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Grampy Bobby

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24 Oct 16

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18 Aug 22

“Man is born to live, and not to prepare to live.”
― Boris Pasternak

Torunn

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22 Aug 22

"Old age is no place for sissies." Bette Davis

Great Big Stees

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22 Aug 22

“Every moment we refuse to live, we are rehearsing for our death.”
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22 Aug 22

if you cant fight wear a big hat.

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22 Aug 22

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the problem with society
no one drinks from the skulls of their enimies

Kevin Eleven

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23 Aug 22

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@ponderable said
“Man is born to live, and not to prepare to live.”
― Boris Pasternak

"To live a life is not to stroll across a field."
― Boris Pasternak

I imagine you know the Italian saying that means, "Translation is betrayal." 😉

Kevin Eleven

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23 Aug 22

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@badradger said
the problem with society
no one drinks from the skulls of their enimies

Why would anyone want a drink tainted with their enemies' stupid and obviously inferior brains and the residue of wrongthought?

Human magical thought goes more like: eat the heart of a lion to be lion-hearted.

Kevin Eleven

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24 Aug 22

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Dainin Katagiri: "You Have to Say Something" (book title)

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14 Sep 22

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.

Boris Pasternak

Torunn

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18 Sep 22

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The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
Oscar Wilde

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19 Sep 22

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@torunn said
The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
Oscar Wilde

Hi Toruun could you give the source more concrete? Sounds not like Wilde as I know him...more like a systemic therapeut.

Torunn

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19 Sep 22

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@ponderable said
Hi Toruun could you give the source more concrete? Sounds not like Wilde as I know him...more like a systemic therapeut.

I found it among Wilde's quotes - will go through it again. 🙂

https://www.azquotes.com/author/15644-Oscar_Wilde

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19 Sep 22

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@torunn said
I found it among Wilde's quotes - will go through it again. 🙂

https://www.azquotes.com/author/15644-Oscar_Wilde

Well they don't give a real source as do the sites having the same quote...strong hint that there is no original quote. Wilde as Einstein is sometimes used to transport ideas which sound cool.

Torunn

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19 Sep 22

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@ponderable said
Well they don't give a real source as do the sites having the same quote...strong hint that there is no original quote. Wilde as Einstein is sometimes used to transport ideas which sound cool.

I agree, it doesn't read very Wilde llike. 🙂

Shallow Blue

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20 Sep 22

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@ponderable said
Well they don't give a real source as do the sites having the same quote...strong hint that there is no original quote. Wilde as Einstein is sometimes used to transport ideas which sound cool.

Never believe anything you read on the Internet
-- Theodore Rooseveldt