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what a cool website!!! (Reply to this comment)
by serc
Thanks for telling me about it!!!
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Feb 22 '10
10:35 am PST
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Selecting The Proper B... (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
W. C. Fields
Thanks for the tip! I've already bookmarked this site, and I'm going to have a blast with it!
Kudos!
AJ :o)
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Feb 12 '05
4:38 am PST
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Re: Nice job! (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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hey there...
Actually I am reading this one by Bierce:
http://www.epinions.com/Shadows_of_Blue_and_Gray_by_Ambrose_Bierce_and_by_
Brian_Thomsen_and_edited_by_Brian_M_Thomsen
...right now. A very odd collection of Civil War period short stories. He does know
how to string a sentence together. Some day I actually hope to get the review done.
Thanks again for the read/rate/comment.
...tom...
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Aug 04 '04
4:10 pm PDT
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Nice job! (Reply to this comment)
by mothermeatloaf
I especially like the fact that you gave the all-time, heavyweight quotation champion, Ambrose Bierce, his just due. Kudos to you!
~ Mike
PS: If you've never read his "The Boarded Window," stop what you're doing and check it out! ;-)
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Aug 03 '04
6:13 am PDT
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Re: A-Ha! (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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hey there 'happy'...
Thanks for the comment. Yes, it's true, I have a source that I get many from, this one among several others. But it is amazing how familiar some of them become when you find different times when they might be used.
I think the practice of leaving quotes has really expanded my knowledge of certain people and their thoughts about certain ideas.
Thanks for the read/rate/comment. It is good to see your user-name again.
...tom...
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Jul 31 '04
12:59 pm PDT
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A-Ha! (Reply to this comment)
by unhappycarrie
I KNEW you didn't have all those quotes just stored in your head somewhere!
~Carrie
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
-Tobias Smollett
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Jul 27 '04
2:48 pm PDT
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hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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To each in your own turn...
hey there Tim...
'King of Comments' . . .hmmm. I have certainly been called worse! I can live with that.
hey there again Michele...
Thanks for that little pointer. Yes, using the 'search' box is the easiest way to find something. Actually the site just went to the 'google search' function a few weeks ago. It was actually better before. Much easier to see what the actual quote was.
hey there Patti...
I have no problems with critics. Especially if they make their point and move on.
I have never taken anyone's question of 'where do you get the quotes?' in a negative sense. I do feel bad though that I have never 'shared' until this review. I think I had that problem in kindergarten also, sharing I mean!
hey there Simon...
Shame on you! A comment is never a 'useless waste of space'! Well . . .almost never.
Thank you all for the comments . . .and quotations!
...tom...
"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival."
—C. S. Lewis
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Jul 23 '04
1:03 pm PDT
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by slarter
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Your secret is out! Mwahahahahahahah!!!
Though what I'll do with the information I'll never know...
What a useless waste of space this comment is...
Cheers!
Simon
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Jul 22 '04
3:04 pm PDT
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Aww Tom (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
I was waiting for the :-P at the end of your article - that would have capped it off well to your "critic".
I'll go on record as being someone who in an essay made mention of your "endless supply of great quotes - where does he get them?" And I never meant it to be critical in any way. I always look forward to your comments because of them. I'd venture that there is mostly a positive reaction to your use of quotes than a negative one.
Patti
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Jul 18 '04
9:08 am PDT
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Re: Hi there. (Reply to this comment)
by msmarques
Patricia,
To find a quote about quotes (as I did), use the search box at the site. This may be the best way to find useful quotes on many topics, as you don't have to rely on how the site chose to categorize quotes.
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Jul 18 '04
5:55 am PDT
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@[xxxx]§::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::> (Reply to this comment)
by flamepillar
Oh, wow! That is one neat-o-matic little site there! I've always loved the quotations you left; they have made you the King of Comments as far as I'm concerned.
Way to go, and thanks!
TIM
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. Richard Bach
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Jul 17 '04
8:08 pm PDT
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hey there all... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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To each in your own turn (or 'tern' for _haggis_...)
hey there kath...
It looks great on your user page. I think I might add it to my own. Perhaps something I should have done long ago...
hey there mridula...
'More than a few' have asked where I get them from. But really, I assumed anyone could 'google' and find many sources of on-line quotations.
hey there artemisadorned...
If your 'favorites' list looks anything like mine you will never be able to find it! Glad you found it of value Linda.
hey there _haggis_...
You are so right. No one would be that critical. Epinions is, above all, a warm and welcoming place, free of all slight, slander, and warm fuzzies all around.
'Coat of mail' . . .hmmm, that sounds like my recent bout of correspondence with the IRS.
hey there garym...
A 'yup' from you is worth at least two sleeper quotes. Thanks!
hey there msmarques...
Thank you! See how influential a simple quotation can be...?!? If only we all could/would take the time to say 'Thank you', here on Epinions or in our 'real life' worlds.
Thank you all for the comments . . .and quotations!
...tom...
"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
—Mark Twain
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Jul 17 '04
7:30 pm PDT
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Citing source of quotes (Reply to this comment)
by msmarques
Yes, I have seen that challenge on your use of quotes. At first I thought perhaps you weren't citing the authors of the quotes... but you are.
I don't really think it matters where you get your quotes from. I've used Bartlett's to find apropos quotes at times, so I don't see how using an on-line database is a problem.
Thanks for sharing this resource!
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"
William A. Ward
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Jul 17 '04
4:25 pm PDT
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yup (Reply to this comment)
by garym
Hi Tom,
There is no quota on quoting quotes. And you can quote me on that.
Gary
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Jul 17 '04
3:02 pm PDT
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Criticism (Reply to this comment)
by _haggis_
In the past, indeed, to this date my use of these quotes from Brainyquote.com has been challenged.
Oh come on Tom. No one would be that critical. Would they?
Hags
Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
or maybe this one is better:
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Take your pick.
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Jul 17 '04
2:15 pm PDT
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OK! (Reply to this comment)
by artemisadorned
I just pasted this web to my favorites page. Great stuff!
Thanks,
Linda
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Jul 17 '04
12:50 pm PDT
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Oh and........ (Reply to this comment)
by kamel622
.....thanks Tom for the information about adding the quote to the profile page. I decided to do that...now I can't wait to see my own page to see what funny little quote there will be. :)
.....Make it a great day.....kath
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Jul 17 '04
7:13 am PDT
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The other day ... (Reply to this comment)
by mridula
I thought about asking your source of so many super quotes, now I at least know one. I have to check this site out.
mridula
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Jul 17 '04
2:57 am PDT
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It's great.... (Reply to this comment)
by kamel622
.........that you've revealed one of your sources.
Tom, I've always loved that you take the time to add quotes to the comments that you write. Very clever and a very personal touch to add. It wouldn't be a Sleeper54 comment without it. :)
........Make it a great day........kath
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
I got this one from: The Quotations Page...but no I don't think you have to name where each wonderful quote comes from.
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Jul 16 '04
7:15 pm PDT
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Re: Hi there. (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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Hey there Patricia...
It should always be about the 'fun', ehh...??
Thanks for the read/rate/comment/quote!
...tom...
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Jul 16 '04
6:18 pm PDT
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Hi there. (Reply to this comment)
by PPerky1954
I went over to brainyquote and took a peek. I tried to find a quote about quotes so I could quote it to your quote review. I couldn't find one so I snuck over to a movie quote site. Still couldn't find a quote about quotes but I liked this one:
That was a static filled, triple scrambled, microwave transmission between two soldiers talking in Mandarin Chinese.
it made me snicker. Thanks for the fun review.
Patricia
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Jul 16 '04
6:06 pm PDT
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