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"Desperately trying to be a 'has-been' than a 'never-was'" - me.
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Grandchildren will always remember the time you spent riding bikes with them, they will never remember the time you spent on couch watching them play video games.
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I was captivated by this quote in the 6th Grade, and it has never left my imagination:
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects."
Robert A Heinlein
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects."
Robert A Heinlein
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was? -- Satchel Paige
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“You’re the one who lives in your body.” - My wife after I was complaining about my weight.
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Here's one I created years ago...."Disappointment lives in the shadow of expectation."
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My personal saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way. Where there is no will, there's an excuse."
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From a 90+ year old acquaintance. "Sometimes it is really tough just staying alive until you die".
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The best way to be correct, is to be technically correct.
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" Grandkids won't rememberh their best day of playnig video games. Take them for a bike ride show them how big the world is"
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“The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another—it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War
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Never underestimate the power of a large crowd of stupid people.
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I had 3 truths after breaking my back... But the best one is, "Any day you can wipe your own butt, is a good day!"
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