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Favourite Quotes
Jun 12^th, 2016 at 3:16pm

Here's a few for a start:

"The only reason for time, is so that everything does not happen at once." Albert Einstein.

"There is no proof that the truth - when and if it is ever revealed - will be all that interesting." Friedrich Nietzsche.

"It is the cardinal principle of South Seas good manners, that to take away a man's self-respect is worse than murder." Dr David Lewis.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2016 at 11:09am Although this came about through a misunderstanding, it's OK to wish he meant it. When asked what he thought was the impact of the French Revolution, Chou-en-lai replied: "It's too early to say"
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 145305 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #2 - Jun 17^th, 2016 at 11:38am
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 145305 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #3 - Jun 17^th, 2016 at 11:38am
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #4 - Jun 17^th, 2016 at 12:03pm Really Greg, don't you think that stuff is more appropriate in another place. Issuevoter here has started a thread that is clearly about famous quotes of history.
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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #5 - Jun 17^th, 2016 at 5:54pm "Anyone who hates dogs and children, can't be all bad." Attributed to W.C. Fields.
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Mr Hammer Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 25212 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2016 at 11:19pm Buddha, "the first step on the road to enlightenment is realising the world is an illusion".
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #7 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 8:04am Which Bhudda was that? I understand there were 5 of them. Anyway he's wrong, it's real and horrifying.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #8 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 8:27am “I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now.” Homer Simpson.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #9 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 10:55am I took benzedrine - I got clairvoyance. With benzedrine you can have a very wide view of the world, like you can decide the destiny of man and other pressing problems, such as which is the left sock? Mort Sahl
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #10 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 11:05am "I know that justice is... Indivisible. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". Martin Luther King
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #11 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 11:23am "Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.' Homer Simpson
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #12 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 12:06pm "[No Vietnamese] ever called me n@gger..." Muhammad Ali.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #13 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 12:22pm NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 18^th, 2016 at 12:06pm: "[No Vietnamese] ever called me n@gger..." Muhammad Ali. (PS. It was, of course, much worse than that. Children from Negro/Vietnamese one night stands were treated very cruelly by all and sundry).
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Favourite Quotes Reply #14 - Jun 18^th, 2016 at 12:26pm bogarde73 wrote on Jun 18^th, 2016 at 8:04am: Which Bhudda was that? I understand there were 5 of them. Anyway he's wrong, it's real and horrifying. Those 'mystics' were full of sh!t, and probably chewed or smoked the sort of leaves that gave rise to their fanciful delusions. (Ref. Marla for further information on this).
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