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Message 776092 - Posted: 30 Jun 2008, 23:58:38 UTC - in response to Message 775989.  

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing... ;)

I thought that was apathy?
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Message 776331 - Posted: 1 Jul 2008, 7:41:13 UTC

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

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Message 776419 - Posted: 1 Jul 2008, 12:47:30 UTC - in response to Message 776331.  

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Correction.... Never underestimate a stupid person.
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Message 776448 - Posted: 1 Jul 2008, 13:44:16 UTC

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

can be restated as...

Never underestimate the capacity of large groups to act stupidly.

Corollary: If you want something done right, you'd best do it yourself.


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Message 776459 - Posted: 1 Jul 2008, 14:08:22 UTC

“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things”



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Message 776472 - Posted: 1 Jul 2008, 14:33:24 UTC

Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object." - Hermann Hesse

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Message 776755 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 1:30:43 UTC

The problem with stealing ideas, is that ideas often need fine tuning... and YOU ain't qualified... ;)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 776827 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:26:15 UTC

"The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%." - Andrew Carnegie

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Message 776832 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:29:13 UTC

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!" - Sir Walter Scott

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Message 776838 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:31:24 UTC - in response to Message 776827.  

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

If only that were true... not the former, but the latter... ;)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 776844 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:35:58 UTC - in response to Message 776838.  

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

If only that were true... not the former, but the latter... ;)

It seems the younger generation does not want to put in the effort!

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Message 776852 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:38:37 UTC - in response to Message 776844.  

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

If only that were true... not the former, but the latter... ;)

It seems the younger generation does not want to put in the effort!

Hey, what's that supposed to mean?

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Message 776856 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:39:18 UTC - in response to Message 776852.  

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

If only that were true... not the former, but the latter... ;)

It seems the younger generation does not want to put in the effort!

Hey, what's that supposed to mean?

Current company excluded!! :o)

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Message 776862 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:43:12 UTC

"The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, 'That is all there was!' But twist them all together and you have something tremendous." - Victor Hugo

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Message 776864 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:44:20 UTC

"The course of true love never did run smooth." - William Shakespeare

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Message 776867 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:45:10 UTC

You sure have a lot of thoughts Matthew! ;-)

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Message 776873 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:47:51 UTC - in response to Message 776867.  

You sure have a lot of thoughts Matthew! ;-)

Me, I'd space 'em out. Who needs more than one "Thought of the day" in a single day? :-)
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Message 776875 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:48:32 UTC - in response to Message 776873.  

You sure have a lot of thoughts Matthew! ;-)

Me, I'd space 'em out. Who needs more than one "Thought of the day" in a single day? :-)

exactly.

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Message 776878 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:51:47 UTC

More the more the marier I always say!

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Message 776880 - Posted: 2 Jul 2008, 3:52:55 UTC - in response to Message 776878.  

More the more the marier I always say!

Just be careful what you say, I am on a rampage tonight after all ;)

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