kramus

"Absent a mechanism for connecting symbol structures to experienced reality, thinking is nothing more than empty symbol crunching."

Charles S. Peirce

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And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ...
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Tophat665

Every statement is true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense; true, false, and meaningless in some sense; and neither true nor false nor meaningless in some sense.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Atreides88

All most human beings and societies understand is force. When decisions come down to life and death, it makes the choices much simpler and is to the benefit of the individual or group making the demands. Therefore, it should not strike anyone as odd that the countries the with most weapons and best trained military are also some of the most prosperous. The only way to achieve to truly achieve world peace is through force and the threat of death.

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"There is no need to suppose that human beings differ very much one from another: but it is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school." -- Thucydides

FoolThemAll

Right before I left for college, about five years ago, my dad gave me a book on speed reading.

I'm almost done with it.

From what can one act, if not feelings?

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I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.

Hektore

I spend far too much time doing things that I don't spend nearly enough time doing.

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The advantage law is the best law in rugby, because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game.

Plan9

So many of "the necessities of modern civilization" feel like a prison cell with the sentence being a slow suicide.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Tophat665

All I am asking for is the opportunity to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that having a great deal of money won't make me happy.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

ring

indulging the repitition of word sounds such as vacuum..
will suck.

Plan9

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

allaboutmusic

As I was walking up the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today...
I wish that man would go away!

Sion

I do not know naught about knots. It's a knotty problem and I ought not be so naughty about it.

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He's the best, of course, of all the worst.
Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz

I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

Tophat665

You ought to know ought about knots if you do no know naught. If you tied the tide tidily its tidings may never arrive. So I won't waive my wont to waver, I wave goodbye. A bargain at any price.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

ring

It feels so good to heal, I keep on hurting myself.

kramus

The harder you work, the harder you work.

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And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ...
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Plan9

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

ring

What kind of weather will there be on the day that I consider myself worthy of wearing the mark of quotation?

Tophat665

Whatever weather wears well when wit has weathered the blather of whether wit or whinging wealth brings.

In sooth, astute statements suit. Gather gloom or gleam, the weather, moot. Blow wind, blow storm, the pluvial fruit. Blow mute.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

ring

Taking myself seriously makes me laugh.

Hektore

The more frequently a person asks for your opinion, the less they want it.

Each time I assert that I have no good reason to believe in karma, fate conspires to assert that I have.

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The advantage law is the best law in rugby, because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game.

ring

male homophobes are well aquainted with their own prostate.

Sion

The nectar of the forbidden tastes twice as sweet.

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He's the best, of course, of all the worst.
Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz

I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

Plan9

I fought the law and the law stomped me like Godzilla stomps Tokyo.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

ring

Fear of flying floats fears' wings.

allaboutmusic

Always finish what you start, otherwise you risk

Plan9

All your waste are belong to flush.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Tophat665

You've obviously never done a bleach shooter.
/ being alive and all. just sayin'

To paraphrase Terry Pratchett: When someone says all things are possible, suggest they try striking a match on Jello.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Baraka_Guru

Not everyone can flush their waste.

Not everyone who can flush their waste does.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Tophat665

You must have a five year old.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Baraka_Guru

No, but I use public washrooms.

That reminds me: Not everyone who can wash their hands does.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Plan9

...

Waking up happy is significantly better than going to bed happy and speaks volumes about your current life situation.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Sharon

Love comes when you're not looking for it.

Sion

as do STDs.

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He's the best, of course, of all the worst.
Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz

I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

Tophat665

In fact, experience is what you get when you were looking for something else.

(Unless you're playing D&D or one of the follow ons, in which case you're probably actually looking for experience.)

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Baraka_Guru

There are billions of people worse off than us.

And we don't even spend the time to adequately contemplate this.

Yet, it's not because we're selfish; it's because we're distracted.

It's not about whether we feel guilty; it's about whether we see beyond our delusions.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

KellyC

The smart ass comments in this thread are funny.

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Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe?
Me: Shit happens.

ring

If I liked people, sociopaths would be my bestest friends.

Plan9

Life seems to be held together with metal fastener.

Motivation nuts threaded onto "be-know-do" bolts.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

ring

The last time I played 'Follow the Leader'
I had to watch my back constantly.

Plan9

Every challenge in life can be defined and solved by deciding tasks, conditions, and standards with the proper application of purpose, direction, and motivation.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Tophat665

No one gets what they deserve.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.