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The paradox thread
Re: The paradox thread
by Pops » Sun 24 Feb 2008, 19:08:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', '*')CLAP!* *CLAP!*
WOW!
That is the first time in my life an English teacher (let alone a prof.) ever gave me a hand, except for one upside the head.
But seriously, thank you.
Pops/Mike
The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves -- in their separate, and individual capacities.
-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)
-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)
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Re: The paradox thread
by Ferretlover » Sun 24 Feb 2008, 19:14:47
The only people that locks keep out are those who don't want in anyway.
"Open the gates of hell!" ~Morgan Freeman's character in the movie, Olympus Has Fallen.
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Re: The paradox thread
by killJOY » Sun 24 Feb 2008, 19:15:25
My pleasure, Pops.
I think I most appreciate the pithiness and brevity of the statement.
At the beginning of the semester, to ease students into writing about real ideas, I try to get them to write aphorisms for fables they have written. I can't tell you how hard it is to get them to THINK, let alone WRITE something original.
I usually get shit like:
"You should never talk to strangers."
"Don't hurt a friend in need you might need them."
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
Crap, unoriginal worse-than-fortune-cookie crap.
I love profound ideas expressed in short sentences!
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
I think I most appreciate the pithiness and brevity of the statement.
At the beginning of the semester, to ease students into writing about real ideas, I try to get them to write aphorisms for fables they have written. I can't tell you how hard it is to get them to THINK, let alone WRITE something original.
I usually get shit like:
"You should never talk to strangers."
"Don't hurt a friend in need you might need them."
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
Crap, unoriginal worse-than-fortune-cookie crap.
I love profound ideas expressed in short sentences!
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Peak oil = comet Kohoutek.
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