What quote represents your life?

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   Maranda Writesposted 15 years ago

   The quote that best reflects my life is one by Theodore Roosevelt.  "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."   Theodore Roosevelt
   
   What is yours?

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      Poppa Bluesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      "Legalize Freedom"!

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      Skaditchposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      "So that happened!" - Bob Berrenger, State and Main (2000)

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      Tom Whitworthposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Miranda,
      
      There are so many that are applicable that i'll post just two. "Gone With The Wind" and "A fool and his money are soon parted!"

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      N.E. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Lordy, lordy, lordy.  It is from a song, and the words that precede ... are I'm Black and I'm proud.   James Brown sure knew how to say lordy in a song.
      
      I say lordy a lot.  LOL.

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   logic,commonsenseposted 15 years ago

   Power to the people!  Right On!

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      N.E. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah, forgot those.

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   srwnsonposted 15 years ago

   It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?  James Barrie (1860-1937)

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      Maranda Writesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Love it!

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   donotfearposted 15 years ago

   It's better to face your fear and fail than never face your fear at all.

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      Aley Martinposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I only know, I know nothing. Socrates

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   Onusonusposted 15 years ago

   "Burnt out by drought,
   Washed out by flood,
   Ate out by jack-rabbits,
   Sold out by the Sheriff,
   Still here."

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   AEvansposted 15 years ago

   The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.
   
   Ernest Hemingway

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   SirDentposted 15 years ago

   By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions, a great sinner.
   
   Author Unknown but taken from "The Pilgrim"

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   dronconposted 15 years ago

   i should have gotten more napkins
   - self quote

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   Daniel Carterposted 15 years ago

   "Never, never, never give up. Never!"
   —Sir Winston Churchill

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      Maranda Writesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      That is something that I needed to be reminded of!

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    lynnechandlerposted 15 years ago

    "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
    
    James Dean

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    samboiamposted 15 years ago

    Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do,
    Sometimes won't know how to take him.
    He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him,
    Do things to make you think he's right.
    
    Waylon Jennings - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

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    LegendaryHeroposted 15 years ago

    "I'm no leader. I do what I have to do - sometimes people come with me."

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    StormRyderposted 15 years ago

    "When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams."

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       Mikel G Robertsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       

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    Ron Montgomeryposted 15 years ago

    mmmmmmmm bacon
       Homer Simpson

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    Marisa Wrightposted 15 years ago

    Dance like nobody's watching - write like your mother will never read it.

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       fionadeogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       hahaha

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    sunforgedposted 15 years ago

    “‘the doer’ is merely a fiction added to the deed – the deed is everything.”
    
    
    -Nietzsche

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    Faybe Bayposted 15 years ago

    Don't do anything you wouldn't want your Grandmother to see on the Front page of the newspaper.
    
    Don't know who said it, I was raised with it. And man my grandma could cry, so I was real careful.

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       N.E. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Love it.

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    pinkyleeposted 15 years ago

    live laugh love
    
    don't trust anyone until they give you a reason to trust them

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    BIKTMIAposted 15 years ago

    My strive. -"I can do all things,  through Christ who strengthens me".

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    Hokeyposted 15 years ago

    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

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    skyfireposted 15 years ago

    "I hate loneliness,but it loves me"..

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    _cheryl_posted 15 years ago

    "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice." -Wayne Dyer

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    Arthur Fontesposted 15 years ago

    Now I know the means to my oppression were all lies...
    The only truth is your own most sacred lesson I've ever learned
    I know we are free...
    
    
    Testament

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    figmentposted 15 years ago

    "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." - Epictetus

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    Greek Oneposted 15 years ago

    I Came, I Saw, I Conquered... but not in that order

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    frogdroppingposted 15 years ago

    Onward! Into the fog! - not sure of the origin.

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    cosetteposted 15 years ago

    "We have choices. Some people like to stand in the rain without an umbrella. That's what it means to live free." ~ Roger Smith, The Big O

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    europewalkerposted 15 years ago

    Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
    
    William Wallace

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    goldenpathposted 15 years ago

    "If you can't have chocolate, then why even reach for a glass of milk."
    
    goldenpath

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    foreignpressposted 15 years ago

    "Do unto others before they do it to you."
    William R. Freeman
    USMC, deceased

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    Justine76posted 15 years ago

    "say live and let live, but when this world makes you give in and cry, say live and let die"

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    Jule Romansposted 15 years ago

    Shut up and do the dishes.

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    lzb429posted 15 years ago

    move in passion, rest in reason
    
    - kahlil gibran

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    Cagsilposted 15 years ago

    "Life Is Easy - People Make It Complicated!" - self quote.

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    Disturbiaposted 15 years ago

    Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. -  Jodie Foster

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    mega1posted 15 years ago

    giggity!  - Denno

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    lorlie6posted 15 years ago

    --------------the straight line-------is godless and immoral-------
    Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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    Bill Yovinoposted 15 years ago

    I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. - Groucho Marx

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    Rafiniposted 15 years ago

    What you do speaks so loud I cannot hear what you say - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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    gqgirlposted 15 years ago

    "All life represents a risk, and the more lovingly we live our lives the more risks we take."
            -M. Scott Peck

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    blondepoetposted 15 years ago

    All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed
    
    

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       Joy56posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       i actually did that once, speeded the thing up too fast and fell off.  Nobody came to my aid, i really hurt myself, and i could see the peeps laughing.  Last time i wnt to a gym.   Now i see it i understand why they laughed

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    lrohnerposted 15 years ago

    The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    
    

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       blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Love that one.
       Women are the best strings whatever their age.
       I raise my glass to the female species. Yahooooo...

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    Joy56posted 15 years ago

    behind every good man is an exhausted woman

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       blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Oh Joy so so true.
       ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
       Now I know finally it is not Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or not eating enough Brussel Sprouts.
       
       Just love it!!!

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          Joy56posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          it's the men they suck all the energy out of us.

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             blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Oh heck yes Joy, they are very similar to piranhas. It is exhausting work.
             
             My ex actually looked a little like one first thing in the morning, you know....men have bad hair days as well. No wonder us women are so so tired.
             
             

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                Joy56posted 15 years agoin reply to this

                YEAH even just talking about this has brought on chronic fatigue..... I am with my dad, god bless him, is the teeniest bit demanding, i have one i left behind, 2 sons keep ringing me, to see if i am o.k...... all i want is some female chatter and peace.... ah men...

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                   blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                   Time for a girl's night out. Here Joy........I will even let you pick anything from my wardrobe that takes your fancy.
                   
                   Maybe this.....
                   
                   
                   
                   Or this......
                   
                   

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                      Joy56posted 15 years agoin reply to this

                      i will go with th umbrella's if i take the dogs, and they start to run, i miight fall over, after we have visited a coule of bars.  The umbrellas we keep me on  m y feet.

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    Anathposted 15 years ago

    "I don't mean to upset people, but I must speak my mind. For what's in my mind is far more interesting than what's outside my mind."

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    DzyMsLizzyposted 15 years ago

    From the country music song by Darryl Singletary:
    
    "I don't care what they say I done:  I ain't never had too much fun!"

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    jonathan tposted 15 years ago

    "We're not losers. We're underachievers with a lot of catching up to do!"
    Pat McBeth, Scotland, PA

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    mrpopoposted 15 years ago

    Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
    Winston Churchill

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    Rochelle Frankposted 15 years ago

    "All things work together for good, for those who love God...."
    ...Paul

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    MollyMiigwanposted 15 years ago

    I love this one: "The idea is to die young as late as possible."- Ashley Montagu

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    Joy56posted 15 years ago

    Blondepoet where are you i need to borrow a dress to go out in

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       blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I am here little cupcake do not fear,
       Here is a dress to accentuate your rear...xo
       
       

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          Joy56posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          i am loving it, the colour is fab.........  i am at home now, my dad stopped breathing one night, i had to call 999 still got pains in my chest from the whole experience, he has a lung problem... It has happened before, but it is the first time i saw it......... wow it was scary.

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