Things that Bansai left for us

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"The foolish and the dead never change their opinions. "
— James Russell Lowell

maradnu
February 21, 2009, 1:20 am
So which describes Rush Limbaugh? Foolish or dead?
bansaisequoia
July 5, 2009, 7:48 pm
He's alive and well here in Palm Beach County along with Ann Coulter.

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"I have nothing but confidence in you, and very little of that."
— Groucho Marx

bansaisequoia
October 16, 2010, 8:13 pm
I did. I have all 13 Marx Brothers movies on DVD.

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"The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral."
— George Santayana

bansaisequoia
March 15, 2011, 2:12 am
"Ephemeral love" is probably in the Charlie Sheen Dictionary.

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"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."
— Leonardo da Vinci

bansaisequoia
May 22, 2010, 3:33 pm
Would you like to be fixed to a star? Carry moonbeams in a jar?

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"A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. "
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

bansaisequoia
January 6, 2011, 10:24 pm
They've done that to me for years. e.g. "You're three years old."

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"No normal man ever fell in love after thirty when the kidneys begin to disintegrate."
— H.L. Mencken

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bananasequoia

January 1, 2019

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bansaisequoia
October 13, 2009, 11:02 pm
Something lies beyond the scene, the encre de chine, marine, obscene Horizon In Hell. Black as a bison, See the tall black Aga on the sofa in the alga mope, his Bell-rope Moustache (clear as a great bell!) Waves in eighteen-eighty Bustles Come Late with tambourines of Rustling Foam. They answer to the names Of ancient dames and shames, and Only call horizons their home. Coldly where (Chinese as these black-armoured fleas that dance) the breezes Seeking for horizons Wide; from her orisons In her wide Vermilion Pavilion By the seaside The doors clang open and hide Where the wind died Nothing but the Princess Cockatrice Lean Dancing a caprice To the wind's tambourine! -- Dame Edith Sitwell (1887--1964)

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"Men! The only animal in the world to fear."
— D.H. Lawrence

bansaisequoia
May 19, 2013, 4:29 am
I've never seen rouge elephants, but sometimes I see pink elephants. And I could swear I saw a singing purple dinosaur on TV.

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"An intellectual is someone who can listen to the "William Tell Overture" without thinking of the Lone Ranger."
— John Chesson

bansaisequoia
March 8, 2012, 7:35 pm
What if you think of "A Clockwork Orange" instead?

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"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."
— Dan Rather

bansaisequoia
January 19, 2010, 7:43 pm
I'm more likely to think of "A Clockwork Orange."
bansaisequoia
May 6, 2010, 6:07 am
I can listen to "Flight of the Bumblebee" and not think of the Green Hornet.

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"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name."
— Tao Te Ching

bansaisequoia
October 3, 2012, 4:23 pm
In the China, when they watch their dubbed version of The Simpsons, Homer is heard to exclaim, "T'ao!"

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"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
— Georg Hegel

bansaisequoia
January 12, 2010, 11:03 pm
But if we learn that from history, then we've learned from history. Everything I say is a lie.

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"The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain. "
— John F. Kennedy

bansaisequoia
January 16, 2010, 10:23 pm
If nothing is certain, the validity of this statement is brought into question.

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bansaisequoia
May 30, 2009, 9:29 pm
If Ovid were alive today, would he frequent this site more than any of us?

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"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."
— Lucille Ball

bansaisequoia
April 18, 2010, 4:10 pm
Live honestly and lie about your age? Is that possible?

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"Gun control is not a loss of freedom. It's a measure to protect it."
— James Brady

bansaisequoia
September 20, 2009, 11:50 pm
(link) This Washington Post article shows that the US has far more lax gun control than most nations. But take a look at this web page to see which nation has the highest crime rate. Obviously, loosening restrictions on possession of firearms does not decrease crime rate. (link)
opallady
June 16, 2010, 6:42 pm
According to FBI statistics every state that has passed laws to allow for carrying of concealed handguns by licensed individuals has seen a drop in its crime rate.
bansaisequoia
July 11, 2010, 4:03 pm
I showed my URL. Where's yours?
opallady
September 10, 2010, 11:07 pm
(link), (link), (link). [Note: The links are not working, and there are no archived captures of the pages.]