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angelito
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posted September 06, 2005 12:50 PM |
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The old chinese wisemen (like Lao-tse or Kon-fu-tse) had some very good "inspirational sayings". The one i like best is this one: (only know it in german, so i hope u get it right with my translation!)
If u give a fish to a poor man, he won´t be hungry anymore for one day, if u give him a rod, he won´t be hungry anymore for the rest of his life!
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TheAsgard
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posted September 13, 2005 03:23 PM |
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Yes angelito I was able to understand what your tranlation ment. Thankyou, I like that one.
This is a fairly well know one.
"You can do anything you put your mind to."
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Wiseman
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posted September 13, 2005 05:02 PM |
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"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life."
-- (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)
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Lord_Woock
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posted September 13, 2005 05:56 PM |
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"Early to rise, early to bed, makes a man healthy, wealthy and dead." - Terry Pratchett too, but I forgot which book 
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Wiseman
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posted September 13, 2005 08:32 PM |
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Which incidentally perfectly echoes the one by Ambrose Bierce, greatest Amercian who ever lived  :
DAWN, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men
prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk
with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then
point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy
health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old,
not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find
only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the
others who have tried it.
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TheAsgard
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posted September 14, 2005 02:40 PM |
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"Be your self and be your best self."
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Lord_Pc
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posted September 14, 2005 02:46 PM |
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i was watching tv and the person said something like this
"dont put off something till tomorow if you can do it today"
the guy that invented electricity said that
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Da-da-dada-HEY-dada-da-da
Two goldfish were in their tank. One turns to the other and says, 'You man the guns, I'll drive.'
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lkru33
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posted September 14, 2005 03:15 PM |
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Quote:
"dont put off something till tomorow if you can do it today"
the guy that invented electricity said that
So that is how it is said. I always heard it as "why do today what you can put off until tomorrow"...
No wonder I never get anything done 
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Wiseman
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posted September 14, 2005 04:04 PM |
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Whatever you can do today, have somebody else do it tomorrow.
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Lord_Pc
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posted September 14, 2005 11:48 PM |
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"cant someone else do it?"
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Da-da-dada-HEY-dada-da-da
Two goldfish were in their tank. One turns to the other and says, 'You man the guns, I'll drive.'
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TheAsgard
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posted September 15, 2005 02:17 PM |
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Actually iv heard of it a different way.
"Don't put of util tomorow what can be done today."
My next quote:
"When you shine, everyone around you shines."
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TheAsgard
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posted September 19, 2005 12:29 PM |
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... NO resopnces...
Oh well here is another one.
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
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Lord_Pc
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posted September 19, 2005 01:14 PM |
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just made this one up, there may be similar ones
"the most joyous part of a day is the day itself"
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Da-da-dada-HEY-dada-da-da
Two goldfish were in their tank. One turns to the other and says, 'You man the guns, I'll drive.'
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TheAsgard
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posted September 25, 2005 03:20 PM |
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Yes that is a good one. It does not matter if you have made it up, read about it, heard it on tv or the radio or of it belongs to someone else all quote are welcome.
"Look before you leap."
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Conan
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posted September 26, 2005 03:28 AM |
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Edited By: Conan on 26 Sep 2005
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There is one we use in French, I'll translate it:
The graveyard is full of people with good intentions.
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Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service.... us. - Star Trek TNG
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TheAsgard
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posted September 27, 2005 05:52 AM |
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Could you please tell me what the meaning is for that one conan, im not sure i understand it.
My next is:
"Don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution."
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mr_niceguy
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posted September 28, 2005 06:35 AM |
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Theres no time like the present
and heres one i wrote:
you cant make 100% without two 0's
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a stich in time saves nine... what the hell does that mean?
If u enjoy telling ur friends of how uve never been beaten with ur own legs, u'd rethink making a comment
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angelito
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posted September 28, 2005 10:51 AM |
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Quote:
...you cant make 100% without two 0's
99% + 1%
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Better judged by 12 than carried by 6.
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mr_niceguy
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posted September 28, 2005 11:14 AM |
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well theres the % signs which has two 0's in it, so that means that having two % signs gives yo four zeros
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a stich in time saves nine... what the hell does that mean?
If u enjoy telling ur friends of how uve never been beaten with ur own legs, u'd rethink making a comment
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TheAsgard
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posted September 28, 2005 12:51 PM |
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