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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Apr 10, 2018 - 12:19pm PT
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“A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men… of men in whom every vital impulse slowly withers, as though they were cut flowers in a vase.”
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Don Paul
Gym climber
Denver CO
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Apr 10, 2018 - 12:35pm PT
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"Don't fall, or we both go."
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 10, 2018 - 03:46pm PT
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In case the name Bill Reid doesn’t ring a bell...
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Apr 11, 2018 - 07:55am PT
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Don Paul's quote is quite poignant. As a matter of fact, I've said that myself!
Anyhooo...
If you think you’re enlightened go spend a week with your family. -- Ram Dass
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2018 - 07:05pm PT
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"Oh Shutup, and go play with yourself!" - Locker
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Apr 16, 2018 - 12:06pm PT
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There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2018 - 12:24pm PT
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"The slum is the measure of civilization."
Jacob Riis
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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"There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat." -- Robert James Fischer
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L
climber
A place with cats...lots and lots of cats
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May 13, 2018 - 05:30pm PT
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
~ Karl von Clausewitz
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RURP_Belay
Big Wall climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
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May 14, 2018 - 05:07am PT
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"After all, being lost is a state of mind rather than an actual physical reality."
A variation on TLP's quote:
Being bored is a state of mind, not a state of being. Change your mind.
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perswig
climber
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They do not want your life, bwana. They want your shoes.
Truth, often.
Dale
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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If there is a 50-50 chance which way something goes, there is a 90% chance of getting it wrong the first time.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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“My mother was born in San Juan. So I’m Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.”
Sammy Davis Jr.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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"There are 2 kinds of tragedy in life:
One is not getting what you want.
The other is getting what you want."
Unknown
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perswig
climber
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Aug 15, 2018 - 12:44pm PT
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...for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.
Dale
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 15, 2018 - 12:47pm PT
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”Clean-up on Aisle 3!” - Berta at Piggly Wiggly
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perswig
climber
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Aug 18, 2018 - 06:16am PT
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But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest; was the low spark of high-heeled boys
Dale
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 18, 2018 - 08:58am PT
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“Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.” - Sir Thomas More
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Aug 18, 2018 - 09:23am PT
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Democrat hound (Maine): An otherwise intelligent animal who takes up the wrong scent, as when a rabbit hound chases a fox.
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