dixiegrrrrl
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Wed Dec-09-09 07:43 PM
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| America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, |
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but too early to shoot the bastards."
That is all.
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| skoalyman
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Thu Dec-10-09 04:12 AM
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| snot
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Thu Dec-10-09 04:14 AM
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or as Norman O. Brown put it, "The United States is the only nation in history to go from barbarism to decadence without any civilization in between."
("Closing Time" (1973))
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| tavalon
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Thu Dec-10-09 05:58 AM
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| 3. Ouch, that leaves a mark |
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To close to the truth there.
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| dixiegrrrrl
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Thu Dec-10-09 10:04 AM
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| 4. I like that. Adding to my quote list. Thnx. |
| alterfurz
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Sun Dec-13-09 04:56 PM
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| 6. a line stolen from Oscar Wilde! |
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another favorite from Wilde: "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."
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| dixiegrrrrl
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Sun Dec-13-09 05:41 PM
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| 7. I did not know that was a Wilde quote. Thanks for sourcing it for me. |
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Thu Dec-10-09 03:35 PM
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| 5. we should never try using force to remove tyranny |
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Edited on Thu Dec-10-09 03:35 PM by kerrywins
their weapons have become way too advanced...they would slaughter us...we have to rely on a revolution of ideas.
thats going to be tough, as they control our schools.
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