| #2601: | The main social tool of children is emotional manipulation. They cry and we come.
— Mon Mar 01 2010 13:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2602: | The irony of law enforcement is that it needs crime to justify its existence. It will scare the public to protect its budget.
— Mon Mar 01 2010 16:07 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2603: | My photo of the new "Berlin Wall" in Jerusalem: http://bit.ly/bLsA1g - (Oct. 09) Also see my other Israel albums: http://bit.ly/bXZ0qH
— Mon Mar 01 2010 19:02 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2604: | A skunk smells sweet to a skunk!
— Mon Mar 01 2010 22:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2605: | Kilroy Cafe #67: "Curiosity: The Hallmark of Intellect" http://bit.ly/dvMVUo - If children are curious, why can't adults be?
— Mon Mar 01 2010 22:43 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2606: | As an (ex) airline employee, I can fly First Class for only $20, but I don't because it isn't worth $20. Only dipshits fly First Class!
— Tue Mar 02 2010 00:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2607: | wine—n. the world's oldest consumer fraud. Fermented fruit juice sold to gullible social climbers based on invented distinctions of taste.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 03:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2608: | New blog entry: "Airport Camping in Ontario, California" http://bit.ly/c1PFMT - Missed a flight but didn't miss any sleep.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 04:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2609: | There ain't nuthin' country music can't do when it pulls together to change the world. ("Ain't nothin' it can't do" = It can't do anything.)
— Tue Mar 02 2010 12:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2610: | The ultimate test of free will is being trapped in prison and seeing it as an opportunity.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 13:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2611: | Those who drink to escape their problems will always find problems to drink to.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 13:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2612: | It's hard-working people from the heartland who make this country great and give us http://PeopleOfWalmart.com
— Tue Mar 02 2010 13:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2613: | A new place is most exciting before you go and when you first arrive. Within a day or two, it will seem as common as where you came from.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 13:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2614: | The art of photography (and the art of life) lies in seeing what is actually there in front of you, not what you want to be there.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 13:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2615: | The desperate problem of the rich is finding ways to spend their money. Fortunately, plenty of marketers will help them invent new needs.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 14:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2616: | "Chance favors the prepared mind." —Louis Pasteur
— Tue Mar 02 2010 14:38 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2617: | Research shows that most divorces are caused by marriage. http://bit.ly/cjgsQp (repost of Kilroy Cafe #2: Ban Gay Marriage!)
— Tue Mar 02 2010 15:02 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2618: | On my bucket list: Spend 10 years in prison for a crime I did commit but thought I wouldn't get caught for.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 16:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2619: | See the SkyMall™ catalog in the seatback in front of you for some of the world's most burdensome and unnecessary products.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 18:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2620: | There's a huge difference between offering a service that makes sense to both parties and offering it only because you need the money.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 18:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2621: | The greatest luxury of business is being able to tell a potential customer, willing to pay you, that your services don't make sense for him.
— Tue Mar 02 2010 18:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2622: | Life is full of "Duh!" moments when you realize you've been doing things the hard way. It was so simple, if only you could have seen.
— Wed Mar 03 2010 01:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2623: | New photo album: "Celebrity Impersonators Convention in Las Vegas": http://bit.ly/dhA0sl - Whooping it up with Sarah Palin and 3 Presidents!
— Wed Mar 03 2010 05:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2624: | The key to a great performance, in any field, is seeing yourself as the audience sees you, not as you want to be seen.
— Wed Mar 03 2010 13:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2625: | Statistics about what other people are doing have no relevance to what you should do.
— Wed Mar 03 2010 17:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2626: | Schadenfreude may be justified when someone who actively courts fame or wild animals gets bitten by same. It cuts both ways, buddy!
— Wed Mar 03 2010 17:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2627: | Reporting from Las Vegas: Guess what? Celebrity impersonators are every bit as "diva" as the stars they are duplicating!
— Thu Mar 04 2010 00:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2628: | Kilroy Cafe #68: "The Secret of Great Performances" http://bit.ly/aYcoJC - Inspired by a celebrity impersonators convention in Las Vegas!
— Thu Mar 04 2010 04:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2629: | For neverending drama on television, try The Weather Channel. Their motto should be: "It's always something!"
— Thu Mar 04 2010 06:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2630: | The competence of a professional will never exceed the instructions of the person who hires him.
— Thu Mar 04 2010 07:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2631: | There's a limit to how much quality money can buy. You may get an adequate copy of whatever you ask for, but you can't buy inspiration.
— Thu Mar 04 2010 07:07 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2632: | Check out the amazing time-saving technology called "words"! Distills complex events into short descriptions of what's different about them.
— Thu Mar 04 2010 14:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2633: | Photo: This morning on a flight to Seattle: http://bit.ly/cauOmE - Awww!
— Thu Mar 04 2010 21:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2634: | None of us deserve the indignity of being trapped on this primitive planet, but we might as well make the best of it.
— Thu Mar 04 2010 22:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2635: | mind pollution — n. unnecessary sensory input from the environment (TV, music, talking, etc.) that interferes with your own thoughts.
— Fri Mar 05 2010 00:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2636: | Lessons of the Las Vegas impersonators convention: The best impersonators don't just reproduce a celebrity; they add something new!
— Fri Mar 05 2010 04:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2637: | New photo album: Mingling with celebrity impersonators at their convention in Las Vegas: http://bit.ly/aQrV30
— Fri Mar 05 2010 07:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2638: | Narcissism is when you do something ordinary but think it's extraordinary, just because you did it.
— Fri Mar 05 2010 13:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2639: | Narcissism is when you expect praise and special attention from others, regardless of their needs or whether you did anything to meet them.
— Fri Mar 05 2010 14:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2640: | Narcissist. (See "entertainer".)
— Fri Mar 05 2010 14:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2641: | A narcissist is not necessarily a sociopath. He may care about others; he just doesn't know how.
— Fri Mar 05 2010 14:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2642: | My old arch-nemesis at Area 51, "America's Prophet" Sean David Morton, has been charged with securities fraud. http://bit.ly/bre1pe
— Fri Mar 05 2010 15:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2643: | Quality is a lonely business because the world doesn't want it. The world prefers reliable mediocrity delivered on demand.
— Fri Mar 05 2010 21:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2644: | The prefix "Nutra" at the beginning of a product name is intended to imply nutrition without actually supplying any.
— Fri Mar 05 2010 22:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2645: | One advantage of being an Oprah impersonator is that you don't have to worry about your waistline. Fat, thin, it all works!
— Fri Mar 05 2010 23:52 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2646: | Photo: A fine Charles Bronson! http://bit.ly/bvywXE (Better than the real thing!)
— Sat Mar 06 2010 00:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2647: | Photo: Three of the world's toughest action figures: http://bit.ly/bGpvvv (or reasonable facsimiles thereof)
— Sat Mar 06 2010 00:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2648: | The Celebrity Impersonator Convention I just attended will be on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday (March 7, 9am+) http://bit.ly/cqQCfz
— Sat Mar 06 2010 01:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2649: | Dog shows, talent contests, beauty pageants — there's nothing unbiased about them! The winner is chosen by the politics of the moment.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 02:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2650: | After all we've done to this planet — pollution, deforestation, overpopulation — maybe it's time to start thinking green. Soylent Green.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 02:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2651: | Photo: One of these Jack Sparrows is not like the others. Can you tell which one? http://bit.ly/96dPuE
— Sat Mar 06 2010 03:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2652: | Beware of any edible item with "y" at the end: chocolaty, buttery, cheesy. It is a product of chemical engineering and not actual food.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 03:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2653: | A true impersonator is called against his will. People keep saying "You look like him!" until you finally give in.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 12:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2654: | Pain is real, but pleasure is in the eye of the beholder. Only one thing is undeniably pleasurable: relief from pain.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 15:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2655: | If your life is simple, you can master it and make few mistakes. If your life is complex, you'll always be stumbling.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 15:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2656: | I don't believe in God but act like I do. It's the best of both worlds!
— Sat Mar 06 2010 15:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2657: | Call me impulsive, a risk taker, a wild man. I just clicked "Agree" for the Terms and Conditions without actually reading them.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 21:12 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2658: | Language Police: They aren't "Gypsies" anymore. They're "Roman Peoples".
— Sat Mar 06 2010 22:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2659: | Reporting from Seattle: For every right-wing nutcase (Archie Bunker), there's a left-wing nutcase (Maude). The latter predominate here.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 22:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2660: | Left-wing nutcases hold noisy and useless rallies against non-specific foes like "violence".
— Sat Mar 06 2010 22:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2661: | The most powerful force in the universe is described in one word: Mother.
— Sat Mar 06 2010 23:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2662: | My career as a photographer may be short, but I have photographed many presidents and celebrities: http://bit.ly/aQrV30
— Sun Mar 07 2010 04:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2663: | Once people get used to prison, you can take away the bars and they'll still stay in their cell.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 10:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2664: | It is impossible to deal with masses of people and truly feel for them. You can only follow procedure.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 10:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2665: | Celebrity is our society's celebration of those who perform but don't create or do.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 11:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2666: | Airport announcements are the endless repetition of meaningless advice that is irrelevant to you in this part of the airport.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 11:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2667: | Twentysomethings are merely a higher class of teenager. For the most part there's no reasoning with them.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 11:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2668: | The worst mistakes of life are misguided attempts to take a temporary thrill and make it permanent.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 12:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2669: | "Justice will be served. But by then you'll already be full." @TheBosha
— Sun Mar 07 2010 12:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2670: | Changing planes in Chatroulette, North Carolina. (Man, this thing is big!)
— Sun Mar 07 2010 13:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2671: | One advantage of living in a society of relative wealth is that you don't have to be wealthy to be comfortable.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 13:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2672: | Facebook images expanded from 604 pixels to 720 pixels! http://bit.ly/bwdHgO
— Sun Mar 07 2010 16:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2673: | Most of the attraction of the beach is in going there. Once you actually arrive, there is rarely anything to do.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 19:04 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2674: | Money in excess of ones needs is more an enabler of dysfunction than a key to happiness.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 19:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2675: | True wealth is measured in two ways: freedom from financial stress and freedom to do what you wish with your time. Income is irrelevant.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 19:24 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2676: | When you dedicate your life to a single medium (music, photography, writing, etc), you end up with fine technical skills and nothing to say.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 20:42 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2677: | The American Dream, as defined by practice, is buying a property you can't afford and spending the rest of your life enslaved to it.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 22:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2678: | On my bucket list: Custom-build an expensive vacation home in a prime scenic area then never go there.
— Sun Mar 07 2010 22:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2679: | I've lost my 3-D glasses from Avatar, so I might as well delete the whole movie from my brain. It will free up a lot of dead storage space.
— Mon Mar 08 2010 13:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2680: | The world, with all its billions, may seem huge, but if you count those who are doing what you are and doing it well, it's tiny indeed!
— Mon Mar 08 2010 17:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2681: | Photo: A hamster-eye view of a very large creature: http://bit.ly/cOdj7B
— Mon Mar 08 2010 18:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2682: | A luxury car, like a beauty queen, does not age gracefully. After the first few thousand miles, she's a high-maintenance bitch.
— Mon Mar 08 2010 20:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2683: | People carry their baggage with them wherever they go, turning each new situation into what they expect it to be.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 09:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2684: | Economic activity — buying, selling and scams related thereto — come as naturally to the human as breathing, eating and sex.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 09:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2685: | Pruning is the tightening of a network by eliminating unused pathways. Applies to nerve cells, relationships, possessions and obligations.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 09:45 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2686: | Pets are a deceptively charming mechanism to imprison you and absorb any excess resources you may have.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 09:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2687: | "Authorities are investigating" — just another convenient way to say, "You can turn away now," even though the story isn't over.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 10:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2688: | In a single instant, after one small miscalculation, everything in your life can change.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 10:52 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2689: | If no one is listening, you can keep talking, but it's only for your own benefit.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 11:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2690: | "When we change our minds, we change the state of matter itself." via @conformer - Not literally, but everything short of matter can change.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 13:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2691: | The mind, by necessity, imposes constraints on the infinite possibilities of the world. Change your mind, and new options open up.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 13:38 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2692: | Religion isn't just a belief in God but in certain social policies, taken on faith, that limit the ways you can solve your problems.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 13:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2693: | The great irony of offering advice is that the people most in need of it are those least capable of accepting it.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 15:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2694: | "I love carrots." @RhodiHawk - But carrots are so secretive and deceptive. You can't understand them 'til you pull em up by the roots.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 19:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2695: | Photo: Spring Break, Destin, Florida. These poor guys are hopelessly outnumbered! http://bit.ly/aLHI9I - A humanitarian crisis?
— Tue Mar 09 2010 21:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2696: | New Photo Album: Pike Place Market, Seattle. http://bit.ly/dAifmH
— Tue Mar 09 2010 21:12 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2697: | New Photo Album: On-Stage at the Celebrity Impersonators Convention, Las Vegas: http://bit.ly/dhA0sl
— Tue Mar 09 2010 21:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2698: | The goal of marketing to the wealthy is to invent new ways for them to prove they have good taste.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 22:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2699: | The concept of rescue is usually misguided. You can give people the tools for their own rescue, but they have to do it themselves.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 23:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2700: | The risk in rescuing someone is they come to expect it and get themselves in the same mess again.
— Tue Mar 09 2010 23:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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