Things that Bansai left for us

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"All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly. "
— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

bansaisequoia
October 24, 2010, 3:23 am
My fame is pianississimo, though my heart has been sforzando.

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"Any man with a fine shock of hair, a good set of teeth, and a bewitching smile can park his brains, if he has any, and run for public office. "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
June 16, 2011, 10:19 pm
And Sarah Palin, too!

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"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. "
— John Kenneth Galbraith

bansaisequoia
January 17, 2010, 2:34 am
That sounds like insider trading.

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"It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while."
— Don Marquis

bansaisequoia
November 1, 2011, 5:22 pm
Has the flame vanquished me?

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"Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. "
— Thomas Edison

opallady
February 21, 2009, 8:33 pm
What about all those quotes telling us to be happy with what we have?
maradnu
March 21, 2009, 1:53 am
Or a man who has already achieved what he needs.
bansaisequoia
January 22, 2011, 2:24 am
I don't think he's talking about personal contentment in this context. Obviously, most everyone thinks that some changes should be brought about in the world, though some would rather retrogress than progress.

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"Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on. "
— Robert Frost

bansaisequoia
March 18, 2011, 5:26 am
Or, I could cast my aspersions aside.

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"The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him."
— Claude Levi-Strauss

bansaisequoia
August 29, 2009, 2:06 am
Or will humankind destroy the world?

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"I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. "
— Edgar Watson Howe

bansaisequoia
September 13, 2009, 2:52 am
That's my feeling when I wait for the bus at 6:00AM and the Jehovah's Witnesses try to foist their pamphlets on me.
mtvoyager
July 21, 2013, 10:11 pm
I bet you think you are better than everyone.
universalmom
February 8, 2014, 10:39 am
When it comes to cryptos, bansai IS better than everyone!
abra
June 12, 2016, 9:22 am
Bansai will always be among the very best, but he's not alone at the top any more. There are a few REALLY fast, REALLY good players. The great nanrich, and all those really fast 100%s are so impressive. Bansai has his own niche with funny banter, incredible scores, and deep knowledge of many subjects.

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"Never do anything that you aren't prepared to face the true consequences of."
— Laura Schlessinger

bansaisequoia
January 31, 2012, 8:55 pm
Absolutely. I never posed for nude photos in the '70s.
pootie49
May 14, 2012, 9:21 pm
thank you bansai.

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"Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. "
— Groucho Marx

bansaisequoia
September 9, 2009, 7:53 pm
Including Groucho Marx. (link)

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"There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. "
— Edith Wharton

bansaisequoia
July 3, 2013, 12:20 pm
I don't want my kids to put me in the sorrowful folks' home.

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"There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. "
— Josh Billings

bansaisequoia
May 4, 2010, 4:51 pm
That comes as no surprise to me.

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"Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food. "
— Peace Pilgrim

bansaisequoia
October 12, 2010, 7:50 pm
What if I aspire to be a great chef?

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"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. "
— Friedrich Nietzsche

pootey49
December 22, 2009, 6:14 pm
Shouldn't it be "incongenial"?
boanzaisequoia
February 28, 2010, 7:13 pm
(link)

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"Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche."
— Victoria Billings

bansaisequoia
May 21, 2010, 9:18 pm
And what can be said for all the women who go after the guy with the money and the Porsche?