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    I'm making a list of things that people can reference before they do look at anything about current affairs... kind of a baby of mine for the past few months, thought I'd come here to start it off.

    Okay, some quick ones:

    "Whenever someone promises 'crazy' promises, it usually means they just want the vote."

    "Whenever someone says they have God's will to do something, they are full of **** and you shouldn't follow them"

    etc, etc. I want suggestions. Right now the above are just real quick ones that I don't personally like, I've had better ones but they've slipped my mind. Basically what I want are the "common" sense ones, the quotes that you most think of when you look at the current affairs. I've been thinking of making a little red--no sorry, aqua-- book or something for people to carry around and whenever they look at something in the media, they reference this book.

    Because I think people are stupid. Disagree or not, most people are sheep and cattle and need something to spur on those extra cells in their brains to realize that everything can't be taken at face value, politicians aren't smiling because "they are making a positive difference", and companies don't say things because they really mean them...

    More later, I have to get back to painting an apartment...argh.
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    How about "when somebody promises ANYTHING they just want the vote?

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    More -

    * 5 second rule applies to tile, but not to long carpet
    * People are always eager to single out one person and blame them for EVERYTHING
    * It's pronounced "Sherbet", not "Sherbert"
    * Women only want you for your money.
    * Don't mix bleach and ammonia stupid!
    * If you're thinking about getting married, stop, find a strange woman, and give her half of everything you own - it saves time and frustration.
    * It's always a good idea to read non-work-related emails with your speakers OFF

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    Don't drink wine to get drunk. It gives an awful hangover.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorian Gray View Post
    Don't drink wine to get drunk. It gives an awful hangover.
    Blasphemy! Actually... really? I've never had a bad hangover from wine...

    Oh, and I meant for this to be about world events and not.... macaroni on the linoleum... but good anyways.
    But mark me well; Religion is my name;
    An angel once: but now a fury grown,
    Too often talked of, but too little known.

    -Jonathan Swift

    "There's only a few things I'd actually kill for: revenge, jewelry, Father O'Malley's weedwacker..."
    -Bender (Futurama) awesome

    Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal.
    -Immortal Technique

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    OMFG wine gives the worst hangovers ever.
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    The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.

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    "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheep View Post
    "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'"

    - Kurt Vonnegut (RIP), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
    Not bad. I'm really looking for these kinds of wisdom quotes that I can make into something we can all reference and maybe chuckle at while analyzing world events...
    But mark me well; Religion is my name;
    An angel once: but now a fury grown,
    Too often talked of, but too little known.

    -Jonathan Swift

    "There's only a few things I'd actually kill for: revenge, jewelry, Father O'Malley's weedwacker..."
    -Bender (Futurama) awesome

    Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal.
    -Immortal Technique

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    Whenever someone says that something is always true, he is lieing. :wink:

    Thus the above statement is a lie. Thus it is true. Etc.

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    The world is big and not round. And no, airplanes didn't make it smaller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rockstone View Post
    The world is big and not round. And no, airplanes didn't make it smaller.
    Yeah, it's actually kinda pear-shaped...

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    Be ready to enjoy suffering and enjoy the suffering of others, plus remember they are all out to get you and you should get them first.

    the ends justify the means.

    Law is the barrel of a Gun.

    All is fair in love and War.

    By Any Means Necessary.!!!!

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    wear boxers instead of briefs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RZZZA View Post
    wear boxers instead of briefs.
    Especially during puberty, the latter apparently stunts...growth.

    And never listen to someone who used apparently, especially when heard in a pub.

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    Life is a minestrone-served up with parmesan cheese,Death is a cold lasagne-suspended in deep freeze

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    Always listen to your Mom.

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    The Earth is actually a great calculator designed to figure out the meaning of the universe.

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    The answer to life itself is......42

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ma'ahes View Post
    The answer to life itself is......42
    Yeah, that took a bit of calculating .
    But didn't these people replace earth with a hyperspace intersection?

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    Those who speak the most have the least to say, and those who speak the least have the most to say...

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