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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 3:44 pm
Okay, how about a thread for famous quotes that apply to BB? I'm talking about quotes from, writers, poets, historical figures, actors, politicians, etc....(NOT quotes from TVCHers or HGs). I don't think I've seen a BB thread like this before. I'll start: "What fresh hell is this?" - Dorothy Parker
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 3:55 pm
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. --Albert Einstein
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Delurker
Member
08-19-2005
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:00 pm
Anatomy is destiny. - Sigmund Freud
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:00 pm
I am going to love this thread. Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..."; And then do it. --Duane Michals
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Delurker
Member
08-19-2005
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:02 pm
The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils. - Junius
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:02 pm
"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake." - Napolen Bonaparte
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:06 pm
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." --Buddha
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:09 pm
"Relationships are like thighs. They start out smooth, then they get a little lumpy, but without them you don't have a leg to stand on." - Sylvia Fine (Fran's mother on "The Nanny")
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:11 pm
This one fits for Jessie He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. ---Benjamin Franklin
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:14 pm
This one is PERFECT for Big Brother: "Familiarity breeds contempt" - Apuleius, Roman philosopher
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:16 pm
He who angers you conquers you. --Elizabeth Kenny
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:17 pm
Here's another good one for Jessie: "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - Will Rogers
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:22 pm
Here's one for the BB floaters: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Winston Churchill
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:23 pm
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. --Lily Tomlin
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:26 pm
"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd." --Bertrand Russell
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:28 pm
"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back in." - Will Rogers
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:31 pm
"Stupid is as stupid does". Forrest Gump
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:33 pm
BAHAHAHAH Keldogg!
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:33 pm
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. --Mark Twain
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:03 pm
Don't piss on my leg and tell me its raining. --- Judge Judy
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:06 pm
Here's one for Jessie when he was HOH- "We have, I fear, confused power with greatness." - Stewart L. Udall,
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:12 pm
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:30 pm
"Don't sweat the small stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff" George Carlin
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:40 pm
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:42 pm
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. Oscar Wilde
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