Australian Politics Forum - Aphorisms You Can Believe In

Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #30 - Jul 6^th, 2010 at 12:26am On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down. Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem. Woody Allen
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #31 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 9:35am We are not born into this world, we are thrown into it - in medias res - and it's ours to catch up, as quick as we can, with our "story so far".
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #32 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 10:23am Prejudice is opinion without judgement - Voltaire
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #33 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 10:44am The pretence that one can approach the world without prejudice is dishonest and absurd - Dalrymple
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vegitamite Ex Member	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #34 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 11:58am The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. ~Alan Gregg
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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #35 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 12:19pm Soren wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 10:29am: Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 10:01am: Wherever you go, there you are. But if I wanted to go there I wouldn't start from here. Here and there, now and then, are simply destinations of place & time. What really makes life, is the journey between!
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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #36 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 12:23pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 11:49pm: Trust me - I'm from the government. And, going that little bit further - Trust me, I'm a Politician.
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Lobo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7408 Sydney Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #37 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 12:28pm Follow your dream! Unless it's the one where you're at work in your underwear in a fire drill.
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Lobo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7408 Sydney Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #38 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 12:31pm perceptions_now wrote on Jul 9^th, 2010 at 12:23pm: Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 11:49pm: Trust me - I'm from the government. And, going that little bit further - Trust me, I'm a Politician. When anyone says, "Trust me"...... DON'T!
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #39 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 1:02pm To be or not to be - Hamlet Do-be-do-be-do. - Sinatra
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #40 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 1:06pm NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 9^th, 2010 at 9:35am: We are not born into this world, we are thrown into it - in medias res - and it's ours to catch up, as quick as we can, with our "story so far". Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
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Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In
Reply #41 - Jul 9^th, 2010 at 1:49pm

Soren wrote on Jul 9^th, 2010 at 1:06pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 9^th, 2010 at 9:35am:

We are not born into this world, we are thrown into it - in medias res - and it's ours to catch up, as quick as we can, with our "story so far".

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown. (Maybe Jim Morrison read Heidegger).

Conviction is the art of being certain

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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #42 - Jul 18^th, 2010 at 11:31am 'If you want to pronounce the salutation “Hail!” expressively, you had better not think of hailstones as you say it.' - Wittgenstein. (Mysteriously, that almost seems to apply when posting on forums).
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #43 - Jul 18^th, 2010 at 11:37am Soren wrote on Jul 9^th, 2010 at 1:02pm: To be or not to be - Hamlet Do-be-do-be-do. - Sinatra Or... To be is to do — Socrates To do is to be — Sartre Do be do be do — Sinatra.
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Aphorisms You Can Believe In Reply #44 - Jul 19^th, 2010 at 7:01am Faith is the belief that truth exists without the expectation of ever knowing it... Rendering the sense of certainty an art form. Faith... Conviction, therefore, is the art of being certain.
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