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I found that saying very inspireing and wanted to share it with you all
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that would have been a nice one in the aphorism thread 
the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
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What about "good women"????
do they not act??
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What about "good women"????
PC. Willy - is bad for your health...
big and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
but women always act good.
therefore, a good woman need not act at all
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Pooh-Bah
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Cole is that a roundabout way of telling all women to sit down and be quiet?
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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big and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
only if they're good
*runs as fast as his legs will carry him*
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Look! I'm Darth Bunny!
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Location: Sunny South Africa
Nice one, but then can we also say that good prevails when evil men/women fail to act?
Do what you want coz a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!
Yo ho fiddle dee dee, being a pirate is alright to be,
Do what you want coz a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
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Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Oh god lets not get into a discussion about sexism
Good proverb Mike, i recognise it, is it from spiderman?
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
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Location: On the edge of sunrise and sunset
THAT' WERE I HEARD THIS! thanks will, it was driving me nuts
Legal and illegal are a point of view. All that matters is morality.
If there's a shadow in your life, then there is also sunshine. Perception is everything.
Pooh-Bah
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Location: York University, United Kingdom
I thought Spiderman was about the repetition of "With great power comes great responsibility". I lost count of the number of times they repeated that.
Probably catering for Women with their 3 minute memories
( I kid, I kid...)*follows Cole out the door*
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
TNT
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Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
"Boondock Saints":
Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men!
Fear the evil monkey!
addict
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Location: Van Diemans Land, Australia
A mate of mine accidently knocked over a jug of beer that me and another mate just bought.
To make up for it he spent the last of his money and bought us each a pint.
He is a good man. He acted
Fair luna bright, fair luna moon
it shines at night but fades too soon
fair luna moon, fair luna bright
forever we dance
we dance under starlight
I make my own people.
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Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
A more PC version can be found in the movie "Helloboy": "In the absence of light, darkness prevails."
I think the quote "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" may be from Burke.
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