Year: 2005
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Wild Oats
A senior citizen bought a brand new Mercedes convertible. He took off down the road, flooring it to 80 mph and enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left on his head.“This is great,” he thought as he roared on down the interstate. He pushed the pedal to the metal even more. …
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Uncertainty
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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Manipulators
Even if you understand and follow all of the rules for more effectively engaging manipulators, life with them is not likely to be easy.George K. Simon Jr.Sometimes they want something. Sometimes they want someone to give them something or to feel a particular way. They want power in some way, shape, or form. Manipulators prey…
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Heaven or Hell?
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.After a while, they came to a high,…
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Government
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.William H. Borah
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Misunderstanding
A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl.Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer’s office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him – “very quick.”The lawyer said that the speed for getting a divorce…