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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:41 PM
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Whats a good motto by which to live your life?
Edited on Tue Jan-18-05 08:43 PM by fishnfla
My brother says that: "90% of sales is just showing up" (He's a salesman, no joshin')

Lately I have been saying: "You give what you get"

Before that I was going with: "get out of my way, you f****** a**hole"

My dad's motto is : "rowing, not drifting" which I dont get
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:49 PM
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1. "The Tao Does Nothing
and yet nothing is left undone."
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:49 PM
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2. Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:50 PM
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3. It ain't a party until someone breaks the jaccuzi!
Actually I've always liked Hunter S. Thompson's "Buy the ticket, take the ride"
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:51 PM
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4. "I love humanity. It's people I can't stand" Linus, from Peanuts n/t
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NervousRex Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:51 PM
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5. Live and Let Live...
better than the live and let die Bush mentality.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:55 PM
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6. Tomorrow's another day
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Mr.Green93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:55 PM
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7. Grab it
and growl.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:56 PM
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8. Never complain, never explain
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meisje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:56 PM
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9. Lord loves a work'n man, See a doctor get rid of it, andDon't trust whitie
Steve Martin
The Jerk
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:57 PM
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10. Who wants flapjacks?!?
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:57 PM
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11. "You can beat me up but you can't make me like it."
<eom>
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:58 PM
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12. Your dad's means this: Don't just sit around waiting, DO something.
It's a pretty good one... if you're rowing, you're making things happen. If you're drifting, you're letting outside influences move you along, and you're not taking an active role in your own life.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:58 PM
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13. "Fuck it."
This one gets me in more trouble, I swear. ;)
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 08:58 PM
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14. Buy the ticket, take the ride
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:00 PM
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15. jinx!
I already said that one.

Good old HST.

May I suggest "Eat the worm?"
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:02 PM
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16. Never do anything you don't want
to see on the front page of the newspaper.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:02 PM
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17. Not bad
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cags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:04 PM
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18. "Don't follow the path, go a different way and leave a trail'
Or something like that. Someone wrote that in my highschool yearbook
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meisje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:05 PM
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19. Smoke em if ya got em!
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:06 PM
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20. Hakuna Matta, means no worries. Which is easier said then done, but I try.
:)
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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:06 PM
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21. "Any day above ground is a good one,
some are just better then others".
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gater Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:07 PM
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22. The worse thing you can do when confronted by an a-hole is act like one!
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:10 PM
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23. "knowledge is power."
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:12 PM
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24. and ignorance is bliss
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:12 PM
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25. In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. n/t
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:13 PM
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26. Do unto others.....
Before they do unto you!
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:15 PM
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27. "fart loud and be heard"
that's my personal motto :)
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AlienGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:22 PM
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28. "It STILL hasn't gotten weird enough for me!"--HST
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 09:24 PM
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29. Never sweep the dust bunnies
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