QUOTE OF THE DAY
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?People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.? ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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?If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.? ― St. Francis of Assisi and ?All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.? ― St. Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
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?He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.? ― St. Francis of Assisi
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I found this quote whilst reading about The Charterhouse area and it's history. In relation to an area called Smithfield in particular: "It is foolish, generally speaking, for a philosopher to set fire to another philosopher in Smithfield Market because they do not agree in their theory of the universe. That was done very frequently in the last decadence of the Middle Ages, and it failed altogether in its object." G.K. Chesterton - Heretics 1905
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^ Interesting! I brought up The Charterhouse because I have an ancestor who owned it at one time and was famous for his philanthropy associated with it.
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SurSteven:
^ Interesting! I brought up The Charterhouse because I have an ancestor who owned it at one time and was famous for his philanthropy associated with it.
You know I had to find your ancestor. Was he Thomas Sutton? I am having such fun reading about these places.
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"Of the many things I may have inherited from my anscestors...their money isn't one of them" ~ Do you ever feel that way?
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?I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.? ― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty For me, my corporate attorney uncle by marriage took my deceased father's part of my paternal grandmothers inheritance by illegal means, but he was an attorney. Then my two lowly uncles by marriage on my mother's side took, actually laundered her money across state lines and took illegally, all my maternal Grandmom's money before she died, leaving us with the bills and care taking of my Beloved Grandmother Irene. Then the home we had was destroyed on purpose. But that is okay cause I inherited non-materialistic things from my DNA donors, and it was much better than their 'stuff.'
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It's the greater things that we inherit...that will last forever
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^^ amen.
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"They must be made to pay for all of these. And pay they will... even if I die! They will pay!" -Bruce Lee (from the movie "The Big Boss" a.k.a. "Fists Of Fury")
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"It's the trip, not the destination." -Punk Zappa
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. ~ George Bernard Shaw
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When I was in 6th grade in school (circa 1991 - 1992 ), our teacher told us to think of an original motto with a drawing or an illustration. I came up with "Today, you are planting; tonight, you will be eating."
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Marge: I love this red wine. Julio: It's Andalusian. Marge: It seems real to me.
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"It will soon be New Year. Everyone in Hong Kong is happy and celebrating." -Bruce Lee (from the movie "Way of the Dragon" aka "Return of the Dragon.")
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?There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why.I dream of things that never were and ask, why not?? -- Robert F. Kennedy
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"Chess is mental torture." -Garry Kasparov
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"It's always something". Gilda Radner
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"That would be something." ~ Paul McCartney