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RevBambooBen
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Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7198
From: Huntikington Beach
|  Posted: 2004-09-13 11:09 pm Permalink
..........Thought for the day:
Lifes' journey is not to arrive safely at the grave
in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy Shit, what
a ride.."
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Tiki-Toa
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Joined: May 30, 2004
Posts: 1012
From: Somewhere on Planet Tiki
| Posted: 2004-09-14 06:02 am Permalink
I AM NOT THERE
Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush,
Of quiet birds circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.
-Robert Hepburn (In Memory of Norbert C. Gessner)
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docwoods
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Joined: Feb 29, 2004
Posts: 595
From: outside the windy city
| Posted: 2004-09-14 06:21 am Permalink
Exactly,Rev-Tony Bourdain once said "Your body is not a temple,it's an amusement park!".
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Kon-Hemsby
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Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1225
From: Andover, England
| Posted: 2004-09-14 06:44 am Permalink
'I told you I was ill'
Spike Milligan RIP
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2004-09-14 06:58 am Permalink
in a week + many of our kidneys will be overworked chemical processing plants...
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Bamboo Dude
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Joined: Jul 05, 2004
Posts: 164
From: Orange Countiki, CA
| Posted: 2004-09-14 08:12 am Permalink
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910
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Don't be a mommy's moai!
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Satan's Sin
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Joined: Jun 13, 2004
Posts: 729
From: Imperial Beach, CA
| Posted: 2004-09-14 09:31 am Permalink
"Life's first duty is to assume a pose ...
... what the second one is, no one has yet discovered."
-- Oscar Wilde
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Urban Tiki
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Joined: Aug 18, 2004
Posts: 527
From: The Tropical Isle of Manhattan
| Posted: 2004-09-14 12:59 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2004-09-14 09:31, Satan's Sin wrote:
"Life's first duty is to assume a pose ...
... what the second one is, no one has yet discovered."
-- Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde is one of the wittiest human beings that ever lived. The problem with quoting him is that there are so many great ones to choose from (several years worth if you limit it to one a day). Here's a sampling:
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
I am not young enough to know everything.
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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Satan's Sin
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Joined: Jun 13, 2004
Posts: 729
From: Imperial Beach, CA
| Posted: 2004-09-14 1:43 pm Permalink
"In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing."
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2004-09-14 2:30 pm Permalink
"If at first you don't succeed, just call it version one."
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
- Mae West
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johntiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2002
Posts: 1525
From: MD
| Posted: 2004-09-14 5:01 pm Permalink
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink-- under any circumstances." - Mark Twain
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Chongolio
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Joined: Oct 02, 2002
Posts: 2765
From: The Coast of Kauai
| Posted: 2004-09-14 5:05 pm Permalink
"AAAAAARRRRRRRR"
-Bamboo Ben
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Satan's Sin
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Joined: Jun 13, 2004
Posts: 729
From: Imperial Beach, CA
| Posted: 2004-09-14 5:36 pm Permalink
"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right thing to do?"
-- Marilyn Monroe
Words Satan's Sin certainly lives by!
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MachTiki
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Joined: Feb 16, 2004
Posts: 1363
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2004-09-14 5:58 pm Permalink
"It was a woman who drove me to drink and I never had the decency to write her and thank her"
~ W.C. Fields ~
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stuff-o-rama
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Joined: Nov 20, 2003
Posts: 751
From: Central Coast of California
| Posted: 2004-09-14 7:25 pm Permalink
"Failure taught me that failure isn't the end unless you give up!" --Jim Carrey
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