FabSwingers.com forum: Quotes that changed you

By (user no longer on site) OP
51 weeks ago

What are some quotes that changed you? Either in a good way or a bad way. Maybe you think of them all the time.

Some of my favourites:

‘Do you think Jesus, the son of a carpenter, smelt the wood of the cross and thought of home?’

And

‘Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part’

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

We judge others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions.

It helps me make fewer rash judgements when something happens or I feel someone has wronged me if I don't have the full story.

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By *obilebottomMan
51 weeks ago

All over

'Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves'

Sadly not good at following quotes

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By *hitchurchBikerMan
51 weeks ago

Whitchurch

Rules are made for men, for gentlemen they are merely guidelines.

I heard that as a teenager and have, loosely, follwed it since.

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By *oshb12469Man
51 weeks ago

Bury st edmunds

The energy you give to someone is the energy you receive back

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By *ouples_EroticaXXXCouple
51 weeks ago

manchester

'I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.'

Bilbo baggins

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By *icolasHidalgoDeCorazonMan
51 weeks ago

St Leonards

"Why is the cork on the fork?".

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

“Get a mop and a bucket for this wet ass pussy”

Made me realise that you can do anything if you set your mind to it

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
51 weeks ago

Ryde

"When you come to last chapter - close the book".

The Love Bug was more than just a movie, it was a philosophy.

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

Hard men create easy times

Easy times create weak men

Weak men create hard times

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

‘I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.’

‘You can Jail a revolutionary but you can’t jail a revolution’

‘Revolution is not a one time event’

‘Not every Black man ah yuh friend and not every white man ah yuh enemy’

‘Don’t trust no shadow after dark’

‘Those that don’t hear, will feel’

And a really long one from James Baldwin.

These are all ones that have stuck in my head.

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By *arl17Man
51 weeks ago

Central Portugal

It's nice to be nice... Simples...until it isn't when people take the piss..

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By *lan157Man
51 weeks ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

"Don't stand apart.. be a part" . Yacht club motto in my youth .Later on " To have a friend you have first to be a friend "

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By *ymAndIcedCoffeeWoman
51 weeks ago

Worcester

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”

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By *oshb12469Man
51 weeks ago

Bury st edmunds

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."

Amen

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

Life's a shit sandwich, the more bread you got, the less shit you gotta eat

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By *olfandtazCouple
51 weeks ago

Bristol

I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for

Al capone

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By *ermite12ukMan
51 weeks ago

Solihull and Brentwood

You should be on the stage. Cleaning it.

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By *lay 4 uMan
51 weeks ago

bolton

Remember one day his shoes may fit your feet.

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

Those that matter don’t mind

Those that mind, don’t matter.

People may not remember what you said or how you said it but they WILL remember how you made them feel - Maya Angelou

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar!

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
51 weeks ago

Basingstoke

'If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice'

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

I'm a truck driver at Burch services near rochdale looking for someone to come to my truck for amazing sex

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

If you’re not paying for the product, then you ARE the product!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
51 weeks ago

"‘I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.’

‘You can Jail a revolutionary but you can’t jail a revolution’

‘Revolution is not a one time event’

‘Not every Black man ah yuh friend and not every white man ah yuh enemy’

‘Don’t trust no shadow after dark’

‘Those that don’t hear, will feel’

And a really long one from James Baldwin.

These are all ones that have stuck in my head.

My favourite ever James Baldwin piece:

What are you doing all the time? And why do you say at are voil doing neid gack the teeble moonlight. nothing? You are evil, you know, and sometimes when you smiled at me I hated you. I wanted to strike you. I wanted to make you bleed. You smiled at me the way you smiled at everyone, you told me what you told everyone-and you tell nothing but lies. What are you always hiding? And do you think I did not know when you made love to me, you were making love to no one? No onel Or everyone- but not me, certainly. I am nothing to you, nothing, and you bring me fever but no delight.'

It’s changed my writing foreverrrr

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

A face age, a body will grow old. But a soul will always be beautiful.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
51 weeks ago

"I'm a truck driver at Burch services near rochdale looking for someone to come to my truck for amazing sex"

Never heard this one before mate x

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

"I'm a truck driver at Burch services near rochdale looking for someone to come to my truck for amazing sex"

Poetry.

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By *arl17Man
51 weeks ago

Central Portugal

""Don't stand apart.. be a part" . Yacht club motto in my youth .Later on " To have a friend you have first to be a friend " "

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By *orny PTMan
51 weeks ago

Peterborough

"The energy you give to someone is the energy you receive back "

Not to a narcissist.

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By *aigressMan
51 weeks ago

Cardiff

"Get dressed"

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By *makepeaceMan
51 weeks ago

Bristol

A truth that's told with bad intent/beats all the lies you can invent

William Blake

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

The one I got for my new bathroom. Extortionate.

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By *orbidden eastMan
51 weeks ago

london dodging electric scooters

Worrying is like paying a debt, you don’t owe

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By *lan157Man
51 weeks ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

I told my teenage daughters . You can have a hard life or potentially an easier life so be careful whom you fall in love with.

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By *illan-KillashMan
51 weeks ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open.

Two ears one mouth. Should be used in that proportion.

What the thinker thinks the prover proves.

Commitment, doing the thing you said you were going to do, long after the mood you said in has left you.

Definition of a rut, a coffin with ends kicked out.

You can't hear anything when your mouth's open.

We're all someones ex for a reason.

You can't fart against thunder.

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

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By *illan-KillashMan
51 weeks ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

"I'm a truck driver at Burch services near rochdale looking for someone to come to my truck for amazing sex"

Beautiful prose.

*chef's kiss

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By *mf123Man
51 weeks ago

with one foot out the door

We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

""Why is the cork on the fork?". "
this didn't get the credit it deserved

"OAKLAHOMAH,OAKLAHOMAH,OAKLAHOMA,OAKLAHOMA

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

""Why is the cork on the fork?". this didn't get the credit it deserved

"OAKLAHOMAH,OAKLAHOMAH,OAKLAHOMA,OAKLAHOMA

"May I take your trident, Sir?".

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By *-MrGatsby-.Man
51 weeks ago

London and Sandy

I've two quotes

Alas, how terrible is wisdom

when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!

Sophocles

I try not to be judgemental. But it does save time.

Ross Noble

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By *hocolate37Man
51 weeks ago

Heathrow

"When someone shows you who they really are, believe them."

"Anger is the punishment you give yourself for someone else's bad behaviour."

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By *araphillCouple
51 weeks ago

Dublin

“You learn something new everyday”

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By *illy IdolMan
51 weeks ago

Midlands

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

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By *illy IdolMan
51 weeks ago

Midlands

It ain't about how hard you 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!

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By *icolasHidalgoDeCorazonMan
51 weeks ago

St Leonards

"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."

And in the context of his audience's belief systems, that was more revolutionary than Marx.

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
51 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

Apt for the forum perhaps...there are 2 types of people in the world

Those that have something to say and those that have to say something.

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By *lder.Woman
51 weeks ago

Not Local

A bad system will beat a good person every time

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By *orny PTMan
51 weeks ago

Peterborough

You need to remember that there is a difference between boss and bossy.

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

It isn't about the destination, its about who you share the journey with.

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By *ougarsilkWoman
51 weeks ago

Pleasure heaven

Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.

Edmund Lee

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
51 weeks ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

A permanent solution to a temporary problem

The destination is not as important as the journey.

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By *mf123Man
51 weeks ago

with one foot out the door

Only a man whos heart is pure can wield the knife

Only a man whos ass is narrow can get down these steps

And if mine is such an ass i shall have it

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By *ourtney CocksWoman
51 weeks ago

fabland

""When someone shows you who they really are, believe them."

"Anger is the punishment you give yourself for someone else's bad behaviour.""

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By *ingernutsMan
51 weeks ago

bracknell

In 20 years time the only people who will remember that you worked late today are your children

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

If you meet a dickhead, you've met a dickhead.

If everybody you meet is a dickhead, maybe you are the dickhead.

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By *lan157Man
51 weeks ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet.. George Washington .

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By *ady CurvaceousWoman
51 weeks ago

Kent

"if you spend your life looking in the rear view mirror you will only ever see the consequences of the accidents you caused"

Basically if shit happened to you a long time ago and all you focus on is that, then you're not looking forward to the life you can live, just looking back on the life you had that you can't change.

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By *orny-DJMan
51 weeks ago

Leigh-on-Sea

Those that mind, don't matter and those who matter, don't mind

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

The potential you see in other people isn't real. What you see is the projection of what you would do in their position.

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By *ourtney CocksWoman
51 weeks ago

fabland

"In 20 years time the only people who will remember that you worked late today are your children "
yes that’s a deep one

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By *oiluvfunMan
51 weeks ago

Penrith

“Money was made round, to go around”

This basically covers the principle that if you don’t know what you’re doing, pay someone who does

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. And so the power is within you, we are all in charge of our own attitudes.

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

You have 2 hands,one to help yourself and one to help others

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By *ormalfornorfolkMan
51 weeks ago

Norwich

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

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By *cotty_01ukMan
51 weeks ago

birmingham

Be mindful of what you throw away, be careful of what you push away and think hard before you walk away

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

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By *rmrs1234Couple
51 weeks ago

Waterford

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger! Bitch

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By *obnobnowMan
51 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

He's not even the best drummer in the beatles

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By *rmrs1234Couple
51 weeks ago

Waterford

"He's not even the best drummer in the beatles "

But who is?

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By *rHotNottsMan
51 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Can’t think of any quotes/sound bites that have changed me, it’s usually whole books / autobiographies but a couple of speeches & a poem had quite a big impact

Man in the Arena - Theodore Roosevelt

Alienation (rat race) - Jimmy Reid

Son of Mine - Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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By *orny PTMan
51 weeks ago

Peterborough

"if it's not from the horse's mouth, then it might be from the cow's bottom"

aka check your sources. It's one I made up.

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By *he turned me GreyCouple
51 weeks ago

Warwick and Coventry

If I'm always in the jar I never get to see the label

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By *orny PTMan
51 weeks ago

Peterborough

"He's not even the best drummer in the beatles

But who is?"

Pete.

Pete Best!

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

"At any given moment you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.”

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By *he turned me GreyCouple
51 weeks ago

Warwick and Coventry

If 3 people tell you, your a horse, maybe it's time to buy a saddle

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By *agneto.Man
51 weeks ago

Bham

It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

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By *TG3Man
51 weeks ago

Dorchester

Bogof definitely changed me 2 for the price of one

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

The Devil may tempt you, but it is still you who makes the choice.

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By *he turned me GreyCouple
51 weeks ago

Warwick and Coventry

Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change...

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
51 weeks ago

Den of Iniquity

" Don't be a Cunt "

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
51 weeks ago

Reading

"“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”"

That sounds exhausting

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By *illy IdolMan
51 weeks ago

Midlands

""Don't believe everything you read on the internet.. George Washington . "

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

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By *he turned me GreyCouple
51 weeks ago

Warwick and Coventry

"" Don't be a Cunt "

Tell ya self

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Rules are made for the guidance of wise men, and the intimidation of fools.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Whatever happened to Faye Wray?

That delicate satin-draped frame.

As it clung to her thigh

How I started to cry

Because I wanted to be dressed Just the same

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Dont dream it, be it.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

If Christ was the perfect man, he must have had the perfect sense of humour.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
51 weeks ago

Den of Iniquity

"" Don't be a Cunt "

Tell ya self

Mr "

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Never, ever, bloody anything, ever!

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By *sWyldWoman
51 weeks ago

Edinburgh

I don't know where it came from but it's been my mantra for a very long time.

It's always OK in the end. If it's not OK then it's not the end.

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By *allandathleticMan
51 weeks ago

Asgard

"My mistakes, don't define me, They guide me. They are lessons, lessons to learn, lessons to grow. Lessons to be better. Because who I am, is in my hands, and who i will be is much bigger."

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By *iman2100Man
51 weeks ago

Glasgow

At 10 I read in my dad's book by Omar Khayyam: "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it."

I asked dad what it meant. He said if you do something wrong, that you later regret, you cannot undo it and it will not be forgotten, however sorry you are. I tried to bear that in mind as I moved through life.

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By *oupleus30Couple
51 weeks ago

Minster

If in doubt. Hit it with a hammer

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

"Worrying is like paying a debt, you don’t owe"

That is brilliant. I actually got shivers reading that...WOW

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By *agerMorganMan
51 weeks ago

Canvey Island

“Stop talking yourself out of opportunities because you don’t feel like you’re *ready* yet.

It’s time to jump. You are ready now.”

And now in the process of starting a business, am I ready? Nope.

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By *iddlesticksMan
51 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

You have the right to remain silent.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"At 10 I read in my dad's book by Omar Khayyam: "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it."

Ahhhh, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. My dad's favourite. I've got a copy. His philosophy is effectively "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die". I put the "moving finger writes" quote on his funeral service leaflet. It's an admonition against the futility of holding regrets and dwelling on things that can't be changed. I find Khayyam has a sort of optimistic fatalism.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
51 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"You have the right to remain silent.

But you don't!

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By *TG3Man
51 weeks ago

Dorchester

Never lend money to strangers no matter how much they beg you

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By *ldgeezermeMan
51 weeks ago

Corralejo Surfing Colours

"I'm a truck driver at Burch services near rochdale looking for someone to come to my truck for amazing sex"

Chaucer if I'm not mistaken

The Horny Driver's Tale

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By *ldgeezermeMan
51 weeks ago

Corralejo Surfing Colours

"What are some quotes that changed you? Either in a good way or a bad way. Maybe you think of them all the time.

Some of my favourites:

‘Do you think Jesus, the son of a carpenter, smelt the wood of the cross and thought of home?’

And

‘Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part’"

Strictly speaking he was the step son of a carpenter

Unless Mrs Almighty had her bloke putting up shelves from Judea Ikea on the weekend

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By (user no longer on site)
51 weeks ago

"What are some quotes that changed you? Either in a good way or a bad way. Maybe you think of them all the time. "

May I share one I created?

"Awareness and perception precedes understanding. Understanding precedes knowing. Knowing precedes wisdom. Wisdom precedes peace."

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By *ooBulMan
51 weeks ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Denzil Washington mentioning something his wife mentioned...

"If You Want Something You Never Had you have to do something you never did!"

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
51 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

You can't get quicker than a Kwik Fit Fitter.

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