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“Watch your thoughts, they become words;
watch your words, they become actions;
watch your actions, they become habits;
watch your habits, they become character;
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

FRANK OUTLAW
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"Life is like a game of cards. When hearts are trumped we play for love. When diamonds trump we play for wealth and power. When clubs are trumped look out for war. We find at last when a spade turns up to dig each players grave."

Murray K. Hill
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" Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another : " what ! you too ? i thought i was the only one "

C.S. Lewis...
" We don't see things as they are but as we are "

Carpe Diem!

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Not sure if this would be classed as a quote or not, but I thought it was kind of cute.

"Mary had a little bear
And that was very fine.
Everywhere that Mary went
You could see her bear behind."

Louis Armstrong
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:lol: :lol: :lol: ..good one!
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I thought it was kind of cute. I found some quotes in a book I have. They are very deep and meaningful.

Boy, Gun.
Joy, Fun.
Gun Bust.
Boy Dust.

From The Foolish Almanac
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Bighuey wrote:I thought it was kind of cute. I found some quotes in a book I have. They are very deep and meaningful.

Boy, Gun.
Joy, Fun.
Gun Bust.
Boy Dust.

From The Foolish Almanac

VERY! :) ...Muy Profundo!

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Wedding hint.

"The minister ties the knot. Time and lawyers prove it to be a slip knot.

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heee he...very clever

" The charachter that lasts is an ordinary guy w/some extraordinary qualities "....Raymond Chandler
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"All is not so that is said." - White House maxim.

The Foolish Almanac.
"I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I dont know what to feed it." Ramblings of a retired senile mind.
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By the way, Idgie says that one of her hens laid an egg with a ten-dollar bill in it.
-Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
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" Easy reading is damn hard writing "..........Nathaniel Hawthorne...
" We don't see things as they are but as we are "

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"The text which bids a man love his neighbor makes no mention of said neighbors wife."

Another Foolish Almanac.
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Truman Capote....." Good writing is rewriting "
" We don't see things as they are but as we are "

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"If a barmaid overcharges for a drink in a wineshop, said maid shall be thrown in the river to the crocodiles."

Laws of Hammurabi

This may give Coldfire some ideas, ladies. Just make sure there no crocodile-infested rivers near The Smugglers. Or a swimming pool.
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