Favourite quotations

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Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death , life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Bill Hicks
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So when my thoughts make me depressed
I think the best and [rude word removed] the rest
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You are free to do as we tell you !

Bill Hicks ( talking about the U.S government )
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Guess the removed word and where the quote is from.
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“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike” – John F Kennedy
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“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring” – Desmond Tutu
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“Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two.”
Engineer and brand champion Keith Bontrager on bicycle and accessory manufacturing choices.
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"Every time a bicycle bell rings a puncture fairy loses its wings" (or something like that :wink: ).
High on a cocktail of flossy teacakes and marmalade
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bikerwaser wrote:“Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two.”
Engineer and brand champion Keith Bontrager on bicycle and accessory manufacturing choices.

A variation on 'Faster, better, cheaper - pick two,' apparently first coined in the aerospace industry. Seriously true - I wrote it down when I heard it. :D
gaz wrote:"Every time a bicycle bell rings, a puncture fairy loses its wings" (or something like that :wink: ).

Ding ding!!! - We have to hope... :lol:
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I see and approve better, but follow worse - Ovid.
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gaz wrote:"All you need is love" - John Lennon


Unless the other guy has match point.
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"Quick men!" said Beaky, "No delay!
"You mustn't let him get away!"
And leaping off, said "Follow me!"
And ran head first into a tree.

- Jeremy Lloyd.


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A serious one that is so true: 'We live forward but understand backwards' - paraphrased from Soren Kierkegaard
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sjs wrote:
Ray wrote:
- and not forgetting Bertrand Russell's words of wisdom below


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect


Thanks, sjs, hadn't come across that before.
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Measure twice cut once.
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