"I have confronted my own demons, and the only thing I know... The only thing that is for certain... Is that I will live with them for the rest of my life."

Anyone else got any close quotes to them?

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To rebel against a powerful political, economic, religious, or social establishment is very dangerous and very few people do it, except, perhaps, as part of a mob. To rebel against the "scientific" establishment, however, is the easiest thing in the world, and anyone can do it and feel enormously brave, without risking as much as a hangnail. Thus, the vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic about the bilge when a group of astronomers denounces it.
-- Isaac Asimov

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The logic train ran off the tracks when Delphi Aegis said:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is magic. -- Issac Asimov

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"... is indistinguishable from magic"

at any rate:

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

-Hermann Goering.

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‘. . . and the moral of that is—“Be what you would seem to be”—or if you’d like it put more simply—“Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.”’ —The Duchess, to Alice

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-- Verbal Kint, The Usual Suspects

Oh, just for the record: "quote" is a verb. "Quotation" is a noun.

/grammarwhore

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He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

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And this is Gens:

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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could. To where it bent in the undergrowth,

Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.
--Robert Frost

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I don't have a serious quote. =( But this one made me laugh hard.

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"When power leads man to arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment."
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy[/center]

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"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
-I forgot who said it.

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"I would rather I was the second man of a barbarian village than the first man in Rome."
-Julius Caesar

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"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win."
-Zhuge Liang

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"I'd give my right arm to be ambidexterous!" -- Anon

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Iron Parcelan stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
"Why yes, I'd like seconds." - Gydyon

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AND

"Murphy was an optimist."
-Anon

-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg Trials '

then there's the good ol'

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it
narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached
a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind
has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the
rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with
fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights
unto the leader and gladly so. How do I
know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
-- Julius Caesar

And I also like:

'Civilisation is a mutual hallucination' - Anon

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.
--Robert A. Heinlein

Does history record any case in which the majority was right?
--Robert A. Heinlein

Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you - if you don't play, you can't win.
--Robert A. Heinlein

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And from bash.org, and my personal life mantra,
<p> sux when u have a problem so u eat a cup of pudding and then u still have problem

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We were all impressed when Kahuna Ryuu wrote:
"You can't always pick your fights but you can always pick your nose."

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"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose."--Anon

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Niklas was naked while typing this:
Kermitov, I have it down as:
'"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy,
and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or
a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding
of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists
for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."

-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg Trials '

then there's the good ol'

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it
narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached
a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind
has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the
rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with
fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights
unto the leader and gladly so. How do I
know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
-- Julius Caesar

And I also like:

'Civilisation is a mutual hallucination' - Anon

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The version you have is a condensed, more quote friendly version. My version is from the actual interview.

And the Julius Ceasar quote is a hoax. He never said that.

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Verily, Bloodsage doth proclaim:
Oh, just for the record: "quote" is a verb. "Quotation" is a noun.

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Sorry, you are incorrect.

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Main Entry: 2 quote
Function: noun
Date: 1888
1 : QUOTATION

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The logic train ran off the tracks when Fizodeth said:
"If you're frightened of dieing, and you're still holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace then those devils are really angels freeing you from the earth."
- VNV Nation, Forsaken.

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Actually...

"The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that
won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth." - Meister Eckhart

VNV Nation does kick ass

Coincidentally, that song fits my extremely melancholy mood that I've been slipping into as of late. Damn angst.

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Fizodeth's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
I tells it likes I hears it.

Coincidentally, that song fits my extremely melancholy mood that I've been slipping into as of late. Damn angst.

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Find the vocal version of the song. Powerful stuff.

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"Okay, let me see if I got this straight," Yossarian said. "In order to be grounded I've got to be crazy, and I must be crazy to keep flying missions. But, if I ask to be grounded that means I'm not crazy anymore, and I have to keep flying."
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," remarks Yossarian.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.

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Drysart had this to say about pies:
Sorry, you are incorrect.

[QUOTE]Main Entry: 2 quote
Function: noun
Date: 1888
1 : QUOTATION

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According to my OED, the only noun form of "quote" refers to a short form of "quotation marks."

Websters does list the meaning you have, but it is improper usage. That's the fallacy: being listed in a dictionary means people use a word in a given manner, not that it's proper to do so.

Of course, there is constant tension between proper and vulgar usage, and the language evolves, sometimes in unexpected ways. But if one is going to use that as justification for sloppy speaking, we might as well all jump on the Ebonics bandwagon, as it's obviously the wave of the future.

Neener.

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