Things that Bansai left for us

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"Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil. "
— Charles Simmons

bansaisequoia
June 19, 2009, 9:48 pm
Revery? I thought revelry opened a thousand avenues for the entrance of evil.

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"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise."
— Gore Vidal

bansaisequoia
June 7, 2009, 12:46 am
Could we solve your messianic complex if we took your advice?

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"I always fear that creation will expire before teatime."
— Sydney Smith

bansaisequoia
September 27, 2011, 10:35 pm
That one always keeps me awake at night, too.

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"If you sit down and don't see a fish at the table, the fish is you."
— Ken Flaton

bansaisequoia
September 25, 2011, 9:54 pm
"My mother is a fish."--Vardaman Bundren
Kgun5
April 3, 2013, 3:45 pm
This is a poker reference, for those who are unaware.
saipanwriter
June 2, 2013, 2:33 am
thanks, kgun5. what is a "fish?" I'm guessing it's not good.
nevadasmith68
June 12, 2013, 2:05 am
There is a fish called a "sucker".

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"I'm a really claustrophobic person to begin with. I hate elevators, especially crammed elevators. I get really scared."
— Justin Bieber

pootie49
June 13, 2012, 10:46 am
Again, as a Canadian to the rest of the world... we re sorry. Sadly the tweeners love him so we just couldnt keep him muzzled anymore.
bansaisequoia
July 2, 2012, 7:08 pm
Yeah, well explain Seth Rogen, Celine Dion, Corey Haim and Doug Henning! (Oscar Peterson more than makes up for all four, though.)

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"I just drank eighteen whiskies. That must be a record."
— Dylan Thomas

bansaisequoia
March 19, 2010, 9:48 pm
Lighthweight.

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"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."
— Desiderius Erasmus

opallady
July 16, 2009, 12:08 am
Chiefest????
bansaisequoia
October 8, 2009, 9:44 pm
(link)

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"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. "
— Desiderius Erasmus

opallady
July 25, 2009, 1:18 am
Chiefest?
bansaisequoia
September 29, 2009, 2:53 am
(link)

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"I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them."
— Jack London

bansaisequoia
July 1, 2012, 6:52 pm
He shouldn't have wasted so much time around the Arctic Circle. The days can be so long there.

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"Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child."
— Laurens van der Post

bansaisequoia
May 2, 2010, 6:57 pm
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.

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"Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling."
— Gilbert Chesterton

bansaisequoia
July 13, 2012, 7:07 pm
I'd draw flesh tone over GK Chesterton's mustache.

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"A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything. "
— Napoleon Bonaparte

bansaisequoia
July 5, 2010, 2:40 pm
Even snails and frog legs? I doubt it.

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"Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. "
— Richard Whately

bonszaisequaio
February 22, 2010, 6:25 pm
Am I not man? I am Devo!

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"All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. "
— James Thurber

Barnabas
October 25, 2011, 3:04 pm
Did Mr. Thurber run to the same barber as Jay Leno?
bansaisequoia
February 4, 2012, 7:03 pm
No, his barber cuts Donald Trump's hair.
Note: This is James Thurber's profile picture. James_Thurber_6427.jpg

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"It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. "
— Carl Jung

bansaisequoia
November 5, 2009, 5:04 pm
It's better that we should warp reality.

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"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
— Ernest Hemingway

kat
December 27, 2009, 7:42 pm
So THAT explains the crushing bouts of depression... *wink*
bansaisequoia
July 9, 2010, 3:43 pm
So, you have those crushing bouts, too? *nudge*nudge*