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(55,821 posts)tblue37
(68,449 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,637 posts)2naSalit
(103,809 posts)GreenWave
(12,800 posts)58Sunliner
(6,411 posts)chowder66
(12,514 posts)yellowdogintexas
(23,763 posts)These are fabulous
Karadeniz
(24,763 posts)statement you used is exactly why the Gnostics thought the god of physical creation can't be the same as a perfect creator god. Another great crop of nutshell wisdom !!!
Wednesdays
(23,129 posts)When he received an honorary doctorate at Oxford, at a reception for the event, he said he felt "As out of place as a Presbyterian in hell."
thatcrowwoman
(1,230 posts)Youre putting in a lot of work, and I appreciate your contributions.
Ive saved 8 of these to share with friends and fiends. Bookmarking for future reference.
🕊thatcrowwoman
llashram
(6,269 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(182,047 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,257 posts)Martin Eden
(15,877 posts)Several months ago I visited the Vonnegut museum in Indianapolis, and saw that quote about 80% being persuadable towards kindness or cruelty.
PatSeg
(53,550 posts)I already borrowed a few.
progressoid
(53,379 posts)( just like Try That in a Small Town, he didn't write this one either)
Tore up those sun-faded photographs
Threw 'em in the wind, ya'll can have it back
I'm outta here
I stuck my middle finger up in the sky
Flipped off that "Ya'll Come Back" sign
Looked in the mirror one last time
And watched it disappear
It ain't nothin' but a rearview town
Broken hearts and rusted plows
Roots ripped right up out of the ground
Never thought I'd ever leave it
Oh, it ain't nothin' what it used to be
Population minus me
On the other side of that dust cloud
Ain't nothin' but a rearview town
I could tough it out, but what's the use?
A place that small, it's hard to do
Too much of her to run into
And so much road to somewhere new
It ain't nothin' but a rearview town
Broken hearts and rusted plows
Roots ripped right up out of the ground
Never thought I'd ever leave it
Oh, it ain't nothin' what it used to be
Population minus me
On the other side of that dust cloud
Ain't nothin' but a rearview town
It ain't nothin' but yesterday
One less truck rollin' down Main
Ain't nothin' left to say
No, it ain't nothin' what it used to be
Population minus me
On the other side of that dust cloud
Ain't nothin' but a rearview town
Ain't nothin' but a rearview town
JohnnyRingo
(20,992 posts)republianmushroom
(22,702 posts)Thank you
Timeflyer
(3,795 posts)calimary
(90,796 posts)We always start our weekly Call to Action email with a quote. I guess you could say its with pith!
Iggo
(50,056 posts)planetc
(8,972 posts)canetoad
(21,029 posts)More than anything, it makes me sad. Then angry.
Sad and angry because this represents what real humans are thinking and saying and much of it is just too illogical and cruel for words.
But again, thank you for your time. It's appreciated.
mahina
(20,723 posts)With laughter. Thanks.
BigOleDummy
(2,274 posts)Started off strong and just kept getting better. Thank you for these.
niyad
(134,035 posts)murielm99
(33,084 posts)Wild blueberry
(8,372 posts)So many excellent quotes. Dostoevsky, Twain, Wilde.
Thank you!
justhanginon
(3,384 posts)Danascot
(5,292 posts)Can't wait for the next installment!
JohnnyRingo
(20,992 posts)Thanx for the memes!
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