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"What are some of your favourite quotes? It doesn't matter if you don't know where they are from, or if you are using a bastardised version of the original, but things that you occasionally say to yourself to help you along the way. One of my favourites is by novelist Kurt Vonnegut and is something like "I tell you we are put on this earth to bugger about and don't let anyone tell you different" - it's all about not taking everything so seriously, and just enjoying yourself. Another similar one (no idea where from) is "You don't stop playing games because you get old, you get old because you stop playing games" - so true! Anyone offering "Live, Laugh, Love" or similar will be taken outside and summarily executed." That one about getting old and playing has the same effect on me as "live, laugh,love" does on you  | |||
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I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll | |||
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"Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life. If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star...you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Both Terry Pratchett
I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll "I recognised these And the cushion was clearly trolling | |||
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"What are some of your favourite quotes? It doesn't matter if you don't know where they are from, or if you are using a bastardised version of the original, but things that you occasionally say to yourself to help you along the way. One of my favourites is by novelist Kurt Vonnegut and is something like "I tell you we are put on this earth to bugger about and don't let anyone tell you different" - it's all about not taking everything so seriously, and just enjoying yourself. Another similar one (no idea where from) is "You don't stop playing games because you get old, you get old because you stop playing games" - so true! Anyone offering "Live, Laugh, Love" or similar will be taken outside and summarily executed. That one about getting old and playing has the same effect on me as "live, laugh,love" does on you "Oh no! At least I never saw it on anyones wall in a curly font... | |||
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. " A bit like me trying to flirt with you  | |||
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"What are some of your favourite quotes? It doesn't matter if you don't know where they are from, or if you are using a bastardised version of the original, but things that you occasionally say to yourself to help you along the way. One of my favourites is by novelist Kurt Vonnegut and is something like "I tell you we are put on this earth to bugger about and don't let anyone tell you different" - it's all about not taking everything so seriously, and just enjoying yourself. Another similar one (no idea where from) is "You don't stop playing games because you get old, you get old because you stop playing games" - so true! Anyone offering "Live, Laugh, Love" or similar will be taken outside and summarily executed. That one about getting old and playing has the same effect on me as "live, laugh,love" does on you
Oh no! At least I never saw it on anyones wall in a curly font..."The day is yet young  | |||
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"Despite how open, peaceful and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you, as deeply as they’ve met themselves. " Love this | |||
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"What are some of your favourite quotes? It doesn't matter if you don't know where they are from, or if you are using a bastardised version of the original, but things that you occasionally say to yourself to help you along the way. One of my favourites is by novelist Kurt Vonnegut and is something like "I tell you we are put on this earth to bugger about and don't let anyone tell you different" - it's all about not taking everything so seriously, and just enjoying yourself. Another similar one (no idea where from) is "You don't stop playing games because you get old, you get old because you stop playing games" - so true! Anyone offering "Live, Laugh, Love" or similar will be taken outside and summarily executed." Die Cry Hate? | |||
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"You kiss my cheek only to finger my arse. The snake arrives, walking as if it’s human. " You’re on fire this morning | |||
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"Before you judge a man walk a mile in his shoes" Or a woman | |||
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"I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll
I recognised these And the cushion was clearly trolling"If you can't troll your own husband what is the point of marrying him??
Actually I want to do it again. Possibly with a picture of us looking tired and the kids looking manic with a quote of 'living our best life'. If you can think of a better quote let me know  | |||
"I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll
I recognised these And the cushion was clearly trolling
If you can't troll your own husband what is the point of marrying him??
Actually I want to do it again. Possibly with a picture of us looking tired and the kids looking manic with a quote of 'living our best life'. If you can think of a better quote let me know "I’m confused. Was the cushion doing the trolling. You should report it. | |||
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"One life. Live it" 
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"I love the sound a deadline makes as it goes wooshing by" Love Douglas Adams quotes | |||
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"I love the sound a deadline makes as it goes wooshing by Love Douglas Adams quotes "wondered if anyone would spot that | |||
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"Don’t be a c*nt. "This is my favourite of yours | |||
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"" would Jesus Christ have been a pervert, if he had a crisp packet on his head?" Liam Gallagher." Deep | |||
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"Just because you lost me as a friend, it doesn't mean you've gained me as an enemy. I still want to see you eat, just not at my table. " Oh I do like that | |||
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""I can resist anything but temptation", Oscar Wilde." Oh hellooooo | |||
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"I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll
I recognised these And the cushion was clearly trolling
If you can't troll your own husband what is the point of marrying him??
Actually I want to do it again. Possibly with a picture of us looking tired and the kids looking manic with a quote of 'living our best life'. If you can think of a better quote let me know "Seriously - you should market that design
… I’ll have three manic kids cushions please x | |||
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"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life ...." More Pratchett | |||
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""You are a ghost, driving a meat-coated skeleton, made from stardust, riding a rock, hurtling through space. Fear nothing."" excuse me a minute while I nip off for an existential crisis  | |||
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"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life ...." Makes me think of the kids film Chicken Run when she quotes about feeling her life flash before your eyes - now that’s inspirational lol x … I like that quote on your profile! 
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" “It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”" and there it is | |||
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"Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life. If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star...you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Both Terry Pratchett
I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll "I could live most of my life based on Pratchett quotes | |||
"Don’t burn bridges just loosen the bolts … I like that. But sometimes that bridge just needs to burn xx" Sometimes you gotta burn a few bridges to stop the crazies from following you | |||
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"Treat others how you want to be treated. " I try to live by this | |||
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"Everybody dies but not everybody lives
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"Everybody dies but not everybody lives
. You have to live or die trying "And don't take life too seriously, nobody has ever survived it | |||
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"Never trust a fart after 19 miles. (Running truism) " Haha, that reminded me of reading a running quote this morning which is what made me start the thread (although I then neglected to use it...). "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." | |||
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there - on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." Carl Sagan" I love this quote - and the rest of it that is missing here, incredibly powerful words. Another that is applicable to far more than just climbing is from Edward Whymper Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end. Mr | |||
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"Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life. If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star...you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Both Terry Pratchett
I did also get my husband a cushion for Father's Day some years ago with a photo of our children on it and the quote 'every day's a gift'. He called me a troll
I could live most of my life based on Pratchett quotes"“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” | |||
"When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind…" Quite like this, surprised I haven't heard it before | |||
"Just because you lost me as a friend, it doesn't mean you've gained me as an enemy. I still want to see you eat, just not at my table. " Loads of variations on this: * For X to win, doesn't mean Y has to lose * Equity not Equality | |||
"You kiss my cheek only to finger my arse. The snake arrives, walking as if it’s human. " Despite knowing where these are from I can't help but read them in the voice of the greek landlord from the League of Gentlemen... | |||
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"Don't worry about things you have no control over." Sponsored by TENA | |||
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""It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt" Love this as the first time I heard it was a Brene Brown talk | |||
"After I told my Nan that my teacher said there's no such word as 'can't' 'Tell yer teacher you can't pick a spell out of yer arse while wearing boxing gloves'" I was in a class full of cants when I was in the east end | |||
""Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail Again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett. "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and, in between, he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan. "In the midst of an eternal winter, I found that within me there lay an invincible summer." Albert Camus "Hell is other people" Jean-Paul Sartre" What did Sartre mean by that? | |||
"Worrying is like a rocking chair, It gives you something to do But doesn’t get you anywhere! Van Wilder " That's why huskies are sled reigns are useful. | |||
""Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail Again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett. "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and, in between, he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan. "In the midst of an eternal winter, I found that within me there lay an invincible summer." Albert Camus "Hell is other people" Jean-Paul Sartre What did Sartre mean by that?" Neighbours from hell. D*unks at a party making a show of themselves. Crying babies on a 24 hour flight Dad dancing, when you're the child. | |||
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""Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail Again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett. "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and, in between, he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan. "In the midst of an eternal winter, I found that within me there lay an invincible summer." Albert Camus "Hell is other people" Jean-Paul Sartre What did Sartre mean by that?" Not what is commonly understood. He was referring to the infernal Catch-22 of both despising the judgements of other people while simultaneously needing affirmation from them as we ultimately only exist in relation to others. Unless, you're a solipsist of course but that's another story... | |||
"This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do - Oscar Wilde " "Experience is the name we give to our mistakes." Another Wilde gem. | |||
"Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." | |||
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"This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do - Oscar Wilde "Experience is the name we give to our mistakes." Another Wilde gem." funny name for a child!  | |||
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"Before you judge a man walk a mile in his shoes Or a woman "Assuming same size feet, otherwise be cautious of blistering. | |||
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us have a kebab. Me G" I laughed way too much at that
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Faint heart never won fair lady x | |||
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"What are some of your favourite quotes? It doesn't matter if you don't know where they are from, or if you are using a bastardised version of the original, but things that you occasionally say to yourself to help you along the way. One of my favourites is by novelist Kurt Vonnegut and is something like "I tell you we are put on this earth to bugger about and don't let anyone tell you different" - it's all about not taking everything so seriously, and just enjoying yourself. Another similar one (no idea where from) is "You don't stop playing games because you get old, you get old because you stop playing games" - so true! Anyone offering "Live, Laugh, Love" or similar will be taken outside and summarily executed." The "stop playing games" one. So true. | |||
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""Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail Again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett. "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and, in between, he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan. "In the midst of an eternal winter, I found that within me there lay an invincible summer." Albert Camus "Hell is other people" Jean-Paul Sartre What did Sartre mean by that? Not what is commonly understood. He was referring to the infernal Catch-22 of both despising the judgements of other people while simultaneously needing affirmation from them as we ultimately only exist in relation to others. Unless, you're a solipsist of course but that's another story..." | |||
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