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Can love be transactional?
If it is, is it truly love? Is it necessary? Are transactions the foundation? Story: Rabbi Vogel’s speech at son’s ufruff. He repeated his father’s speech (or was it Rabbi Shochet his father-in-law?) about giving your spouse a “blank check” I quoted Dennis. To make sure the check doesn’t bounce, you need to make deposits…
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If you’re so smart, how come you aren’t rich?
As a child, this was a typical ad hominem response someone would say when they didn’t have a meaningful reply. It was never intended to be anything other than a face-saving mechanism to stop the argument/debate. I recently read an article that made me think about the underlying fallacy of the statement. The assumption is…
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Never Explain
“Never explain — your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.” Elbert Hubbard
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Everyone thinks of changing the world
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
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Shake hands like a man
Remembering Arthur Lacher
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Why is life so difficult?
– Tim Hausdorff’s words to me in 1994 … because we make it so.
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You can’t please everyone
But it’s all right now, I’ve learned my lesson wellYou see, you can’t please everyone, so you’ve got to please yourself “Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson Discuss: Always being pulled in multiple directions People are never satisfied In the end, do what you think is best. Do what makes you happy. It’s a lesson I’ve…
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There are no victims, only volunteers
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The value of a smile
While shopping today, I heard a song being played over the store’s PA system. It was one I hadn’t heard in a long time, and I vaguely remembered it. When I later found it on YouTube and listened to it, I paid attention to the lyrics. One line caught my attention: But she`d be a…
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Take vs. Taken
 DCI Ronnie Box: There’s two types of people, Fred. Those who take, and them that get taken. I know which side I’m on. DI Fred Thursday: [emphatically] So do I. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8700024/quotes/qt4961402