The Greatest Pretender

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best.
If you're not, pretend you are.
Muhammad Ali
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Perhaps Love

Perhaps love
is like a resting place, a shelter from
the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble when you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer, it wants to show
you more
And even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel
For some a way of living, for some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on, some say letting go
Some say love is everything, some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside, or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

And some say love is holding on, some say letting go
Some say love is everything, and some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the mountains,
full of conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it's cold outside, or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
.
John Denver (1943-1997)
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Tower of Song

Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day
Oh in the Tower of Song

I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
A hundred floors above me
In the Tower of Song

I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here
In the Tower of Song

So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
Ah they don't let a woman kill you
Not in the Tower of Song

Now you can say that I've grown bitter
but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there's a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices
In the Tower of Song

I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
We'll never have to lose it again

Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
There moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly
From a window in the Tower of Song

Yeah my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day
Oh in the Tower of Song
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Leonard Cohen
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Critical Paranoia

The
only

difference
between
a
madman
and
me
is
that
I
am
not
mad
.
Salavador Dali
(1904-1989)

Let's Dance

"What if man gave up warfare and began dancing together?"

- Sam Keen -
Apology for Wonder
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Bright Idea

Everything
comes
to
him
who
hustles
while
he
waits.

Thomas
Edison

The King vs The Greatest

Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.
- Confucius -
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Blasphemous Rumors

Girl of 16
Whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists
Bored with life
Didn't succeed
Thank the Lord
For small mercies

Fighting back the tears
Mother reads the note again
16 candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame
It's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays

I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find
Him laughing

Girl of 18
Fell in love with everything
Found new life
In Jesus Christ
Hit by a car
Ended up
On a life support machine

Summer's day
As she passed away
Birds were singing
In the summer sky
Then came the rain
And once again
A tear fell
From her mother's eye

I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find
Him laughing
.
by
Depeche Mode
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Fantastic 4

4 Surprising Signs You'll Live A Long Time

We all know the obvious ways to add years to your life: Don't smoke, eat your veggies, wear a seat belt (even in the backseat). But there are other, lesser-known habits and attributes that can help you live to a ripe old age.

YOU SKIP SODA (EVEN DIET)

I finally kicked my diet cola habit in my 20s, a good thing too, because scientists in Boston recently found that drinking one or more regular or diet sodas every day doubles your risk of metabolic syndrome-- combination of conditions that increase your chances of heart disease and diabetes. The exact culprit isn't completely understood, but it could be the caramel color added to colas and other dark sodas, which increased the risk for metabolic syndrome in animals. Experts also speculate that exposing your taste buds to the sweet fizzy flavor of soda conditions you to crave sugary foods, which can lead to weight gain. Whatever the reason, it's an easy enough habit to quit. Club soda (sodium free, of course) with a splash of juice satisfies the fizz craving with just enough sweetness.

YOUR LEGS ARE STRONG

Lower-body strength means you also have good balance, flexibility, and endurance. While you probably care more about how your legs look in a mini and a pair of knee-high boots right now, as you get older those attributes reduce your risk of falls, injuries, and hip fractures, all of which are associated with declining health in older folks. So do some squats, lunges, and stair climbing to look good now-- and be strong and healthy later. It's win-win!

YOUR MOM HAD YOU YOUNG

If she was under age 25, you're twice as likely to live to age 100 as someone born to an older mom, according to University of Chicago scientists. The reason, they suspect, is that younger moms' best eggs go first to fertilization, which may mean healthier offspring.

YOU EAT AND DRINK PURPLE THINGS

Red wine, concord grapes, blueberries (okay, not quite purple, but close enough) all get that deep rich color from polyphenols- compounds that reduce heart disease risk and may even protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. So crack open a bottle of Pinot (don't overdo it), snack on some grapes, or make a blueberry pie and ponder all the years that lie ahead. Talk about happy and healthy!

by Liz Vaccariello, Editor-in-Chief, PREVENTION
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Wax On, Wax Off

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"Never put passion before principle.
Even if you win,
you lose."

Miyagi
Karate Kid
Part 2

For
Noriyuki
"Pat"
Morita
(1932-2005)

Nardong Tae

NARDONG TAE, subtitled "Umotot Ka Hanggang Gusto Mo", is an independent comic book produced in 2003 by Abang Guard Productions. This indie komiks is created by Louie Cordero, a multi-awarded painter, illustrator, and musician. Nardong Tae was named "Best Indie Comic Book" at the 2nd Philippine Comic Book, Anime, and Gaming Convention held on December 13-14, 2003 at SM Megamall's Megatrade Hall 2.

Nardong Tae tells the hilarious, wacky adventures of Bornek, the kindly boy who was hit by an alien poo from outer space. Bornek was transformed into a living poo, his ghastly look and stench became the butt of jokes. Despite this, Bornek tried to live a normal life, even going to a university in Manila to study criminology. In the end, however, when he can no longer tolerate the humiliation of his classmates and teachers, Bornek destroyed the university by the explosive power of his fart. He was declared "Public Enemy No.1″. The komiks ended with a note that a Part Two is being prepared by the Author.
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Thanks to: Danny Gagelonia
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Hell: Exothermic or Endothermic?

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term paper.

The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by a certain girl during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with the very same girl last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct... leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, she kept shouting 'Oh my God.'

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
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Happily Ever Before

8 Things No One Tells You About Marriage:

1) You will look at the person lying next to you and wonder, Is this it? Forever?

2) You'll work harder than you ever imagined.

3) You will sometimes go to bed mad (and maybe even wake up madder).

4) You will go without sex - sometimes for a long time.

5) Getting your way is usually not as important as finding a way to work together.

6) A great marriage doesn't mean no conflict; it simply means a couple keeps trying to get it right.

7) You'll realize that you can only change yourself.

8) As you face your fears and insecurities, you will find out what you're really made of.
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Why Men Cheat

Counselor M. Gary Neuman surveyed 200 cheating and non-cheating husbands to get at the real reasons behind men's infidelity.

48% rated emotional dissatisfaction as the primary reason they cheated.

8% said that physical dissatisfaction was the main factor in their infidelity.

66% report feeling guilt during the affair.

68% of cheaters never dreamed they'd be unfaithful.

77% of cheating men have a good friend who cheated.

40% met the other woman at work.

12% said their mistress was more physically attractive than their wife.

6% of cheating men had physical intimacy with a woman after meeting her that same day or night.

73% of men got to know the other woman for more than a month before they cheated.

Source: Nicole Yorio / Redbook
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Paul Newman (1925-2008)

Bad is Good

Top Ten Bad Things That Are Good For You

10. Beer - Antioxidant rich. New research has suggested that moderate beer intake can actually improve cardiovascular function.

9. Anger - Studies show that bursts of anger here and there are good for the health, and can be an even more effective coping mechanism than becoming afraid, irritated, or disgusted.

8. Coffee - A major source of antioxidants and can help lower risk of diabetes. Also thought to ease the onset of cirrhosis of the liver and pancreatitis.

7. LSD - Small doses have been thought to help bypass the rock-bottom stage of alcoholism and prevent lapses.

6. Sunlight - Asthmatics could benefit from measured doses of ultraviolet rays.

5. Maggots - Placed on serious wounds, maggots munch on bacteria and dead tissue, stimulating healing and helping to prevent infection.

4. Marijuana - Anti-inflammatories found in the drug prevent the clumping of brain proteins, one major cause of Alzheimer's.

3. Red Wine - Known to have potent anti-cancer and artery-protecting benefits. Latest studies link it to greater endurance, a reduction in gum disease and Alzheimer's.

2. Chocolate - Packed with flavonols that prevent certain cancers and keep your arteries from clogging. May even increase blood flow to the brain, warding off dementia. Just stick to the highest cocoa content possible, the bars packed with sugar don't help your health one bit.

1. Sex - Reduces stress, lowers cholesterol, and improves circulation throughout the body.
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Source: www.livescience.com
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Rogue Messiahs

What's it about: The stories and outrageous claims, acts, and abuses of 25 self-proclaimed messiahs who have arisen in the last 300 years. The probable factors that turn earnest religious leaders, mystics, or well-intentioned cult leaders into violent, abusive, murderous, and
paranoid rogue messiahs.

Chapters:

1- Sex as Salvation. (The final assault on Waco. The mass suicide of the Branch Davidians. Why do normal people join such cults?...)

2- The Millenium Cometh. (Sabbatai Zevi, the Messiah of 1666, mystic and kabbalist. The Jewish expectation of the Messiah. The Brethren of the Free Spirit...)

3- The Psychology of Discipleship. (Jim Jones and group marriage. Colonel Olcott and thaumaturgy. William James on "the will to believe." The career of Madame Blavatsky. The Tibetan Mahatmas...)

4- The Messiah as Killer. (Auguste Comte tries to overthrow religion. The case of Jeffrey Lundgren. Joseph Smith and the Mormons...)

5- A Taste of Power. (Arturo LeBaron becomes Prophet...)

6- How to Transform Reality. (Milton Rokeach and the Three Christs of Ypsilanti. Lindner's "participation therapy." Madame Yeti...)

7- The Psychiatrist as Messiah. (Freud versus Jung. "Man has a religious function." The craving for an authority figure...)

8- Strange Powers. (Rudolf Steiner and the incredible rise of Anthroposophy. The rise of Krishnamutri. Edward Irving and "speaking in tongues."... )

9- The Gospel of Free Love. (Lucina Umphreville and spiritual marriage. William Miller and the Day of Judgement that failed to arrive...)

10- The Sexual Watershed. (Henry James Prince and the Abode of Love...)

11- The Mask of Power. (Aleister Crowley and Shelley. Manson among the Flower Children. Yukio Mishima as messiah...)

12- The Second Stream. (Charlotte Bach's theory of sex: all men wish to become women and vice versa. Evolution as the result of sexual tension. David Berg and the Children of God...)

Poor Country

Why Is The Philippines Poor?
by Dr. Arsenio Martin of Fort Arthur, Texas.

THE DIFFERENCE

The difference between the poor countries and the rich ones is not the age of the country.

This can be shown by countries like India & Egypt, that are more than 2000 years old, but are poor.

On the other hand, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, that 150 years ago were inexpressive, today are developed countries, and are rich.

The difference between poor & rich countries does not reside in the available natural resources.

Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous, inadequate for agriculture & cattle raising, but it is the second world economy. The country is like an immense floating factory, importing raw materials from the whole world and exporting manufactured products.

Another example is Switzerland, which does not plant cocoa but has the best chocolate in the world. In its little territory they raise animals and plant the soil during 4 months per year. Not enough, they produce dairy products of the best quality! It is a small country that transmits an image of security, order & labor, which made it the world's strongest, safest place.

Executives from rich countries who communicate with their counterparts in poor countries show that there is no significant intellectual difference.

Race or skin color are also not important: immigrants labeled lazy in their countries of origin are the productive power in rich European countries.

What is the difference then? The difference is the attitude of the people, framed along the years by the education & the culture & flawed tradition.

On analyzing the behavior of the people in rich & developed countries, we find that the great majority follow the following principles in their lives:

1. Ethics, as a basic principle.
2. Integrity.
3. Responsibility.
4. Respect to the laws & rules.
5. Respect to the rights of other citizens.
6. Work loving.
7. Strive for savings & investment.
8. Will of super action.
9. Punctuality.
10. and of course... Discipline

In poor countries, only a minority follow these basic principles in their daily life.

The Philippines is not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us. In fact, we are supposedly rich in natural resources.

We are poor because we lack the correct attitude. We lack the will to comply with and teach these functional principles of rich & developed societies.

If you do not forward this message nothing will happen to you. Your pet will not die, you will not be fired, you will not have bad luck for seven years, and also, you will not get sick or go hungry.

But those may happen because of your lack of discipline & laziness, your love for intrigue and politics, your indifference to saving for the future, your stubborn attitude.

If you love your country, let this message circulate so that many Filipinos could reflect about this, & CHANGE, ACT!
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Earth Hour 2008

This Saturday, March 29, 2008, from 8pm to 9pm,

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS.

This WWF (World Wildlife Fund) global event addresses global warming and climate change through direct action and awareness build-up.

We need to start acting now or else there'll be nothing to act on in 20 years - no earth.

Let this black-out make us see in a different light.
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Max Fischer's Song

Poor old Granddad I laughed at all his words

I thought he was a bitter man

He spoke of women's ways

They trap you, then they use you

Before you even know

For love is blind and you're far too kind

Don't ever let it show
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I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was younger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was stronger
.

The Can Can's such a pretty show

They'll steal your heart away

But backstage, back on earth again

The dressing rooms are grey

They come on strong and it ain't too long

Before they make you feel a man

But love is blind and you soon will find

You're just a boy again

.

When you want her lips, you get a cheek

Makes you wonder where you are

If you want some more and she's fast asleep

Then she's twinkling with the stars

Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say

You'll have to learn, just like me

And that's the hardest way

Ooh la la

Ooh la la la yeah

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I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was stronger

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Ooh La La by The Faces

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The Genius' Audience

To allow his genius to become apparent to himself it was necessary that he should dare to give up aiming to please. Cut off from everyone by deafness he discovered the vulnerability of the spectator, he realized that the painter has only to struggle with himself and he will become, sooner or later, the conqueror of all.
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Andre Malraux
on
Goya

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Plato: For the greater good.
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Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.
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Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon of avian virtue? In such a manner is the princely chicken's dominion maintained.
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Hippocrates: Because of an excess of light pink gooey stuff in its pancreas.
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Jacques Derrida: Any number of contending discourses may be discovered within the act of the chicken crossing the road, and each interpretation is equally valid as the authorial intent can never be discerned, because structuralism is DEAD, DAMMIT, DEAD!
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Thomas de Torquemada: Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out.
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Timothy Leary: Because that's the only kind of trip the Establishment would let it take.
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Douglas Adams: Forty-two.
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Nietzsche: Because if you gaze too long across the Road, the Road gazes also across you.
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Oliver North: National Security was at stake.
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B.F. Skinner: Because the external influences which had pervaded its sensorium from birth had caused it to develop in such a fashion that it would tend to cross roads, even while believing these actions to be of its own free will.
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Carl Jung: The confluence of events in the cultural gestalt necessitated that individual chickens cross roads at this historical juncture, and therefore synchronicitously brought such occurrences into being.
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Jean-Paul Sartre: In order to act in good faith and be true to itself, the chicken found it necessary to cross the road.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: The possibility of "crossing" was encoded into the objects "chicken" and "road", and circumstances came into being which caused the actualization of this potential occurrence.
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Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.
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Aristotle: To actualize its potential.
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Buddha: If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken- nature.
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Howard Cosell: It may very well have been one of the most astonishing events to grace the annals of history. An historic, unprecedented avian biped with the temerity to attempt such an herculean achievement formerly relegated to homo sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurence.
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Salvador Dali: The Fish.
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Darwin: It was the logical next step after coming down from the trees.
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Emily Dickinson: Because it could not stop for death.
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Epicurus: For fun.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: It didn't cross the road; it transcended it.
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Johann von Goethe: The eternal hen-principle made it do it.
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Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain.
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Werner Heisenberg: We are not sure which side of the road the chicken was on, but it was moving very fast.
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David Hume: Out of custom and habit.
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Jack Nicholson: 'Cause it (censored) wanted to. That's the (censored) reason.
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Pyrrho the Skeptic: What road?
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Ronald Reagan: I forget.
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John Sununu: The Air Force was only too happy to provide the transportation, so quite understandably the chicken availed himself of the opportunity.
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Bill Clinton: I did not have sex with that chicken.
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The Sphinx: You tell me.
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Mr. T: If you saw me coming you'd cross the road too!
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Henry David Thoreau: To live deliberately ... and suck all the marrow out of life.
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Mark Twain: The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated.
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Molly Yard: It was a hen!
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Zeno of Elea: To prove it could never reach the other side.
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Chaucer: So priketh hem nature in hir corages.
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Wordsworth: To wander lonely as a cloud.
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The Godfather: I didn't want its mother to see it like that.
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Keats: Philosophy will clip a chicken's wings.
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Blake: To see heaven in a wild fowl.
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Othello: Jealousy.
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Dr Johnson: Sir, had you known the Chicken for as long as I have, you would not so readily enquire, but feel rather the Need to resist such a public Display of your own lamentable and incorrigible Ignorance.
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Mrs Thatcher: This chicken's not for turning.
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Supreme Soviet: There has never been a chicken in this photograph.
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Oscar Wilde: Why, indeed? One's social engagements whilst in town ought never expose one to such barbarous inconvenience - although, perhaps, if one must cross a road, one may do far worse than to cross it as the chicken in question.
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Kafka: Hardly the most urgent enquiry to make of a low-grade insurance clerk who woke up that morning as a hen.
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Swift: It is, of course, inevitable that such a loathsome, filth-ridden and degraded creature as Man should assume to question the actions of one in all respects his superior.
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Macbeth: To have turned back were as tedious as to go o'er.
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Whitehead: Clearly, having fallen victim to the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.
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Freud: An die andere Seite zu kommen.
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Hamlet: That is not the question.
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Donne: It crosseth for thee.
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Pope: It was mimicking my Lord Hervey.
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Constable: To get a better view.
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James T. Kirk: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.
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Marty McFly: Nobody calls me chicken!
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The Terminator: It'll be back.
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Gandhi: It's the way of passive resistance.
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed

I realize that those who don't eat, who don't laugh, who don't sing, who don't love, who live oppressed, crushed and despised, who are less each day, are suffering all this because of some reality that is causing it... I join in the action historically by genuinely loving, by having the courage to commit myself (which is no easy thing!) or I end up not doing what I know I should.

Paulo Freire

(1921-1997)

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Goodbye to Romance

Yesterday

has been and gone

Tomorrow

will I find the sun

or will it rain

Everybody's having fun

except me

I'm the lonely one

I live in shame

I said goodbye to romance

Goodbye to friends...

I tell you

Goodbye to all the past

I guess that we'll meet, we'll meet in the end

I've been the king,

I've been the clown

No broken wings

can't hold me down

I'm free again

The jester with a broken crown

It won't be me this time around to love in vain

I said goodbye to romance

Goodbye to friends... I tell you

Goodbye to all the past

I guess that we'll meet, we'll meet in the end

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Ozzy Osbourne

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The Good and The Great

The difference

between

a fair musician

and

a good musician

is that a good musician

can play

anything

he thinks.

.

The difference

between

a good musician

and

a great musician

is

what he thinks.

.
Miles Davis

That's Write

A winning writer's winning attitude is Write on!
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He should... do essentially three things: write, write, and write.
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He should be grateful for the privilege of being mistreated in this business. Far worse than mistreatment is no treatment at all -- that is to say, the gnawing, hollow horror of being left quite completely undisturbed.
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Frankly, writers should be grateful for the opportunity to suffer, because suffering is at the heart of creative expression's nature on every level and in every medium and format. Writers should be grateful that they have found the courage to reach and stretch and attempt something different, something new. They should be pleased that they're actually doing what so many others merely talk about: writing.
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Another thing to keep in mind is that writers should never seek sweet, serene satisfaction...
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Sreenwriters, painters, and all purveyors of creative expression are well advised to quit seeking satisfaction. If they hope to maintain even a semblance of sanity, they need to learn how to live with dissonance, discord and a generally unsettled opinion of themselves and their work...
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All who struggle to be creative, in the most important sense, cannot fail, because it is creativity above all other traits that renders us human.
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Fall on your face if you must, but rejoice that it is your own face and nobody else's upon which you fall. And be grateful that you have the energy and spirit to soar high enough to crash once again most gloriously.
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The Whole Picture: Strategies For Screenwriting Success in the New Hollywood (1997)
by
Richard Walter
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Viva Comandante

“Condemn me, it does not matter, history will absolve me.”

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Fidel Castro

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Pacman Woes

And then disaster struck. Men with suits came along and told everyone to grow up. And just like that, the dream was over. Our industry has switched leaders, from a man with a cape and crown to men with shiny shoes who "do lunch".
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From: Five That Fell
By: Eric Jon Rossel Waugh
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Article on the rise and fall of five of the most influential videogame developer studios.
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Through Deichmann's Eyes

I often get asked

how I have adopted to the digital age...

.

My answer is quite simple;

I shoot the same way I always have...

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It is not the equipment, but your eyes, feelings, and mind

that creates the ultimate image.

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Gunther Deichmann

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Picasso's War

It is
extraordinary,

this

sterile sadness

which

weighs down

the entire

work

of

this

man.

He seems

a

god

trying

to remake

the

world.

But

a

dark god.

.

Charles Morice

on

Pablo Picasso

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Life Thru Lomography

The Ten Golden Rules of Lomography

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1. Take your camera everywhere you go

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In bed, in Gorki park, in a propeller driven airplane or in the launderette: You grab your camera and everything around you starts to vibrate with life, be prepared, keep your camera close at hand and ready for action everywhere and all the time.

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2. Use it anytime: Day or Night

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Every single second has its own unique, light, grey, colourful, woolly, profound, or flat mood. Your life is not going to wait for your camera, its rules and the floating around involved in it. Either – click – and you have captured the situation as it is, or you haven’t.

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3. Lomography is not interference in your life but part of it

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Lomography doesn’t interrupt the direction in which your life is going; rather it’s a significant and integral part of it. Just like talking, walking, sleeping, eating, thinking, drinking, laughing and loving, Lomography is a colourful sign that you are alive.

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4. Shoot from the hip

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It is as simple as it is unusual: You don’t have to look through the viewfinder to take a good picture, no, on the contrary! Give yourself more freedom in your choice of perspectives. Hang it up in the air, out in front or behind your back. No limits – just your experience mixed with some luck.

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5. Approach the object of your Lomographic desire as close as possible

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Get close – click – from the wrist looking deep into the eyes, full frontal, close up and precisely what ever it is that interests you. Laughing as you go, feeling good so that everyone can see that Lomography is the most obvious and natural thing in the world.

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6. Don’t Think

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Put your head in the ice cold bathtub, hold your breath, count to 100 and let your troubles dissolve. Then jerk your head out again and with it firmly on your shoulders, grab your camera and hit the streets. Start snapping away, live it and have fun.

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7. Be Fast
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A mere tenth of a second makes the difference between Lomography and not Lomography. Don’t waste time with (Just don’t wait any time) settings or adjustments, thinking about it, faffing around and procrastinating. First impressions have a quality of their own, trust yourself.

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8. You don’t have to know beforehand what is captured on the film

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Give the randomness of Lomography a chance. Enjoy your new way of living with random occurrence. You’re not here for Lomography! Lomography is here for you! Lomography only works if the only thing you concentrate on is celebrating your life.

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9. Afterwards neither

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Wow, that looks great, what is that, where was I there? Your brain is running at top speed, your memory is spinning, your history is tumbling. No, you don’t even have to know afterwards exactly what’s on the film. Just read between the Lomographs.

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10. Don’t worry about the rules

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The Voice

Some singers sound like angels in the recording studio and totally bomb when they have to appear live. Others are unimpressive on record, but are so charismatic on stage that the sheer strength of their personalities overcomes their musical shortcomings. And then there is Jerry Vale.

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