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Sometimes you come across a quote, a line, a statement that just nails it, at some level. Cosmic, comic, whatever. If you'd like to share it, post it here, duly credited!

The Animals Saliva is Alive

'We are all ultimately responsible for our actions, and any organisation, religion, sect, cult, NGO, army captain or anyone else that tells you any different is lying.' - Peter Christopherson

The child is the father of the man

In his last novel, Timequake, the writer Kurt Vonnegut quotes his son, Mark: "We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is."

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"May you seek after treasures of precious gold, And find them within the hearts of others." -Mary Summer Rain

Swimming Squidlike and Squalid

'Silence is not weakness...' - Arthur Machen

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.” ― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

stars 'n truth 'n faith.....

"what is to give light must endure burning". viktor frankl, concentration-camp survivor (subject title courtesy of baumgartner's..............serving classic limburger daily.......... :) )

The Three Stooges

Moe, Larry, Cheese!

sums it up rather well ...............

"when you're born, you get a ticket to the freak show. when you're born in america, you get a front row seat." george carlin

thanks for the good times, shit liquor.........

"common sense? that's nothing more than understanding that it doesn't take both hearing and smell to know the person next to you farted." gerald "shit liquor" mcknelly former friend, poet and all around grate guy.......4 yrs now.......rip funny friend :(

How Can They Survive with Animals Saliva in Their Eyes

'We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.' - Alfred Jarry

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"If you obey all the rules,you miss all the fun." -Katherine Hepburn

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"I bask in the lush grandeur of my ageless, birth-less,space-less, timeless, deathless, existance. I rest in the circulatory complete-ness that makes all things perfect, new, and good." -Science of Mind -Vol. 82 No. 7

Further Back and Faster

'It is better to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.' - Arthur Machen

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"This is the day which the Lordhath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it" -Psalm 118:24

silly lily's great advice............

do try to be happy, because no matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up. lily tomlin comedienne extarordinaire

de-touch....live longer

reality is the leading cause of stress...............among those in touch with it. lily tomlin (i love this one)

Why I Call Myself a Groucho Marxist

"I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member." —Groucho Marx There's a number of variations of this famous line; I picked the one I liked best from here: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04/18/groucho-resigns/

i'm "all ears" :D...........

a word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones that need the advice. bill cosby

Will Rogers

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."

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"They can be like a sun, words. They can dofor the heart what light can do for a field. -St. John of the Cross

So,

Is giving up the claim to "Truth" better than fighting for it?

A group of non-aligned ministers

Offering prayers 11 years after 9/11, realizing, by their very act of giving of up all claim to truth in the word, that they have found the key to defeat all that evil. (I think I just blew my mind!)

A Group Of Ministers, several months after 9/11

Realizing that offering prayers to counteract evil in the world as evidenced by 9/ll, (by their very action of praying for an end to such evil acts) is in itself the end of evil.

No One Goes Out Without Going In

'Christian fundamentalists and fundamentalists in general are viruses, and they're killing us, multiplying and mutating, and they're destroying us. Now, you know, you got to give strong medicine to combat a virus.' - John Giorno

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"INTENT is Everything." -F. O'Mara

Searching for the Sound

"There is no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound."–John Cage

Love the One You're With

"It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense."–Aldo Leopold

aldo leopold's land reserve and family cabin,...........

where he lived and was inspired to write the "sand county almanac", are situated along the wisconsin river and,luckily,are a short drive from where i live. me and friends have hiked (and day-tripped :)) around there several times in past years and always get a wonderful vibe from that beautiful place. aldo's efforts have left a beautiful and thoughtful environmentally conscious legacy for future generations.

how to want what you do not know

'The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.' - David Bohm

Actualize your dreams

Make today the tomorrow you hoped for yesterday. -Pid

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"I love a moment of never-before."-sherbear

words 2 live by

If you get confused listen to the music play

But freedom leads to infinity and infinity is terrifying.

"The purpose of discipline is to promote freedom."—Henry Miller

the yielding of that which should

'The poets are supposed to liberate the words - not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets are supposed to sing and to make words sing. Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody? "Your very own words", indeed! And who are you?' - Brion Gysin

Sharing is Caring

Don't bogart that joint my friendPass it over to me – Lawrence Wagner

caution is cheaper - or - the sad truth

"don't do drugs because if you do drugs you'll go to prison,and drugs are really expensive in prison". john hardwick

the upshot of it all was something to show the grandchildren

'The ability to soft-boil an egg is not regarded as a virtue in Spain. The more pervious a culture is to Surrealism, the less preoccupied it is with the least imaginative thing you can do with an egg. It's a post-Protestant talent to stand around for four minutes watching water precipitate gastronomic banality.' - Jonathan Meades

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October 24, 2012 - 7:52am

#501

sherbear

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"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
October 24, 2012 - 7:04am

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Randall Lard

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Decadent and Symmetrical

'Just because a cat has her kittens in the oven doesn't make them biscuits.' - Andrew McKenzie
October 23, 2012 - 8:54am

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sherbear

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"Debate then is everything,much like intent." -sher------------------------------------------------------------------------------(----@
October 23, 2012 - 7:44am

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Randall Lard

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I Want to Go Under in the Company of Animals

'The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals.' - Derek Jarman
October 22, 2012 - 6:09pm

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Mike Edwards

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Not Fade Away

"Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth" – 1 Corinthinans 13 (American Standard Version)
October 22, 2012 - 8:50am

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cosmicbadger

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evil, unbelieving heart ?

I guess that's me then. Thanks for clearing that up ;-)
October 22, 2012 - 5:21am

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sherbear

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"Take care, brethren, that therenot be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today" so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 2 3:12-13
October 22, 2012 - 2:18am

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Randall Lard

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everything is the wind's doing

'For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.' - Jean Dubuffet
October 19, 2012 - 2:07pm

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slo lettuce

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wtlb......for interviews

a retired friend of mine recently gave her younger sister some sage advice for her upcoming job interview: "don't use any big words; take a bath; and smile" mjw.......... :)....lol
October 19, 2012 - 9:29am

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gratefaldean

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Clarke's three laws

1.When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2.The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3.Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I rely on the third law way too much for comfort these days.