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March 17, 2009 3:39 am at 3:39 am #1084003moish01Member
awesome, squeak. i’m busy memorizing a nice handful of them…
March 17, 2009 8:25 am at 8:25 am #1084004kapustaParticipantsqueak, all good ones! 🙂
March 17, 2009 11:10 am at 11:10 am #1084005an open bookParticipant🙂
March 17, 2009 2:13 pm at 2:13 pm #1084006squeakParticipantIt was not meant to be inspiring. Those quotes follow this mission statement that I have come to agree with:
The War Against Motivation Continues
For over two decades, the multi-billion dollar motivation industry has unleashed untold suffering upon the workplaces, schools and civil institutions of the world – in the insidious form of the motivational poster. By the millions they have been sold and displayed – these dark instruments of corporate propaganda. While promising to stimulate “Hope”, “Success” and “Teamwork”, instead these tools of coercion and intimidation have inspired only grief, anger and nausea.
Pessimism. Mediocrity. Failure. Despite the considerable efforts of the motivation industry, each remains an inevitable part of our daily lives. Why, then, do we continue trying to fight them with motivational books, speakers, and posters?
We believe that such products only perpetuate the cycle of unuhappiness by raising expectations higher than life can meet. We believe that [our insight] will inspire to new heights by lowering your expectations. Let the healing begin!
March 18, 2009 12:55 am at 12:55 am #1084007torahtzivaMemberEvery person should have a paper with him at all times saying:
“The Yetzer Hara wants me to be batul”
March 18, 2009 2:01 am at 2:01 am #1084008goody613Membertorahtziva: who said it and what does it mean “wants me tobe batul”??????
March 18, 2009 2:21 am at 2:21 am #1084009kapustaParticipantbatul torah 🙂
March 19, 2009 1:53 am at 1:53 am #1084010torahtzivaMemberkapusta, thanks for clarifying it to goody613. This was said by Harav Yisroel Salanter.
Also, another thing that everyone should have in their pocket is a paper saying
“Who Am I And What Will I Become”
March 19, 2009 9:37 pm at 9:37 pm #1084011an open bookParticipantnice one, ames 🙂
March 20, 2009 12:33 am at 12:33 am #1084012anonymisssParticipantI never make mistakes, once I thought I did but I was wrong.
~a~
March 20, 2009 4:21 am at 4:21 am #1084014kapustaParticipantames and anonymisss 😉
March 20, 2009 6:46 pm at 6:46 pm #108401522OldGoldParticipant“You can’t illuminate someone elses path without brightening your own.” I’m not sure the exact words.
March 20, 2009 6:58 pm at 6:58 pm #1084016anonymisssParticipant22OG, nice, I like that one.
btw, mods, thanks for the updates on friday!
~a~
March 22, 2009 2:29 pm at 2:29 pm #1084018moish01Memberames, i LIKE that one. gotta repeat it around here…
March 22, 2009 2:38 pm at 2:38 pm #1084019moish01Member#1. sorry, my clothing is art. not even close.
March 22, 2009 2:39 pm at 2:39 pm #1084020moish01Memberha! i meant to write #1! don’t know why i put a 2… really early in the morning…
ok, i edited the last one (i love this edit button item thingy)
March 22, 2009 2:48 pm at 2:48 pm #1084021moish01Memberi meant isn’t art! god, i DO have a problem this morning!
March 22, 2009 3:13 pm at 3:13 pm #1084022moish01Memberames, i got it – i don’t know why i can’t type or even think straight!
March 22, 2009 7:31 pm at 7:31 pm #1084024anon for thisParticipantames, are your clothes like art? If so, do they resemble the work of a particular artist? Which one?
March 22, 2009 7:46 pm at 7:46 pm #1084025aussieboyParticipantMy clothes are like modern art 🙂 jk
March 22, 2009 9:05 pm at 9:05 pm #1084026anonymisssParticipantaussieboy, sharp line!!!
~a~
March 22, 2009 9:06 pm at 9:06 pm #1084027moish01Memberames, i don’t exactly wear tie-dye shirts. and my clothes are not for hanging in my closet. they are for getting muddy and going in the laundry.
March 22, 2009 9:41 pm at 9:41 pm #1084028an open bookParticipantames: i like that!!! maybe i’ll use it next time someone copies me 😉
& how are your clothes like art? (besides for the hanging thing, i mean)
March 22, 2009 9:43 pm at 9:43 pm #1084029kapustaParticipantpay lots and lots of money for it :p 🙂
March 22, 2009 9:53 pm at 9:53 pm #1084030an open bookParticipantlol kapusta 🙂
but ames, i was really asking
March 22, 2009 10:02 pm at 10:02 pm #1084031moish01Membera tie?? who wears ties?? just kidding i think i still have a few (unless my brother stole them.) and i’ve got enough clothes, but if you wanna buy me more – kol hakovod. just don’t make me try anything on.
and no white shirts, please.
March 22, 2009 10:05 pm at 10:05 pm #1084032an open bookParticipantames: ok, i get that. but wouldn’t you picking moish01’s clothes would make his clothes express YOU, & not him then??
March 22, 2009 10:08 pm at 10:08 pm #1084033kapustaParticipantames that was my humor at work (as much as you can get in the CR), and btw, youre adorable… 🙂
one more thing, did you just google a quote about art? 🙂
March 22, 2009 10:10 pm at 10:10 pm #1084034kapustaParticipantmoish she was referring to a bowtie, and a stovepipe hat… for purim next year, or Lincolns birthday… :p
March 22, 2009 10:11 pm at 10:11 pm #1084035moish01Memberha AOB – that’s way too true. except i wouldn’t wear something i didn’t want to. like a pink tie.
March 22, 2009 10:19 pm at 10:19 pm #1084038moish01Memberan open book, I knew that was coming! yes, If moish wore the clothes I bought him, he would be expressing my impeccable taste rather than his own, but he does seem to working towards self improvement in other areas too, so his clothing might as well reflect that.
now what is that supposed to mean?
March 22, 2009 10:22 pm at 10:22 pm #1084039kapustaParticipanttry the difference in style between the different designers :p
btw, when you come out with a book of quotes, you’d better sign it ames, or I’ll know what your real name is 😉
March 22, 2009 10:25 pm at 10:25 pm #1084040anonymisssParticipantStyle is a rather relative term, don’t you think? What you call style may not be what moish determines as style.
~a~
March 22, 2009 10:27 pm at 10:27 pm #1084041an open bookParticipantmoish01: k good 🙂
ames: well i guess if he only chose to wear what he liked from the stuff you bought him, it would be all right. and while you’re going, want to shop for me? i need some stuff but i hate shopping 🙁
March 22, 2009 10:33 pm at 10:33 pm #1084042kapustaParticipantanonymisss, in fact I’m sure it would not be, I was avtually referring to designs not really style per say 🙂
March 22, 2009 10:36 pm at 10:36 pm #1084043moish01Memberanonymisss, “moish” doesn’t care too much about style.
March 22, 2009 10:47 pm at 10:47 pm #1084044YW Moderator-39MemberWay off topic. Lets get back on or we shut down.
Also, don’t try continuing the conversation and just putting a quote on the bottom. That does not sit well with the Moderators
March 22, 2009 10:49 pm at 10:49 pm #1084045aussieboyParticipantBack to quotes.
“If you annoy the moderators they will shut this thread down”
Write that down. 😉
And you want to know why we did not let any posts from teen through. We ARE giving you a second chance, this is neither humourous nor appreciated. Watch yourself
YW Moderator-39
March 22, 2009 11:01 pm at 11:01 pm #1084046moish01Member“There’s always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain’t happy.”
“It’s easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.”
March 22, 2009 11:25 pm at 11:25 pm #1084047aussieboyParticipantmods: Sorry 🙁
March 22, 2009 11:27 pm at 11:27 pm #1084048kapustaParticipantpart of the ones that got deleted for an unknown reason…
Its easier to get out than to stay out -Mark Twain
🙂
March 22, 2009 11:31 pm at 11:31 pm #1084049moish01Memberkapusta, i gotta disagree with him.
it’s way easier to stay out than to get out. think about it.
March 22, 2009 11:33 pm at 11:33 pm #1084050kapustaParticipantwhoops sorry botched that up!!! it was supposed to be its easier to stay out than to get out 🙂
cant believe I did that :/
March 22, 2009 11:39 pm at 11:39 pm #1084051moish01Memberok, kapusta. then i did agree with mark twain after all. it’s you i disagreed with…
i feel way more confident now… 😉
March 22, 2009 11:41 pm at 11:41 pm #1084052kapustaParticipant:p
March 22, 2009 11:42 pm at 11:42 pm #1084053squeakParticipantwell kapusta, you may be on to something, but you quoted the wrong person. Twain thought it was harder to get out, but here’s another quote from someone who feels the way you mistakenly said:
“Just when I think I’m out……. they pull me back in”
March 22, 2009 11:53 pm at 11:53 pm #1084054moish01Membersqueak, that doesn’t contradict. the key word is “think.” obviously you were never out in the first place. which proves how hard it is to get out.
March 22, 2009 11:56 pm at 11:56 pm #1084055kapustaParticipantqueen kapusta is always onto something 🙂
March 23, 2009 12:15 am at 12:15 am #1084057aussieboyParticipantSeeing how were quoting Mark Twain:
I never let my education get in the way of my learning.
March 23, 2009 12:16 am at 12:16 am #1084058moish01Membernice, aussie
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