Things that Bansai left for us

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"They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do."
— Lyndon B. Johnson

bansaisequoia
September 11, 2010, 6:45 pm
A paraphrase of this was attributed to LBJ in Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket."

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"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. "
— William Blake

bonsaisequoia
February 12, 2010, 10:18 pm
(link)

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"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. "
— B. F. Skinner

bansaisequoia
April 18, 2010, 2:01 am
Eventually, the lab rat depresses the feeder bar and gets the pellet.
bansaisequoia
July 23, 2013, 4:42 am
This is Dwight Schrute from "The Office."

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"A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die! "
— Philip Roth

PianoManGidley
April 2, 2009, 2:50 pm
Way to be anti-Semetic there, pally.
bansaisequoia
August 4, 2009, 8:23 pm
Philip Roth IS Jewish.

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"Dancers are the messengers of the gods."
— Martha Graham

bansaisequoia
June 19, 2011, 9:45 pm
You mean it's not Hermes?

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"There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around."
— Ronald Reagan

bansaisequoia
June 8, 2010, 4:58 pm
Kind of reminds me of that one guy who promised he'd lower taxes for the people, but one year the only tax he lowered was the yacht tax for the rich. Remember that guy?

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"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. "
— Samuel Johnson

bansaisequoia
September 13, 2011, 1:52 pm
Ridiculous. I've got better refuges.

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"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance."
— Dave Barry

bansaisequoia
March 3, 2012, 7:00 pm
The bouncer wouldn't let me on the other side of the velvet rope 'cuz I busted a move like a cracka with a pocket protector.

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"As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things."
— Po Bronson

MamaB
August 24, 2017, 7:01 am
I saw bansai say once that he doesn't read the quotes until after he solves them. I'm learning to do that more. It let's me overlook those grammar/logic issues.

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"One man was so mad at me that he ended his letter: "Beware. You will never get out of this world alive.""
— John Steinbeck

bansaisequoia
October 28, 2014, 8:35 am
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins got out of this world alive.Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, too.

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"The Whites told only one side. Told it to please themselves. Told much that is not true. Only his own best deeds, only the worst deeds of the Indians, has the white man told."
— Yellow Wolf

LiveLoveLaugh
March 14, 2010, 8:18 am
a quote from a whole tribe?
bansaisequoia
September 2, 2010, 8:15 pm
Actually, this was said by Yellow Wolf of the Nez Perce. Here is citation: (link)
bansaisequoia
September 2, 2010, 8:16 pm
Actually, this was said by Yellow Wolf of the Nez Perce. Here is citation: (link)

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"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. "
— William James

bansaisequoia
March 17, 2010, 7:08 pm
"You are the weakest link--Goodbye!"--Anne Robinson

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"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
March 9, 2010, 7:25 pm
"You are the weakest link - Goodbye!"--Anne Robinson

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"Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles. "
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

maradnu
June 6, 2009, 1:36 am
Sometimes they are.
bansaisequoia
July 13, 2009, 10:43 pm
Take a look at this picture of Vyacheslav Molotov: (link)
Lurker
May 17, 2010, 9:27 pm
How about our good friend Ben Franklin, inventor of bifocals?
bansaisequoia
September 28, 2010, 5:25 pm
Yeah, but I don't see those specs on the C-note.
fishbum
March 24, 2011, 10:31 pm
Franklin wore them.
bansaisequoia
September 24, 2012, 12:44 am
What if a man in spectacles rides a Ferris Wheel?

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"When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot."
— African Proverb

bansaisequoia
October 23, 2010, 4:49 pm
When the fingers stumble, it is worse for the cryptoquote.

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"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
June 7, 2012, 8:05 pm
I said it first after I invented my time machine and traveled back to the dawn of time.