Pre-election polling: "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" - Disraeli
Quotation:
Pre-election polling: "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" - Disraeli
Quotation:
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
Quotation: A way to distort what others have said to fit your own purposes.
Perspective:
Perspective: An excuse for why your opinion might legitimately differ from that of your opponent.
Opponent:
I loved the Disraeli quotation. Very opportune.
Opponent: The one who consistently disagrees with you.
Democracy:
Last edited by Danik 2016; 05-05-2016 at 08:56 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Democracy: A system where if you aren't in possession of any intelligence or information, you get to decide.
Election:
Election: A system that allows political systems to get the results they want while allowing the people who voted feel like their votes really counted.
People:
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
People: a sometimes doubtfull collection of humans.
Human being:
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Mark Twain is credited with the quote, which he said came from Disraeli. The line isn't in any of Disareli's works, and the quote is attributed to other people as well. Good quote anyhow, thanks to whoever actually said it first!
Human being: Top of the food chain on this planet which suggests that God has a sense of humor
God:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
God: undefinable
Universe:
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Universe: The big empty space inside which the Big Bang banged.
Baseball
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Baseball: The only sport where nine against one is considered fair odds
Cells:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Cells:small units of life. Also units of restraint
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Cells:small units of life. Also units of restraint (prison cells).
Prison:
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Prison: A social experiment in dire need of an overhaul. When Eastern State Penitentiary was first opened the idea was to reform prisoners. Even Alcatraz had in place programs to teach prisoners a trade. Hard labor built our interstate system. I can recall the chain gangs building the I-81 through this area, and my son lives near what was the convict camp where they were housed during their work. Now prisoners do not have to work at all. Many prison trade programs are gone. The prison here in town used to work a farm where prisoners grew their food and milked the cows and tended chickens and other livestock. No more. Taxpayers are tasked with keeping the bad guys locked up. Were I in prison, being allowed out of the cell to work outside would be a godsend! At least the local jail uses prisoners to pick up trash along the highways. As I said it beats setting in a cell all day...
Prisoner:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Pendragon: I could tell you volumes about the prison system in my country, but I´ll rather not. One of it´s worst characteristics, is that the prisons are alwaysnovercrowded and that usually prisoners that commit lighter offenses are put together with heavy offenders. When they get out of prison they are full blown criminals. So much for prisoner reform.
Prisoner: A person locked in a cell as a punishment for disobeying the law of the country. Also someone who is confined or limited by some circunstance or condition.
Law:
Last edited by Danik 2016; 05-07-2016 at 11:07 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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