THE OTHER SIDE
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A good book should be lightly entertaining , satiably informative , provoke further inquiry and never allow the illusion of conclusioN
-- dDennis 3/09
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Endurance is simply the absence of alternatives.
Anon
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Nostalgia is often memory appropriately massaged.
-- dDennis 9/08
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Old age makes us seem busy.
-- dDennis 10/08
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Creativity is the constant and critical examination of serendipity drifting by.
-- dDennis 11/10
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Although we seek and seem to need rules , almost everything is eventually an exception.
-- dDennis 9/00
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May your days skip by slowly with a smile and a breath of laughter.
-- dDennis 9/00
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Always dance like no one is watching.
Anon
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…it’s the kind of book that once you put it down ,you can’t pick it up again!
P. Peterson
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Nothing ever happens which is both bad and irreversible: except hurting a friend , and maybe death.
-- dDennis 12/08
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We make a living with what we get : we make a life by what we give.
Anon
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Spend most of the day thinking of good things to do tomorrow ; but do some of them today.
-- dDennis 3/07
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The ladies , most all like to dance
whereas guys are content just to prance.
The balls are the clue,
since except for a screw ,
they little the balance enhance.
-- dDennis 1/10
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The mind is a complex entity,
just made to create one’s identity.
but with age it becomes,
a confused conundrum
only able to produce profanity.
-- dDennis 1/10
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It’s never too late to have a second childhood,
but the second one is up to you.
anon
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What other people think of you is none of
your business.
anon
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Shared grief is half the sorry , but happiness
when shared is doubled.
anon
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Everything is insufficiently important.
-- DDennis 9/10
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Whom the Gods wish to destroy , they
first make angry.
anon
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There are two things which are important
in politics . The first is MONEY , and I can’t
remember what the second one is.
Mark Hanna
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In all things , be smart enough and strong enough
to know and say when you have had enough .
( I never was ) -- dDennis 6/07
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(OF ALL THE SAD WORDS OF THE WRITER’S PEN , SADDEST ARE THESE ,
“ I DIDN’T JOT IT WHEN !! “
ANON.
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THE STAKES ARE SO LOW THAT I AM SURE YOU CAN COUNT ON COMPLETE HONESTY.
-- DON DENNIS
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IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE DARKEST JUST BEFORE THE LIGHTS GO OUT COMPLETELY.
-- Don Dennis.
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NOTORIETY (WITH A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR FAME) IS THE PREDOMINANT DRIVING FORCE FOR MANKIND; ALL OTHER OBJECTIVES ARE REALLY ONLY VEHICLES.
-- DON DENNIS
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WHICH IS MORE DEVASTATING, TO BE UNKNOWN OR FORGOTTEN?
-- DON DENNIS
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ONE CANNOT STOP "ENTROPY", BUT YOU SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT NOT TO HELP IT!
-- D.D.
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NO MATTER HOW CYNICAL YOU GET,
IT'S NEVER ENOUGH TO KEEP UP!
-- Marilyn Dennis.
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THERE IS NO VALUE IN SAVING TIME;
HOWEVER THERE IS GREAT VALUE IN SPENDING TIME WISELY.
D.D.
ALWAYS BE TOLERANT OF ABSURDITIES.
IN FACT, APPLAUD THEM!
-- D.D.
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AN OPTIMISTIC CYNIC HAS HOPE;
WHEREAS A CYNICAL OPTIMIST HAS ALREADY PEAKED.
FORTUNATELY ENTROPY DOES NOT DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN CYNICISM AND OPTIMISM.
-- D.D.
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NO PARAMETER CAN BE ISOLATED COMPLETELY BUT OFTEN SUFFICIENTLY TO OBSERVE A USEFUL APPROXIMATION OF THE TRUTH.
-- D.D
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STRIVE TO BE MARGINALLY NEGLIGENT;
OR YOU WILL CONSTANTLY BE ASKED TO DO THINGS FOR EVERYONE.
-- DON DENNIS
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CONSULT OTHERS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MIRACLES, BUT HARD WORK YOU HAVE TO DO
YOURSELF.
-- D.D.
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THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS CHEST!
-- M.D.
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CYNICISM IS THE HALLMARK OF ONE WHOSE EXPECTATIONS FAR EXCEED THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
-- DON DENNIS
GOD IS NOT AN ARCHITECTURAL PRIMADONA;
HE (SHE) IS JUST A DAMNED GOOD BRICKLAYER.
-- D.D.
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PHILOSOPHY HAS AS ITS AIM, TO EXPLAIN MYSTICISM;
WHEREAS SCIENCE IS DESTINED TO CREATE IT!
-- D.D.
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IF YOU HAVE DONE SOME THINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE DURING YOUR LIFE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A "LIST OF FRIENDS", AND PROBABLY A "LIST OF ENEMIES" OF NEARLY EQUAL LENGTH.
-- D.D.
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THERMODYNAMICS IS THE BORING CRITIQUE OF AN INTERESTING KINETIC EVENT"
-- D.D.
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"SERENDIPITY IS WHAT ENTROPY USED TO BE"
-- D.D.
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IF MAXWELL'S DEMON WINKS AT YOU, IS THAT GOOD?
-- D.D.
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TIME IS A LOCAL MINIMUM ,IN WHICH YOU ARE PRESENTLY LOCATED.
---D.D.
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THE PESSIMIST SAY”S ,“ THE BEST IS ALREADY OVER “
THE OPTIMIST SAY”S , “THE BEST IS YET TO COME
I SAY ,” THE BEST IS RIGHT NOW “.
D.D.
MAN'S MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF APPROXIMATIONS OF THE "TRUTH"
-- D.D.
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YOU CAN ENCOUNTER THE "TRUTH" BUT YOU CANNOT FOCUS ON IT.
D.D.
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TRUTH" LIKE BEAUTY IS WITH THE EYE OF THE OBSERVER.
-- D.D.
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THE TRUTH IS
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS!
-- D.D.
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MAN'S MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF APPROXIMATIONS OF THE "TRUTH"
-- D.D.
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THE TROUBLE WITH SOME PEOPLE IS THEY JUST CAN'T SEE PAST THE TRUTH.
-- Marilyn Dennis.
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TRUTH ONLY PERSISTS IN THE ABSENCE OF PROGRESS.
-D.D.
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THERE IS LESS IN THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE !!
D.D.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BARGAIN, BUT YOU CAN BE OVERCHARGED.
D.D.
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THE ORIGINATOR OF A NEW THEORY HOPES FOR ACCLAIM, ANTICIPATES CONTROVERSY
BUT MORE OFTEN ENCOUNTERS INDIFFERENCE.
D.D.
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RELIGIONS DIE WHEN THEY ARE PROVEN TO BE TRUE.
SCIENCE IS THE RECORD OF DEAD RELIGIONS.
OSCAR WILDE
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I NEVER BELIEVE A THING I SAY EVEN IF IT’S TRUE;
HOWEVER WRITING IT DOWN IS SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT.
D.D.
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TRUE FREEDOM IS TO BE AN ANARCHIST CAREFULLY HIDDEN IN A DEMOCRACY.
D . D.
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TO BE IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH NATURE,
IS TO BE DEAD.
D. D
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IF I SAY THAT YOU EXIST, YOU DO!!
IF I SAY THAT YOU DO NOT EXIST, YOU DO !!.
don dennis
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MARK YOUR OWN REPORT CARD; BUT DO IT CAREFULLY AND WITHOUT BIAS.
D.D.
“YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE”, BE SURE TO USE THE LIBRARY!!
D.D.
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OFTEN THOSE WHO ARE “ WELL DRESSED FOR SUCCESS”
ARE ADORNED WITH THE EMPERORS CLOTHING.
D.D.
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GOD ONLY SENDS THINGS “C * O * D “ .
D.D.
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“ I MEAN, SHE (ALICE )SAID “ THAT ONE CAN’T HELP GROWING OLDER . ”
“ONE CAN’T , PERHAPS, “ SAID HUMPTY DUMPTY ,”BUT TWO CAN. WITH PROPER
ASSISTANCE, YOU MIGHT HAVE LEFT OFF AT SEVEN. “
LEWIS CARROLL, ALICE IN WONDERLAND
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“ HALF OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IS WRONG ,
FURTHERMORE WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH HALF.
DEAN EDSALL ( Harvard, 1920 )
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IT’S A FUNNY THING ABOUT LIFE: IF YOU REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANYTHING BUT THE BEST,
YOU VERY OFTEN GET IT.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
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TEACHING IS OF VALUE, ONLY WHEN IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY LEARNING.
HAL WHITE
"THERE IS NO END TO WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IF YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO GETS THE CREDIT"
-- ANON
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ONLY THE MEDIOCRE ARE DOING THEIR BEST ALL THE TIME.
-- S. MAUGHAN
SOMETIMES IT IS GOOD TO BE FIRST IN LINE;
BUT IT IS ALWAYS WISE TO SEE WHERE THE LINE GOES.
-- PROVERB
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Increasing the loudness of your voice does not increase the logic of your statement.
-- ANONYMOUS
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FACTUAL EVIDENCE CAN NEVER 'PROVE' A HYPOTHESIS;
IT CAN ONLY FAIL TO DISPROVE IT..."
-- MILTON FRIEDMAN
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A CYNIC SEES THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE RATHER THAN AS THEY SHOULD BE.
-- AMBROSE BIERSE
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"IT CANNOT BE CLAIMED THAT THE MODEL IS HEREBY SHOWN TO BE CORRECT, SINCE ANY MODEL IS, IPSO FACTO, AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, AND THEREFORE 'CORRECT MODEL' IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT THE MODEL, LIKE A GOOD CARTOON, CAPTURES IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE REALITY IT IS MEANT TO PORTRAY...."
-- NORBERT MULLER (1992)
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BEING WELL INFORMED ABOUT SCIENCE IS NOT THE SAME THING AS UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE.
-- JAMES BRYANT CONANT
DON”T THINK SO HARD;
LIFE IS NOT THAT SIMPLE
ANON>
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IF AN EXPERIMENT DOES NOT HOLD OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CAUSING ONE TO REVERSE ONE'S VIEWS, IT'S HARD TO SEE WHY IT SHOULD BE DONE AT ALL.
-- PETER MEDAWAR
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"...I DON'T THINK ANY SCIENTIST CAN BE DEFENDED AGAINST A MAJOR ARTIST;
SCIENTISTS ARE ALWAYS DISPENSABLE, FOR, IN THE LONG RUN, OTHERS WILL DO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO THEMSELVES."
-- PETER MEDAWAR
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A THEORY THAT FITS ALL THE FACTS IS BOUND TO BE WRONG, AS SOME OF THE FACTS WILL BE WRONG.
-- FRANCES CRICK
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THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF SHIELDING MEN FROM THE EFFECTS OF FOLLY IS TO FILL THE WORLD WITH FOOLS.
-- HERBERT SPENCER
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"SIMPLE CONCLUSIONS COME FROM COMPLEX MINDS"
-- THEY
P.S. - ONLY WHEN THEY HAVE INSUFFICIENT DATA TO BE CONFUSED
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THERE IS NO END TO WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH
IF YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO GETS THE CREDIT"
- - ANON
ONLY THE MEDIOCRE ARE DOING THEIR BEST ALL THE TIME.
-- S. MAUGHN
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SOMETIMES IT IS GOOD TO BE FIRST IN LINE;
BUT IT IS ALWAYS WISE TO SEE WHERE THE LINE GOES.
-- PROBVERB
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Increasing the loudness of your voice ,does not increase the logic of your statement.
-- ANONYMOUS
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RELIGIONS DIE WHEN THEY ARE PROVEN TO BE TRUE. SCIENCE IS THE RECORD OF DEAD RELIGIONS
OSCAR WILDE
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