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magicfish Inner circle 6918 Posts 
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The world will never be better than the men who inhabit it. Everything
begins with the individual. One man living a Brotherly Life is worth a thousand lectures on Brotherhood. Joseph Fort Newton |
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts
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You picked a great quote Brother! Thanks for providing that.
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
My neighbor rang my doorbell at 2:30 a.m. this morning, can you believe that, 2:30 a.m.!? Lucky for him I was still up playing my drums. |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1064 Posts
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Dick the Butcher: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Shakespeare
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On Sep 4, 2014, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: I trust that you're aware that William Shakespeare's plays weren't written by him, but by someone else with the same name. |
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imgic Inner circle Moved back to Midwest to see 1282 Posts
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Since many expressed dismay that Vinsmagic's thread on quotes got derailed, I thought perhaps we could start anew.
From the author on Vinny's original post... "Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on." ― Criss Jami
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1763 Posts
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"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine."
- Luwig van Beethoven |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5731 Posts
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"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
Ayn Rand
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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'As has often been said,” by JFK 's headmaster, “the youth who loves his Alma Mater will always ask not what can she do for me?" but "what can I do for her?"'
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2836 Posts
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On Sep 2, 2014, acesover wrote: You should buy a field. Then go out and stand in it. When someone asks, you can say; I'm outstanding in my field.
"All the world's a stage, but the play is badly cast!" - Oscar Wilde
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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Never swallow anything bigger than your head.
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RicHeka Inner circle 3999 Posts
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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor 160-181 CE |
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wulfiesmith Inner circle Beverley, UK 1189 Posts
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Bob Hope ...
"I like soap, I like water, Makes me smell just like I audha" |
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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I'm a big fan of the writings of Marcus Aurelius and that is one of my favorite quotes. It is demonstrably true.
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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Too bad all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.--George Burns
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2492 Posts
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"You'll never get ahead of anyone if you're trying to get even."
- Lou Holtz
Magic is like Science,
Both are fun if you do it right! |
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mastermindreader V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts
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On Sep 8, 2014, acesover wrote: Or hanging out here with us. |
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RicHeka Inner circle 3999 Posts
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"Some changes look negative on the surface, but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” ― Eckhart Tolle |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1064 Posts
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"How horrible truth can be, when there's no help in truth."--Sophocles, [I]Oedipus Rex[/I}
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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On Sep 8, 2014, RicHeka wrote: Not so surprising, especially if you look at the notion of external as defined here
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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RicHeka Inner circle 3999 Posts
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On Sep 9, 2014, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Was not this thread supposed to be about 'inspiring quotes';). Respectfully Jonathan, how does an analogy to mundane modern 'economics' [ and just includes the word 'internal'] fit the bill?...especially for an 'organic' quote by a great philosopher that was made nearly two thousand years ago.....unless it was just an attempt at clever humor.....but I did not see a ....so maybe I just missed the point.....which I sometimes do.
Here is another meaningful Marcus Aurelius quote that 'may' be 'inspiring' to some: "Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours." Happy trails. Rich |
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