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#220716 - 08/13/15 10:09 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: cmguy]
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“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck.” - Robert Heinlein, science fiction author (deceased)
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#220718 - 08/13/15 10:24 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: indigo]
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Oops - yes forgot the attribution. Thanks!
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#220720 - 08/13/15 10:29 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: indigo]
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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
- Arthur Schopenhauer
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#220724 - 08/13/15 10:38 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: indigo]
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"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
- Tigerle Thanks for adding an attribution... without citation a "quote" may be considered plagiarism. However, this quotation is actually from the character Water Rat, in the often-recommended children's book The Wind in the Willows. Ah, see... I had thought it sounded familiar, but then I thought that Tigerle had meant it for a different thread and just left it there. Confusion all around! 
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#220734 - 08/13/15 01:09 PM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: George C]
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Registered: 07/29/14
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"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
- Tigerle Thanks for adding an attribution... without citation a "quote" may be considered plagiarism. However, this quotation is actually from the character Water Rat, in the often-recommended children's book The Wind in the Willows. Ah, see... I had thought it sounded familiar, but then I thought that Tigerle had meant it for a different thread and just left it there. Confusion all around!  Sorry guys, it was a joke! A joke! Was practically melting trying to catch up on housework because it was so hot already in the morning, wanting to play because I thought it was a fun thread, but all my brain kept resonating with was just how much rather I'd be messing about on the river in boats. So I put that. It's one of my favourites, anyway. Hope you are having a good summer messing about wherever y'all!
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#220775 - 08/14/15 09:41 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: indigo]
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I've loved this quote for over 20 years:
Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like a garment from the mission bundle sale ever after -- lightly because you realize you never paid nothing for it, cherishing because you know you won't ever come by such a bargain again. - Louise Erdrich
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Stacey. Former high school teacher, back in the corporate world, mom to 2 bright girls: DD12 & DD7.
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#220804 - 08/14/15 11:44 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: staceychev]
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This is so beautiful. Thanks for posting. I'll be re-reading this. I looked up the author: She has more than 2 dozen published books to her credit, and has a bookstore.
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#220806 - 08/14/15 11:46 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
[Re: atticcat]
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Thanks for posting this meaningful poem. It is both solemn and inspirational.
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