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Art
What's in that inbox? Things that could have been, but never were.
All art is derivative, but that doesn't mean artists shouldn't at least try to be original.
Write with your door closed, rewrite with your door open.
When your loved ones depart, you put up a tombstone. When someone you love departs, you write a book.
The World
Absolute security for one nation means absolute insecurity for all others.
A nation can hate any other country on earth, but they'll usually only kill their neighbors.
If there's a Jewish religion, it's higher education, not the old testament.
Corruption and competence are not mutually exclusive.
Nothing says 'American Dream' like a house that looks like it needs slaves to make it functional.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
Vietnam trained John Rambo how to fly helicopters, drive tanks, and kill dozens of people without so much as a scratch. No wonder he couldn't fit into the civilian economy.
To kill for God; that's a special kind of Hell.
Sports are games made easy enough for people to understand while drunk in a dark, dank, bar.
Things I have said to girls
Relationships are like a castle under siege: those on the inside want to get out, while those on the outside want to get in.
I don't think you need therapy. I think you need a straitjacket.
Girls like you are the reason I grew old before I got to grow up.
You say things that make me think you're pretty smart, but then you tell me stories that only make sense if you're really stupid.
No matter what you're doing, there's someone out there doing it better for cheaper. That goes for being a gold-digger as well.
Things I have said to myself
God gives every bird his worm, but he never throws it into the nest.
The devil gives every man his price, but he never pays on time.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about coming up with the wrong answers.
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
The rule of leadership: Mission first, men second, myself last.
Fish rots from the head. If the top is corrupt, the rest follow.
Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
We judge ourselves by our intentions and judge others by their actions.
Never appear drunk in front of a microphone.
Never tell someone your connections unless you're fine with him stealing them from you, or being pissed that you're not using them to help him.
This business is all about making the right noises to the right people at the right time and over the right drinks.
Some work for wages, some work for hubris, and a rare few work for meaning.
A man's wisdom is not measured by what he has gained, but what he has lost.
Nothing is above my pay grade.
If not me, then who?
Nobody takes advice seriously unless they're paying for it by the hour.
  
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Thank you, what a beautiful read.
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Ever think about starting your own religion? You're great at fiction and mix that with the book of quotations you've got up there and I think you've got a good begining to a Revelations or Gospel. Shadyism? Shadyanity? Think of the tax breaks! You'll want to update your clergy's uniforms though. I think one of the reasons young people are turning away from religion is the old fashion uniforms the fathers wear. That collar needs to be updated to keep up with the times. Something with spikes maybe. And make sure your religious policies match what today's world needs.
For example,
1.Overpopulation - encourage homosexuality. Slogan: Just try it!
2.Steal believers from other religions by allowing sex before marriage but only if its with proper protection. Otherwise its a sin that damns you to hell (replace sin and hell with your own bullshit).
3.Absolve people's sins for donations. Bigger the sin, bigger the donation. Then spend the donations on charitable work. Think of the tax breaks!
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On May 25 2013 09:12 sths wrote:
Ever think about starting your own religion? You're great at fiction and mix that with the book of quotations you've got up there and I think you've got a good begining to a Revelations or Gospel. Shadyism? Shadyanity? Think of the tax breaks! You'll want to update your clergy's uniforms though. I think one of the reasons young people are turning away from religion is the old fashion uniforms the fathers wear. That collar needs to be updated to keep up with the times. Something with spikes maybe. And make sure your religious policies match what today's world needs.
For example,
1.Overpopulation - encourage homosexuality. Slogan: Just try it!
2.Steal believers from other religions by allowing sex before marriage but only if its with proper protection. Otherwise its a sin that damns you to hell (replace sin and hell with your own bullshit).
3.Absolve people's sins for donations. Bigger the sin, bigger the donation. Then spend the donations on charitable work. Think of the tax breaks!
Sounds shady...
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OP you sound very much like Nassim Taleb, since you're in high finance I'm guessing you've read some of his stuff.
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I thought this was about one of my favourite movies, but now I don't really understand anything
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I don't get this one:
If there's a Jewish religion, it's higher education, not the old testament.
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Eh, I don't actually want to
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On May 25 2013 09:12 sths wrote:
Ever think about starting your own religion? You're great at fiction and mix that with the book of quotations you've got up there and I think you've got a good begining to a Revelations or Gospel. Shadyism? Shadyanity? Think of the tax breaks! You'll want to update your clergy's uniforms though. I think one of the reasons young people are turning away from religion is the old fashion uniforms the fathers wear. That collar needs to be updated to keep up with the times. Something with spikes maybe. And make sure your religious policies match what today's world needs.
For example,
1.Overpopulation - encourage homosexuality. Slogan: Just try it!
2.Steal believers from other religions by allowing sex before marriage but only if its with proper protection. Otherwise its a sin that damns you to hell (replace sin and hell with your own bullshit).
3.Absolve people's sins for donations. Bigger the sin, bigger the donation. Then spend the donations on charitable work. Think of the tax breaks!
I'm not cool enough to start my own religion...
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On May 25 2013 19:09 Deleuze wrote:I don't get this one:
Yea I didn't get that one also, but still was a great read.
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I think its a reference to something some old chinese retired communist guy said recently. Have to keep up to date with chinese news to get Shady's references. His meta like that
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