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"That cannot be safe which is not honourable."
— Publius Cornelius Tacitus
smoochie222 March 29, 2009, 1:45 pm
why the British spelling? bansaisequoia June 16, 2009, 12:02 am
If an ancient Roman say it, isn't it Albionish spelling?
"Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously. "
— Henry Miller
bansaisequoia January 30, 2011, 6:15 am
Hector Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique is a piece of program music which tells the story of "an artist gifted with a lively imagination" who has "poisoned himself with opium" in the "depths of despair" because of "hopeless love." (paraphrase from Wikipedia)
“The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.”
- Iain McGilchrist
kat April 4, 2009, 6:02 pm
busyness!!! That messed me up! bansaisequoia June 20, 2009, 1:49 am
This quote has definitely interfered with my pursuit of happyness. kat July 10, 2009, 4:16 pm
It did it again! Crap!!!! bansaisequoia September 21, 2009, 12:28 am
The word "busyness" has impeded my pursuit of happyness. kat February 3, 2010, 4:17 pm
I remembered the 'y' this time, but it still took me 43 seconds. Crap! kat February 21, 2010, 7:26 pm
And 64 seconds this time! Crap I say! bansaisequoia August 11, 2011, 3:29 pm
23 FTW!
"When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot."
— Larry Lujack
abra October 9, 2012, 4:20 am
I think he was a DJ a long time ago. bansaisequoia October 29, 2012, 2:01 am
Larry Lujack was at WLS Chicago when I was in college. Way to make me feel really old!
"I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons."
— Yannick Noah
pootie49 May 29, 2011, 2:26 pm
oh he was cute. bansaisequoia January 11, 2012, 6:20 pm
There's nothing cute about gladiators with weapons.
"No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible."
— Wystan Hugh Auden
bansaisequoia April 22, 2010, 1:05 pm
"He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be One against whom there was no official complaint, And all the reports on his conduct agree That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint"--Wystan Hugh Auden bansaisequoia January 11, 2012, 2:09 pm
And did you know that WH Auden actually wrote opera libretti for Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky and Hans Werner Henze?
"Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."
— David Lloyd George
bansaisequoia September 16, 2009, 5:12 pm
So I should a big step into the chasm??? bansaisequoia April 13, 2010, 11:34 pm
*So I should take a big step into the chasm?
"I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave. "
— Horace
PianoManGidley April 27, 2009, 5:42 pm
The fact that even this quote alone survived is testament to its own validity. bansaisequoia September 9, 2009, 11:45 pm
Well spoken, PianoMan
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