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"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."

-Muhammad Ali

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"I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers."

-Kahlil Gibran

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Originally posted by ivanhoe

"I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers."

-Kahlil Gibran
You have learned nothing.

~The Contradiction Rabbit

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"Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions."

-David Borenstein, January 28, 2000

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Originally posted by ivanhoe

"Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions."

-David Borenstein, January 28, 2000
Feelings are supposed to be rational. The man who has rationalized his feelings is not dangerous.

~The Contradiction Rabbit

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"In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up."

-Martin Niemöller

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Originally posted by ivanhoe
"In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Cath ...[text shortened]... they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up."

-Martin Niemöller
Except the Contradiction Rabbit.

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"I can't seem to keep my pieces on the board...."

T Pease ~1995

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"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."

-Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625

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Originally posted by ivanhoe

"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."

-Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625
If a man's wit is not wandering, then let him study mathematics and also let him study mathematics if his wit is wandering.

~The Maths-Loving Rabbit

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"Math is hard!"

Talking Barbie

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Granite sculpture is hard.

~The Evident Data Hyrax

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All right, Royalchicken. What's the matter .... something bothering you ?

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Originally posted by ivanhoe

All right, Royalchicken. What's the matter .... something bothering you ?
No, nothing at all. But thank you for your concern 😵.

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Originally posted by royalchicken
No, nothing at all. But thank you for your concern 😵.

I'm honoured ..... you just wanted my attention ?

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