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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport

My Dad use to say You never learn anything when you are talking .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Leggings

They always give a lady a better detailed look

Am I going the right way with this ?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

A black cat crossing your path is just going somewhere. Groucho Marx .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

-unknown-

Powerful

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Leggings

They always give a lady a better detailed look

Am I going the right way with this ?

"

course you are my friend

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By *izredCouple
over a year ago

mid cornwall

"Don't be a Dick" - it's simple, but works in most situations.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

-unknown-

Powerful "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nobody was ever on their deathbed wishing they'd polished their skirting boards more".

My Wee Granny.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My coach.

“Don’t be shit”

It worked

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.

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By *ilbrequin1Man
over a year ago

around

‘No risk it, no biscuit’

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shit rolls downhill

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Nostradamus, 1565

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being happy (or miserable) is a choice

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

“Do or do not. There is no try.”

Yoda

A

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My 7 year old, who is now 14, when asked how he felt about getting a new step-mum and step-dad:

"It's fine Mummy, it's more people to love".

My heart swelled and I may have cried a little with joy. It shut my resentful and bitter mother up who was dead set on viewing my ex's new partner as the enemy.

Nell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Comparison is the thief of joy

And

Don't let good become the enemy of perfect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You are not what you own" Fugazi

"The things you own end up owning you" Tyler Durden

"It's not a big deal until you make it one" Seth Gecko

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"My 7 year old, who is now 14, when asked how he felt about getting a new step-mum and step-dad:

"It's fine Mummy, it's more people to love".

My heart swelled and I may have cried a little with joy. It shut my resentful and bitter mother up who was dead set on viewing my ex's new partner as the enemy.

Nell"

great quote from a yung un

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"There's no place like home"

Dorothy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Everything in life is about sex, expect sex. Sex is about power."

Oscar Wilde, or maybe James Joyce, but sounds more like something auld Oscar would say

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

May the best of your past be the worst of your future

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Be excellent to each other.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When the roots are deep there is no reason to fear the wind.

&

Stop looking over at the greener grass and water your own…

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod

over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Party on!"

Wayne

A

*or Garth, take your pick

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

If you've got nothing worth saying, best to say nothing.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"If you've got nothing worth saying, best to say nothing."
true that . I will keep my trap shut .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches. "

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

If it sounds like an excuse, its an excuse!

Me

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By *amierebelMan
over a year ago

nae danger.

It is what it is... think its more a statement of defiance of idc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it "

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course "

is it from face off ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A

BGF

GJIKM

VGJKKOJ

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


" A

BGF

GJIKM

VGJKKOJ"

Dammit. That's meant to be centred.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ? "

Dunno, I got it off Instagram

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ?

Dunno, I got it off Instagram "

Now I have it in my mind, I can’t picture the character who said that ! It is driving me mad.

I know it is not the same but something similar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Some people talk to you in their free time and some free their time to talk to you'

Important to realise the difference. Reveals the value they place on you and the place your relationship holds in their life.

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By *eliusMan
over a year ago

Henlow

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."

The Greatest Muhammad Ali

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ?

Dunno, I got it off Instagram

Now I have it in my mind, I can’t picture the character who said that ! It is driving me mad.

I know it is not the same but something similar "

Google says it's Dita von Teese

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ?

Dunno, I got it off Instagram

Now I have it in my mind, I can’t picture the character who said that ! It is driving me mad.

I know it is not the same but something similar

Google says it's Dita von Teese"

No it was Caster Troy in Face Off.

Wooooooo.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ?

Dunno, I got it off Instagram

Now I have it in my mind, I can’t picture the character who said that ! It is driving me mad.

I know it is not the same but something similar

Google says it's Dita von Teese"

The porn actress ?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ?

Dunno, I got it off Instagram

Now I have it in my mind, I can’t picture the character who said that ! It is driving me mad.

I know it is not the same but something similar

Google says it's Dita von Teese

The porn actress ?! "

DvT does porn?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sent shit on your own doorstep.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You could be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world...

But there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches.

Which movie it is from? I heard it somewhere but maybe a different version of it

Face Off

I could eat a peach for hours.

I'm joking of course

is it from face off ?

Dunno, I got it off Instagram

Now I have it in my mind, I can’t picture the character who said that ! It is driving me mad.

I know it is not the same but something similar

Google says it's Dita von Teese

The porn actress ?!

DvT does porn?! "

I actually don’t know but it sounded like a porn actress ! Don’t know her

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By *ich GuyMan
over a year ago

lichfield

If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star…

You’ll still get beaten by who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.

Terry Pratchett

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Wax on,

Wax off.

So true very wise words to live by.

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By *arkandlovelyWoman
over a year ago

South Derbyshire


"[...]

Don't let good become the enemy of perfect"

Yes yes to this.

Also, "if you smell shit everywhere you go, maybe it's time to look under your own shoe".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you assume

You make an ass

Out of u

And me.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"My Dad use to say You never learn anything when you are talking . "

Err, how to babies learn to talk?

The film, the king's Speech might argue with that one.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Assumptions are the mother of all fuckups.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you can embrace the suck, you can overcome almost any obstacle or difficulty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personal fav

'Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it'

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Follow your dreams and don't be affaid to change your mind nothing is set in stone..... Was from a fortune cookie. the world is your oyster

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“ A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on”

There seems to be some debate about the actual origins of this but I read it first in a Terry Prachett book so I’ll attribute it to him

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By *mac94Man
over a year ago

belfast

A good laugh and a long sleep are the 2 best cures for anything

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"[...]

Don't let good become the enemy of perfect

Yes yes to this.

Also, "if you smell shit everywhere you go, maybe it's time to look under your own shoe". "

Yeah, much like the no matter where you go, there you are.

You can't outrun yourself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Never Rub Another Man's Rhubarb"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My 7 year old, who is now 14, when asked how he felt about getting a new step-mum and step-dad:

"It's fine Mummy, it's more people to love".

My heart swelled and I may have cried a little with joy. It shut my resentful and bitter mother up who was dead set on viewing my ex's new partner as the enemy.

Nell"

??????????

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By *amnaughtybutniceWoman
over a year ago

tf1

You can’t control anyone else’s behaviour. You can only control your own and your reaction to other peoples behaviour.

When In hell keep going.

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

Creativity is intelligence having fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looks alright from my house

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By *accar305Man
over a year ago

Somerset/Oxford

“If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.”

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By *herryEatersCouple
over a year ago

East Cheshire

"If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is truly precious. So has love for which I can only be grateful"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

- if they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personally-

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

A person that never made a mistake never made a god damned thing

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By *rispyDuckMan
over a year ago

Chinese Takeaway near you

Victory loves preparation

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

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By *tylebender03Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Hard work pays off

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

Life is not a dress rehearsal

The only time you have is now (I even have a tattoo to illustrate that)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that! I’m always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You’re my son and you’re my blood. You’re the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain’t gonna have a life. “

(Zero shame )

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham


"Hard work pays off "

I'm not convinced on this one yet. Worked hard all our lives but still not where we would like to be.

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By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

.

It is during the worst times in your life you will see the true colours of people who say they care for you

Never expect anything from anyone and you’ll never be disappointed

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By *ionaScarletTV/TS
over a year ago

Dundee

Youth and ability is no match for age and treachery

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

For every beautiful woman in the world there's some guy bored of banging her...

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By *antra MassageMan
over a year ago

South Side.

Youll always have enough money,

Youll never have enough time.

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford


"“ A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on”

There seems to be some debate about the actual origins of this but I read it first in a Terry Prachett book so I’ll attribute it to him "

It's an adaptation of a line about rumours in war from The Iliad, I think, so Homer got there a bit earlier.

Mine would be George Bernard Shaw, I suspect: 'The reasonable man adaprs himself to fit the world. The unreasonable man expects the world to adapt itself to fit him. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.'

I've tried to be unreasonable ever since.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it

A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists

Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable

Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind

You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth

Until they've faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back

At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now

How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked

You are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future

Or worry, but know that worrying

Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum

The real troubles in your life

Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind

The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday

Do one thing every day that scares you

Saying, don't be reckless with other people's hearts

Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy

Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind

The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life

The most interesting people I know

Didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives

Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees

You'll miss them when they're gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken'

On your 75th wedding anniversary

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much

Or berate yourself either

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can

Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it

It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room

Read the directions even if you don't follow them

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good

Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past

And the people most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go

But a precious few, who should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle

For as the older you get

The more you need the people you knew when you were young

Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard

Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths

Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old

And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young

Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble

And children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse

But you never know when either one might run out

Don't mess too much with your hair

Or by the time you're 40 it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past

From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts

And recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreen

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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place

Don't waste time worrying about the things you cannot change

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it

A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists

Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable

Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind

You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth

Until they've faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back

At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now

How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked

You are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future

Or worry, but know that worrying

Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum

The real troubles in your life

Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind

The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday

Do one thing every day that scares you

Saying, don't be reckless with other people's hearts

Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy

Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind

The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life

The most interesting people I know

Didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives

Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees

You'll miss them when they're gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken'

On your 75th wedding anniversary

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much

Or berate yourself either

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can

Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it

It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room

Read the directions even if you don't follow them

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good

Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past

And the people most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go

But a precious few, who should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle

For as the older you get

The more you need the people you knew when you were young

Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard

Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths

Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old

And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young

Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble

And children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse

But you never know when either one might run out

Don't mess too much with your hair

Or by the time you're 40 it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past

From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts

And recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreen"

wow Respect

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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place


"Wax on,

Wax off.

So true very wise words to live by."

I dont understand this one

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By *olymalelincsMan
over a year ago

southend

Measure twice, cut once

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it

A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists

Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable

Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind

You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth

Until they've faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back

At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now

How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked

You are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future

Or worry, but know that worrying

Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum

The real troubles in your life

Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind

The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday

Do one thing every day that scares you

Saying, don't be reckless with other people's hearts

Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy

Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind

The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life

The most interesting people I know

Didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives

Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees

You'll miss them when they're gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken'

On your 75th wedding anniversary

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much

Or berate yourself either

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can

Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it

It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room

Read the directions even if you don't follow them

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good

Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past

And the people most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go

But a precious few, who should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle

For as the older you get

The more you need the people you knew when you were young

Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard

Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths

Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old

And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young

Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble

And children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse

But you never know when either one might run out

Don't mess too much with your hair

Or by the time you're 40 it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past

From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts

And recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreenwow Respect "

That's about 25 years old....those words.

Why bother with some bloke in a frock every Sunday, when you've got this gem to keep for ever? No pulpits were harmed in this outburst.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"

But trust me on the sunscreenwow Respect

That's about 25 years old....those words.

Why bother with some bloke in a frock every Sunday, when you've got this gem to keep for ever? No pulpits were harmed in this outburst."

Even back in 1997, I thought these were WISE words

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

For those that work remember the old saying - "Nothing is impossible for those that don't have to do it themselves."

For those that don't - "I would not want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member". Groucho Marx

Back a while I got a bit fed up of all these motivational posters so I made one of my own. It read ....

"Do not waste time reading this notice"

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

If you don’t know what you’re talking about,

Shut the fuck up.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this.

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
over a year ago

Home

My parents telling me and my brother and sister

If you want anything in life you work for it

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By *inda May SimmonsTV/TS
over a year ago

hexham


"My 7 year old, who is now 14, when asked how he felt about getting a new step-mum and step-dad:

"It's fine Mummy, it's more people to love".

My heart swelled and I may have cried a little with joy. It shut my resentful and bitter mother up who was dead set on viewing my ex's new partner as the enemy.

Nell"

Oh crumbs! You just made me cry

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By *inda May SimmonsTV/TS
over a year ago

hexham

“If I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed”

Talking heads “Psycho Killer”

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

What's here today is gone tomorrow........ So seize it while you can

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By *edangelindisguiseWoman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey


"Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it

A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists

Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable

Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind

You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth

Until they've faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back

At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now

How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked

You are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future

Or worry, but know that worrying

Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum

The real troubles in your life

Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind

The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday

Do one thing every day that scares you

Saying, don't be reckless with other people's hearts

Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy

Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind

The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life

The most interesting people I know

Didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives

Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees

You'll miss them when they're gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't

Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken'

On your 75th wedding anniversary

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much

Or berate yourself either

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can

Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it

It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room

Read the directions even if you don't follow them

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good

Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past

And the people most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go

But a precious few, who should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle

For as the older you get

The more you need the people you knew when you were young

Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard

Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths

Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old

And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young

Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble

And children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse

But you never know when either one might run out

Don't mess too much with your hair

Or by the time you're 40 it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past

From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts

And recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreen"

Love this song.

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By *idlandiaMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Running isnt a plan, running is what you do once a plan fails.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Just keep swimming.

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By *ilverSwordMan
over a year ago

Belfast-ish

To paraphrase Jean-Paul Sartre. Hell is other people

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Keep moving forward. - Disney.

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

Be nice.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Believe in the power of yes ...this little word has the power to take you round the world

No...will bring you doubt and regret

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My Dad use to say You never learn anything when you are talking . "

I LOVE your thread titles! Have a good day.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross


"To paraphrase Jean-Paul Sartre. Hell is other people

"

What did he mean by that ? I am asking because it is often quoted where the context gives the opposite of the original meaning in context.

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford


"To paraphrase Jean-Paul Sartre. Hell is other people

What did he mean by that ? I am asking because it is often quoted where the context gives the opposite of the original meaning in context. "

It's from a play of his called Huis Clos, and the context is what you'd imagine - a group of people, not obviously incompatible or unlikeable, trapped forever in a room together, will necessarily create Hell.

Or a sitcom, of course, but Sartre was not a natural comedian.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not my circus, not my monkeys

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do it nice or do it twice!

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By *oodoodMan
over a year ago

Suffolk / Essex borders

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools

Douglas Adams

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you change the way you look at things, the thing you look at changes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't put your dick anywhere you wouldn't put your tongue

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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago

Milton keynes

This is me.. I know it's more a song than a quote but it sums me up nicely. There is only one version of you so why change just to fit in.. which fits nicely into a phrase I like and just remembered..

Why fit in when you can stand out

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

There are so many that have an effect on me and that I think are profound.

There are so many that are utter fucking bullshit sentimentality dreamed up by card manufacturers.....

One that comes to mind when needed is INVICTUS ...... here are the final lines...

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

My old nan used to say

It doesn't matter where you get your appetite as long as you come home for your dinner.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also some James Baldwin stuff that I cba to share in the forums

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”

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By *idnight RamblerMan
over a year ago

Pershore

George Bernard Shaw:

“The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.”

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

What the thinker thinks, the prover proves.

George Zalucki.

Winston

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod

over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Don't put your dick in crazy

A

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can get done for that

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Before you cheat, have a wank xx

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By *thfloorCouple
over a year ago

Hove

The closer you get to the meaning

The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming

Dio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you're going through hell, keep going!"

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

My optician - here try these… totally changed my view on everything!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“Happiness is only real when shared”

I think you can be happy on your own but true happiness needs to be shared

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By *ansexualPandaMan
over a year ago

Near You

Memento Mori - "remember that you must die". It's supposed to be the foundation of stoicism but it sends me more towards hedonism!

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Don’t be a c*nt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don’t be a c*nt "

And did you not listen?

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By *oitering-With-intentMan
over a year ago

city of Lodon

I do my thing and you do your thing.

I am not in this world to live up to our expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine.

You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.

If not, it can't be helped.

(Fritz Perls, 1969)

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By *otBrunetteHimCouple
over a year ago

birmingham

“Fuck it”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The man in the Arena...Theodore Roosevelt

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By *orthyorkypairCouple
over a year ago

North Yorkshire

"your only here for a given number of trips around the sun"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also...never put your finger where you wouldn't put your dick

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

Redpill

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hands of cocks on socks

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By *lym4realCouple
over a year ago

plymouth

What happens over there.....happens here ...eventually ..

The person who doesn't read live's only life...the person who reads lives many.

..If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"Redpill "

Not exactly a quote. Would you care to elaborate?

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By *ackbydemandMan
over a year ago

Leicester

Beards.

My Dad used to say

"Never cultivate on your face, something that grows wild on your arse"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Redpill

Not exactly a quote. Would you care to elaborate?"

He might possibly be referring to The Matrix...when Neo is giving the choice of pill??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My dad once said "There are no new positions", and frankly it was as instructional as anything to make you remember that those that are older than you, who you may have considered to be boring farts in your youth, have all been there, done that, got the t shirt, and used it to wipe the squirt... Respect your elders, they know stuff.

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By *eard and TattsCouple
over a year ago

Cwmbran


"My Dad use to say You never learn anything when you are talking . "

"il talk to anyone, I dont give a fuck"

- my college tutor

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

You're only here once make the most of it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get out and don't come back...

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester


"Get out and don't come back..."
lol is that what the ex said?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"Redpill

Not exactly a quote. Would you care to elaborate?

He might possibly be referring to The Matrix...when Neo is giving the choice of pill??"

Indeed. It also has other connotations so was just curious.

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By *nked_coupleCouple
over a year ago

Durham

You'll care less about what people think of you, when you realise how seldom they do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If a person makes a fool of you once shame on them , if a person makes a fool out of you twice shame on you .

Oscar Wilde

Get busy living or get busy dying.

Shawshank Redemption.

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By *rolicUsCouple
over a year ago

Alluringly mysterious

Between stimulus and response there is a space.

In that space is our power to choose our response.

In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

~ Viktor Frankl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Things can only get better.... Yeah right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fabswingers is now a publicly traded entity."

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich


""Fabswingers is now a publicly traded entity.""

That's a great filter

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By *ensual-dominant-passionMan
over a year ago

sheffield

What’s the difference between a coward and hero…. Nothing… it’s what the coward doesn’t do that makes him a coward and what the hero does that makes him a hero

- Cus D’amato

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Cheer up! Things could be worse" they said.

So I did. And they were.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“one day your life is going to flash before your eyes, make sure it’s worth watching”

Bit morbid, but makes a lot of sense.

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow


"“one day your life is going to flash before your eyes, make sure it’s worth watching”

Bit morbid, but makes a lot of sense. "

I hope that is true and it flashes reeeeaaaalllllyyy slowly.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Not my circus, not my monkeys"

not my problem!

My partner is Polish and knows this one too well.

Works best with a chimpanzee in an office with a telephone.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Things can only get better.... Yeah right"

Typo? Bitter is more like it.

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

If you think you can...or you think you can't...your right.-

Stewie Griffin.. Family guy..

(The basis/nub of all self confidence books)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If you think you can...or you think you can't...your right.-

Stewie Griffin.. Family guy..

(The basis/nub of all self confidence books) "

It is from Henry Ford initially I think

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Never answer a front door...my dad..( and that was before the internet)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is what it is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The hurrier you go, the behinder you get.

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By *0shadesOfFilthMan
over a year ago

nearby

We all see the same things

But see them differently

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

Life is a journey not a destination

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

To quote a line from Terminator, 'look at it this way, in a 100 years, whose gonna care'

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By *hromosexualsCouple
over a year ago

Near Abercynon

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

William Shakespeare

"But just don't mug yourself, that's all, don't mug yourself"

Mike Skinner.

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By *onmacMan
over a year ago

glasgow

Heard this recently, made me think

Dont just use the weekend to hide away from your working life, use it to build the life you want.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Heard this recently, made me think

Dont just use the weekend to hide away from your working life, use it to build the life you want.

"

nice quote that one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions." It helps put things into perspective and not take what people say at face value

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By *onmacMan
over a year ago

glasgow

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


""We judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions." It helps put things into perspective and not take what people say at face value"
just off subject my friend great team performance tonight

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By *rissa86Man
over a year ago

WIRRAL

Look after those that look after you

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By *rying2niteMan
over a year ago

Egremont

If you don't do anything, you can't do anything wrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


""We judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions." It helps put things into perspective and not take what people say at face value

just off subject my friend great team performance tonight "

The best I've seen us play under EtH. Conte's intention was definitely not to play football

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By *rofessor MMan
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

A girlfriend once said to me, "How can something that small grow so fucking huge??"

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By *nked and Ms InkedCouple
over a year ago

nr wrexham

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By *nked and Ms InkedCouple
over a year ago

nr wrexham

Don’t assume, it makes an ass out of you and me.

(Pretty sure it’s just the reference to ass that makes that saying stick, I do love a good ass ) xx

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