Very true, Pete! 🙂 Same goes for the wise wife though! 🙂 For the second last, I have seen it in action in Indian politics. People were jailed here for criticising government–because they were Muslims, they were charged with murders of fellow Muslims during the central-government orchestrated Hindu-Muslim riots! My Hindu mom keeps telling me to keep my head down since I am Muslim now and it is dangerous to offend their favourite government. People are wearing blindfolds instead of shades and expect others to do the same.
I agree and understand, Pete! But it doesn’t take away the sting. I am not someone who puts one’s head down and pretends to sleep while the world is burning around me.
(1) Mark Twain and I are of like mind. (2) E. Howard Hunt’s words are so true. If you keep plugging away at something, you’ll eventually end up meeting your objective. (3) George Carlin could see through all the political B.S., and we loved him for it. (4) One internet source claims Jodie Foster’s net worth is $100 million. Another one claims it’s only $8 million (due to philanthropy?). In any event, she’s definitely not living on welfare. (I do admire her as an actress, though. And she is truly fluent in French.) (5) Tony Benn is no fan of the military-industrial complex. It’s true that people are just pawns in the global power struggle that so often involves killing innocent people. (6) Fyodor Dostoevsky’s words ring truer today than ever before. (7) So who’s the wise man? The manipulative harpy next door, who happens to be single, wants to know. She’s looking for easy prey.
Pete, a terrific collection of thoughts – we are our own worst enemies, sadly – and things don’t seem to be getting better at all…as one women’s bathroom in Seattle once had on a wall: “if they can put a man on the moon, why can’t they put all of them?”
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Oh, this was so good!
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Happy to hear you enjoyed it, Jennie.
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Very true, Pete! 🙂 Same goes for the wise wife though! 🙂 For the second last, I have seen it in action in Indian politics. People were jailed here for criticising government–because they were Muslims, they were charged with murders of fellow Muslims during the central-government orchestrated Hindu-Muslim riots! My Hindu mom keeps telling me to keep my head down since I am Muslim now and it is dangerous to offend their favourite government. People are wearing blindfolds instead of shades and expect others to do the same.
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India has a sad history of religious hatred and murders. I feel your mum is right to worry about your safety.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I agree and understand, Pete! But it doesn’t take away the sting. I am not someone who puts one’s head down and pretends to sleep while the world is burning around me.
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Many words of wisdom here, and the last one made me laugh!
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I added that one for a touch of humour, Jill.
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❤️😊
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I’m with gavinmarriottnz! Warmest regards, Ed
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Thanks, Ed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Shame 99% of the world isn’t attending your school Pete.
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The people who should be reading things like these never read them, unfortunately.
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Mark Twain was the best – he still is!
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He had some great quotes!
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He thought things through and logically.
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Indeed, he is!
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(1) Mark Twain and I are of like mind.
(2) E. Howard Hunt’s words are so true. If you keep plugging away at something, you’ll eventually end up meeting your objective.
(3) George Carlin could see through all the political B.S., and we loved him for it.
(4) One internet source claims Jodie Foster’s net worth is $100 million. Another one claims it’s only $8 million (due to philanthropy?). In any event, she’s definitely not living on welfare. (I do admire her as an actress, though. And she is truly fluent in French.)
(5) Tony Benn is no fan of the military-industrial complex. It’s true that people are just pawns in the global power struggle that so often involves killing innocent people.
(6) Fyodor Dostoevsky’s words ring truer today than ever before.
(7) So who’s the wise man? The manipulative harpy next door, who happens to be single, wants to know. She’s looking for easy prey.
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You are also very similar to Mr Twain. Tony Benn would have been the best Prime Minister we never had.
Best wishes, Pete.
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All truisms!
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Unfortunately, the people who really need to read these rarely bother to do so.
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All great quotes….The Russian is accurate….and look at society today….pathetic, right? chuq
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People need to think more, but we both know that is becoming a rarity.
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Yep…even my generation is getting more stupid with every election. chuq
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All of these are spot-on, sadly (except for the last one)
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The last one was just an injection of humour, though some might relate to it. 😉
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🙂
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Yes to all of those. Maybe even the last?
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I’m on board with all of them, Carolyn.
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Pete, a terrific collection of thoughts – we are our own worst enemies, sadly – and things don’t seem to be getting better at all…as one women’s bathroom in Seattle once had on a wall: “if they can put a man on the moon, why can’t they put all of them?”
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I can see why the lady wrote that on the wall. Thanks, John.
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All good stuff, Pete. George Carlin was very astute. Cheers, Jon.
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George was great to watch in action, no doubt about that.
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He was!
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