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Quotes of the Day (pg. 4)
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| boris_the_bear |
Не будь! (literally "Don't be!", "Seize to exist")
said be me or my friend (still disputable). similar to "kill yourself" |
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| trancemaster63 |
“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its forever.”
~ Carl Sagan |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by boris_the_bear
Не будь! (literally "Don't be!", "Cease to exist") |
Fixed ;) |
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| bas |
"This 'not yet' business is bad for my business. Makes me look bad when I'm standing there in assless chaps and a welding mask, you know?"
- Justin Sloe, mentor, friend, dj |
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| Acton |
"I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy."
- Tom Clancy
"You know 'that look' that women get when the want sex? Me neither."
- Steve Martin
"Instead of getting married again, I'm just going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house"
- Rod Stewart
"Compare your lives to mine and then kill yourselves"
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| Redd |
"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
- Douglas Adams |
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| boris_the_bear |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Fixed ;) |
*ashamed* |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by boris_the_bear
*ashamed* |
There, there... they're homophones, don't worry. English spelling is tricky :) |
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| Meat187 |
"Chomsky is a clueless leftist twat who has never said anything remotely intelligent in his entire life."
- Meat187 |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
"Chomsky is a clueless leftist twat who has never said anything remotely intelligent in his entire life."
- Meat187 |
Actually, as much as I disagree with his ideas, the guy managed to lead a revolution both in psychology and linguistics. It takes a genius to do that. It's his politics that are troublesome but, even then, it's not his opinions that matter, but how much he can make people debate... though you don't really need a genius to stir stuff up :p |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Chomsky failing at linguistics:
"The verb perform cannot be used with mass word objects: one can perform a task but one cannot perform labour. How do I know? Because I am a native speaker of the English language."
You can perform magic. |
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