somewhere around 10 id say, but then again, i have no idea.
What is the best quote you have ever heard/read?
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somewhere around 10 id say, but then again, i have no idea.
What is the best quote you have ever heard/read?
There are many things that Einstein said that are worth noting, but since you asked for my favorite, well it would be:
"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away" - shing xiong
That was a great question, worthy of asking the next poster. What is your favorite quote?
Well Kiz....
I do love that one....
think I will link it with my sig line....
which happens to be a fav. of mine...they seem to go hand in hand
Favorite quote? Yikes, impossible to say! One of my favorites comes from Goethe's Faust:
Another from Milton:Quote:
All that philosophy can teach,
The lore of jurist and of leech,
I've mastered, ah! and sweated through
Theology's dead deserts, too,
Yet here, poor fool! for all my lore,
I stand no wiser than before.
From Coleridge:Quote:
The mind is its own place, and in itself creates
An heaven of hell, an hell of heaven.
Emerson, Woolf, Thoreau, and Dostoevsky also have a million things I can quote, but I will stop there. :DQuote:
Happiness is the end of virtue, and truth knowledge of the means.
If you could reside in one other city, country, state, or province, other than your present home, provided that you should remain living there for life, where would you choose?
Anywhere in the tropics
Who would you most like to be other than yourself if you could be anyone for a day
Hmmmm.... I'll go with Trent Reznor. I'd like to know what makes him him! ;)
What movie do you think most represents who you are, what you are all about?
Any sort of old, silent film with limited subtitles, lots of action, but almost no plot to represent something abstract and left for the imagination, but with no direction.
I cannot think of any specific film.
I love to ask this question sometimes: what did you learn this week that you found interesting?
I learned (on TV) that Finland has the best public school system in the world.
What's the name of your favorite restaurant and where is it located?
Toughie. Right now I'm in an Italian mood so I'll say Louie's on Dequindre and 9 mile.
Same Question.
... I don't eat much food out, can't afford it :( I don't have one.
How many vertebrae in a Giraffs spinal coloumn?
I know of 24 in the human body, not including the fused vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx, but in the giraffe . . . google . . . hmm, only 7, but each measure about 11 inches (over 24 cm).
What is your favorite trivial subject?
Geography
Which is your worst trivial subject? (cheap shot, I know)
Mathematics, statistics, and such. :sick:
If you had the chance to create your own forum on a subject of your choice, what subject would you choose, other than literature?
A forum of travel journals, a forum where you could meet other travellers and here of their journeys, and discuss the best books for reading when on the mood.
How many people in your closest circle of friends?
Ummm, actual people I know in person, probably three.
What should I read next: The Aeneid or Notes from the Underground?