresistably desired." (Robert Frost)
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Old 04-09-2006, 02:36 PM   #87 (permalink)
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"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)
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Old 04-10-2006, 02:34 PM   #88 (permalink)
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Old 04-12-2006, 09:17 PM   #89 (permalink)
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"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)
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Old 04-12-2006, 09:45 PM   #90 (permalink)
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Old 04-12-2006, 10:22 PM   #91 (permalink)
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Not very deep, but it cracks me up.
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Old 04-12-2006, 10:56 PM   #92 (permalink)
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I'm going to go with the obvious, and say check my sig There have been a LOT of inspiring and amusing quotes here though, keep em coming!
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Old 04-17-2006, 11:16 AM   #93 (permalink)
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Old 04-17-2006, 02:09 PM   #94 (permalink)
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"Don't let the bastards grind you down"
I believe it was "Vinager" Joe Stillwell who put that in the faux Latin "Illegitimati non carbovndvm". One for the ages.
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Old 05-03-2006, 07:02 AM   #95 (permalink)
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"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)
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Old 05-03-2006, 07:19 AM   #96 (permalink)
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Old 05-03-2006, 07:30 AM   #97 (permalink)
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Old 05-13-2006, 10:30 PM   #98 (permalink)
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Just found this one and absolutely love it:

"Translation is the art of erasing oneself in order to speak in another's voice."

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Old 05-14-2006, 03:47 AM   #99 (permalink)
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Old 05-14-2006, 07:53 AM   #100 (permalink)
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Old 05-14-2006, 06:38 PM   #101 (permalink)
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The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
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Old 05-14-2006, 06:55 PM   #102 (permalink)
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Old 05-14-2006, 07:56 PM   #103 (permalink)
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True friendship is like china.
Costly, rich and rare.

Once broken, it can be mended
But the crack is always there.
That describes my life over these last six months perfectly. When she realizes what she's lost, and comes crawling back, I'm deliberating answering the phone. Love her (and her boys) with all my heart, but after six years of friendship, and moving across the country to help/spend time with her and her sons, to be cast aside for a man just sucks.

Okay, /switches out of "woe is me" mode/ my two favorite quotes (aside from my sig) that I can come up with off top of my head... "Fuck you, you fucking Fuck," and "How you doin'?" (Joey)... not feeling very deep at the moment. =/
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Old 05-14-2006, 08:16 PM   #104 (permalink)
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Old 05-17-2006, 05:56 AM   #105 (permalink)
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"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)
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Old 05-17-2006, 07:52 AM   #106 (permalink)
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One that I saw the other day that became a favorite.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw

And another Shaw quote:

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw
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Old 05-17-2006, 10:47 AM   #107 (permalink)
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Old 05-17-2006, 11:55 AM   #108 (permalink)
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I like that quote in your sig line willravel

I've always liked this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
That's Thomas Paine, from Rights of Man
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Old 05-17-2006, 01:01 PM   #109 (permalink)
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Old 05-17-2006, 03:33 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Old 05-17-2006, 07:26 PM   #111 (permalink)
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Old 05-17-2006, 10:57 PM   #112 (permalink)
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Old 05-21-2006, 12:30 AM   #113 (permalink)
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it’s still a foolish thing.
--Bertrand Russell
I swear i'm not going through and fact-checking people's quotes, but some quotes I know are not from the people i'm seeing credited.

"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

This is actually a quote from Anatole France, pen name of author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. While I DO find a few hits for Bertrand Russell's version, I find a ton of results for Anatole France. Anatole France was 28 years older than Bertran Russell, so In all likelihood it could technically have been either one of them, unless we found something definitive, not just a quotes page from a quotes website. lol
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Old 05-21-2006, 08:50 AM   #114 (permalink)
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Old 05-21-2006, 09:38 AM   #115 (permalink)
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"He's not a moron, he's my friend" - Jean Chretien refering to George W. Bush and the scandal created by Chretien's press aid muttering "moron" when Bush was giving a speech.
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Old 05-21-2006, 10:19 AM   #116 (permalink)
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Old 05-21-2006, 01:18 PM   #117 (permalink)
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Gonna have to go with my signature.

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It just makes me feel good to be cynical every time I read it.
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