Quote of the Week

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Fri, 2005-10-14 14:03

Quote of the Week

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Author anonymous, but no doubt an eminent and well-respected doctor.

Fri, 2005-10-14 15:45

styx

I wrote something along those lines many years ago. I'm not at home so can't get at it, but will hoik it out tonight and post it tomorrow.

Fri, 2005-10-14 17:02

Soraia Almeida

'If at first you don't succeed - be a persistent failure'. From one of the poets in another Writers Site. I love it! Also: 'Is not worth living if you can't feel alive' From one of the James Bond Movies. I use this one all the time! Soraia

Sat, 2005-10-22 03:25

sadie

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." I love this quote and use it all the time, it makes me feel like I can do anything, I just have to know I can and I'm the only one stopping myself

Sat, 2005-10-22 09:42

mississippi

Sadie, your philosophy is deeply flawed.

Wed, 2005-10-26 04:03

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sadie

i guess its a good thing i didnt ask for your opinion mississippi, you obviously dont know what its like to be powerful or else you'd know its one of the scariest posistions to be in. success can scared people more than faliure because with success comes responsibility

Sat, 2005-10-22 17:56

tcook

... but very nice to hear from Karl. Like the new site?

Sat, 2005-10-22 18:01

flash

'I think we're all agreed...that the past is all over.' Who said that?

Sun, 2005-10-23 01:53

stormy_petrel

>>>Mississippi You are the most antagonistic american I have yet to come across.<<< Heh heh heh. Who said that?

Sun, 2005-10-23 09:14

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flash

I didn't even know they were intimate!

Mon, 2005-10-24 14:34

#11

pepsoid

'Come with me if you want to live...' :-) * P * :-)

The All New Pepsoid the Second!

Wed, 2005-10-26 10:20

#12

styx

My greatest fear is not that I'm inadequate but inadequate beyond measure.

Wed, 2005-10-26 10:27

#13

maddan

surely responsibility could be described as the opportunity to fail, and failure described as being inadequate to the task, and all you're really saying is it's scarier to fuck up when it matters than when it doesn't, which isn't really all that profound. Besides which I thought it was universally acknowledged that everybody's deepest fear is to be found out.

Thu, 2005-10-27 11:22

#14

styx

I've just found the piece I wrote about 27 years ago. I was ver ver drunk at the time. 'Bruised and battered, scratched and kicked, I know I'll end life, having felt life, as it should be felt, or as it felt it should be.'

Sat, 2005-10-29 09:29

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mississippi

Really? It didn't seem to have that effect on Stalin, Hitler, Chairman Nao, Saddam Hussein et al. Yes, they were highly successful in their day, but none suffered from fear of failure as far as anyone knows. As it happens my comment was in direct response to your remark that your quote empowers you, ie. 'it makes me feel like I can do anything' I still say your philosophy is deeply flawed, but if it makes you feel good i guess it can't be all wrong.

Fri, 2005-11-11 07:51

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sadie

"We do not write in order to be understood, we write in order to understand." what do you think?

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