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Torunn

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“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” —Fernando Pessoa, THE BOOK OF DISQUIET.

huckleberryhound
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"There are only two industries that that call their customers "Users", Illegal drugs and software."

Edward Tufte

Torunn

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And if today, all you did was hold yourself together, I am proud of you.
(unknown)

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When correctly viewed, / everything is lewd.

-- Tom Lehrer, Smut

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I still like "A lioness doesn't turn for the barking of dogs." -- African proverb, unattributed

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@suzianne said
I still like "A lioness doesn't turn for the barking of dogs." -- African proverb, unattributed
"African" - is that Morocco or Eswatini?

But it reminds me of this:

Nor will I adopt the position of the Lioness on the Cheese Grater.

huckleberryhound
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“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

G. Michael Hopf

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@huckleberryhound said
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

G. Michael Hopf
love it! Spot on. Thanks for the post.

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"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy fish'n chips and that's kind of the same thing." (a sign outside a restaurant)

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'fool me once-shame on-shame on you
fool me-you can't get fooled again'
president george w. bush

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“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

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"Everybody have fun tonight."- Wang Chung

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“Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them”.
Anna Magnani, Italian actress

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If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy

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"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."

Mark Twain

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