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Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Subject: Interesting quotes
Date Posted: 06-February-2008 at 21:10
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Had a look round but couldn't see a thread that might cover this. (let me know if there is?) Dance like it hurts, Love like you need money, Work when people are watching.
------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable 
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Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 06-February-2008 at 22:05
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What comes around - goes around (my phil. on life) V. ------------- Verona |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 06-February-2008 at 22:27
Col, there's a "sayings" thread somewhere out there, which sorta morphed into a sayings/quotes thread, but I wouldnt worry about it.. ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 06-February-2008 at 22:43
Well I should go look for it and move on into that. Don't want to double stuff up. Life is cluttered enough as it is. Thanks for the heads up Mel!!!  ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 00:33
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'Such is life' famous last words as said by Ned Kelly.
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings! 
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Posted By: tupelopenny
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 00:45
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The end justifies the means ------------- Good Grief, Charlie Brown |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 00:57
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Everything is funny as long as its happening to someone else
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 01:08
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Every cloud has a silver lining..............
Wiseman
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Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 01:35
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Catch a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat all day drinking beer trying. ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 02:27
| Pain in life is inevitable, suffering is optional |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 09:14
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" What was that bang " Famous last words of the Mayor of Hiroshima ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 22:27
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The ingredients of happiness is given to all But the mixing is left to ourselves......... ------------- Verona |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 22:29
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Lifes a bitch and then you die............... ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 07-February-2008 at 22:53
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Same sh*t, different day.... ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: tupelopenny
Date Posted: 08-February-2008 at 01:03
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if my aunty had ...., she would be my uncle ------------- Good Grief, Charlie Brown |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 08-February-2008 at 02:50
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Live every day like it's your last.
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 09-February-2008 at 09:04
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He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 09-February-2008 at 13:15
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Ugly is skin deep, and I was born inside out! ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 09-February-2008 at 14:12
I'm so unlucky that if I fell in a bucket of t*ts, I'd come up sucking my thumb  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Evangeline
Date Posted: 09-February-2008 at 16:39
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If my ship ever came in, I'd be at the airport! Jen ------------- "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!" |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 18-February-2008 at 14:50
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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 19-February-2008 at 06:43
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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 19-February-2008 at 08:03
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You only live once--but if you work it right--once is enough ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 19-February-2008 at 11:57
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We all want to get laid, but nobody wants to get screwed. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 19-February-2008 at 13:21
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God created the world but
the devil made it interesting. ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 20-February-2008 at 12:25
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I thought women created it
------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 20-February-2008 at 16:19
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You can be in my dreams If i can be in yours ------------Bob Dylan ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 07:40
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Only fools know everything ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 07:48
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Charity begins at home and justice begins next door ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 08:53
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Don,t take life to seriously You will never get out of it alive ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 09:28
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Good one Joey,
Read this today; Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? Thurber. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 10:48
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Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance - William Shakespeare ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 11:22
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
- Oscar Wilde |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 21-February-2008 at 12:11
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If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make,, Who would you call and what would you say???????/ And why are you waiting>>> ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: jbrsmc
Date Posted: 24-February-2008 at 19:11
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Its better to burn out than to fade away! ------------- jbrs |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 24-February-2008 at 23:27
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The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
Eric Hoffer ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: tomcat
Date Posted: 24-February-2008 at 23:32
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As useless as a one legged man at an arse kicking contest ------------- In God we trust - all others pay cash |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 24-February-2008 at 23:44
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Hi Tomcat, like the Black Rose avatar. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 25-February-2008 at 00:27
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'Same sh*t, different day' (me when I'm at work)
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 25-February-2008 at 06:16
Donal, think you have posted that one a few times?
Welcome Tomcat - enjoy the site |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 25-February-2008 at 07:12
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Exactly Mary, it's like Groundhog Day out here.
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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freebird wrote:
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 25-February-2008 at 08:27
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A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 25-February-2008 at 08:46
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As my kids say 'anyone can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad'
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: tomcat
Date Posted: 25-February-2008 at 09:19
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Continuing the description of useless, this was said ox US President Gerald Ford "cant' chew gum and walk at the same time " ------------- In God we trust - all others pay cash |
Posted By: Kate
Date Posted: 26-February-2008 at 10:23
Hard work isn't easy...... ------------- more than a feeling!!! 
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Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 26-February-2008 at 10:42
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"Lifes a piece of sh*t, when you look at it... Always look on the brightside of life" ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 26-February-2008 at 11:01
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What do woman want ,to be treated like a Queen ,but by a King ,not a Pawn ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 26-February-2008 at 19:43
------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 27-February-2008 at 12:29
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“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher...or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.” - Douglas Adams ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 27-February-2008 at 14:13
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LOL, good one Finno! Poor old Douglas is missed. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: tomcat
Date Posted: 27-February-2008 at 14:18
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Rodney Marsh when Bradford who were leaking goals all season bought Benito Carbone, a forward, instead of a decent defender: "It's like putting lipstick on a pig" ------------- In God we trust - all others pay cash |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 27-February-2008 at 16:25
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welcome to the site Tomcat ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 27-February-2008 at 20:50
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Wasnt it in "So Long and thanks for all the fish" by Douglas Adams that he referred to "Donothing* the non-wonder dog, who didnt know which 1 out of 10 dogfoods it was supposed to prefer, despite the fact that 9 of them were covered in engine oil!". Always made me laugh, that one! *cant remember the dogs exact name but I think it was that. ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 27-February-2008 at 21:19
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welcome Tomcat
------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 28-February-2008 at 09:13
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Don,t you think that,Chickens wish the could fly??????? Said by Dr J.D in Scrubs ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 02-March-2008 at 22:37
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Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 03-March-2008 at 21:13
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I like that one HT MUSIC WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL,THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 03-March-2008 at 21:15
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Nice one Joe! ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 04-March-2008 at 12:23
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You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals. ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 04-March-2008 at 12:59
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Do you want to be roughly right or precisely wrong?
A great question to use in a meeting to try to drag someone out of a hole.... ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 04-March-2008 at 14:12
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" Hell is when you get what you THINK you want " ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 04-March-2008 at 22:32
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And Heaven on earth is when you realise you are at peace with yourself V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 00:49
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The divil ya know is better than the divil you don't.... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 06:04
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Don't make me come down there. [God] ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 07:00
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'Don't come running to me if you break your leg' (my mam)
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 10:38
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Excellent Stoner,(Very Irish) If the grass is always greener,why build the fence?? ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 11:47
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A loyel friend is worth 10,000 relatives ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 11:52
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The only way to have a friend........ Is to be one ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 15:29
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The definition of an honest politician? When he's bought, he stays bought. ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: tomcat
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 16:06
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90% of politicians are corrupt - the other 10% give politics a bad name (Henry Kissinger) So much for people in glasshouses tot throwing stones ..... ------------- In God we trust - all others pay cash |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 16:11
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Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. Mark Twain ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 21:56
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A loyal friend is one of lifes best gifts V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 05-March-2008 at 23:28
It will all end in tears mark my words........... my mam and me ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 06-March-2008 at 09:17
My English pal often uses this phrase as we get stuck into a solid drinking session. He is often right!!  ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 06-March-2008 at 14:47
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Why postpone the inevitable? another gret line for the start of a session ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 06-March-2008 at 19:38
I love to use wine I cook sometimes I even use it in the food ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 11-March-2008 at 09:11
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 14-March-2008 at 12:37
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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: tomcat
Date Posted: 14-March-2008 at 12:46
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"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it"
Very Star Wars/ Lord of the Rings sounding quote ------------- In God we trust - all others pay cash |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 14-March-2008 at 13:14
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Street angel, House divil ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 14-March-2008 at 13:16
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Do not us a hatchet to remove a fly from your friends forehead ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: DAYO
Date Posted: 14-March-2008 at 13:35
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'Unless you realy don't like him' Ha Ha ------------- Dayo Grov'in 70 - 76 |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 13-April-2008 at 13:07
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT First they came for the Jews And I did not speak out because I was not to a Jew. Then they came for the Communists And I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. They came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller - Pastor Martin Niemoller . ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 17-April-2008 at 11:50
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I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it H.S .Truman ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 22-April-2008 at 20:31
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Correction does much Encouragement does more V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 14-October-2008 at 09:27
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Given the day thats in it (Budget day folks) The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Robbie63
Date Posted: 14-October-2008 at 10:58
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Jimi hendrix interview after the Isle Of Wight festival.
"Whats it like to be the best guitarist in the world?" "I don't know. Ask Rory Gallagher." I have found this quote on several websites and having been looking for the original interview, but haven't found it yet. ------------- Robbie 
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Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 05-November-2008 at 10:23
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Great line quoted on CNN overnight "Rosa sat so Martin could walk... Martin walked, so Obama could run... Obama is running so our children can fly!" ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 05-November-2008 at 11:34
Brill ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 05-November-2008 at 17:13
Robbie, I heard that before and posted in on the Trivia thread. Says a lot about Rory, eh? Pat ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 06-November-2008 at 13:27
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Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. - Confucius
------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Robbie63
Date Posted: 15-November-2008 at 20:28
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Better to have loved a short girl than never to have loved a tall.
The chief cause of divorce is--Marriage. Beware of letter in coal bin. Might be blackmail. ------------- Robbie
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Posted By: RoundaboutToo!
Date Posted: 27-August-2009 at 01:17
| I've had a really wonderful time - but this wasn't it. Groucho Marx |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 27-August-2009 at 19:54
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'A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five...' Groucho Marx. ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 27-August-2009 at 19:58
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'From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it....' again,the great Groucho... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 28-August-2009 at 04:05
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You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick
your friend's nose. |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 05-April-2010 at 12:46
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The truth is a bully we all pretend to like. ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 05-April-2010 at 12:53
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Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object. ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 05-April-2010 at 12:55
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens ; but often we look so long at the closed door that we not see the one which has been opened for us. ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 05-April-2010 at 12:56
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The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts. ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |