Escritas — Poems List

Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

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Johann Georg von Zimmermann

Open your mouth and purse

Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

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Joseph Schiedler

I think contraception is disgusting

I think contraception is disgusting - people using each other for pleasure.

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John Maynard Keynes

Capitalism is the astounding belief

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone

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Dalai Lama

Sleep is the best meditation.

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Johann Georg von Zimmermann

Do not think that your

Do not think that your Learning and Genius, your Wit or Sprightliness, are welcome everywhere. I was once told that my Company was disagreeable because I appeared so uncommonly happy.

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Charles Handy

I like less the story

I like less the story that a frog if put in cold water will not bestir itself if that water is heated up slowly and gradually and will in the end let itself be boiled alive, too comfortable with continuity to realize that continuous change at some point may become intolerable and demand a change in behavior.

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Jimmy Swaggart

Sex education classes in our

Sex education classes in our public schools are promoting incest.

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Dalai Lama

If you can, help others;

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

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Kurt Vonnegut

People have to talk about

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.

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Judie Brown

We are totally opposed to

We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the Pill and the IUD, and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of natural family planning.

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David Letterman

Fine art and pizza delivery,

Fine art and pizza delivery, what we do falls neatly in between!

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Dalai Lama

Be kind whenever possible. It

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

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Kurt Vonnegut

Laughter and tears are both

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion... I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

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Samuel Gompers

The worst crime against working

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

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Quentin Crisp

The very purpose of existence

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

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Kurt Vonnegut

We are what we pretend

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

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John Rocco Savalli

Money is whatever symbol we

Money is whatever symbol we decide upon to represent human energy for an item or service.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev

The market is not an

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

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Nancy Mitford

I love children, especially when

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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John Rocco Savalli

Money is simply the symbolic

Money is simply the symbolic representation of human energy.”

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Kurt Vonnegut

Maturity is a bitter disappointment

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.

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Bertolt Brecht

Grub first, then ethics.

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Adam Smith

It is not from the

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own neccessities but of their advantages.

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