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"Carpe Diem" & other stories of impact

JigrahJigrah Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Social Entropy++
There are many quotes out there that have given me pause, made me think, and have been a part of my decision making process.

"Carpe Diem" is often referred to as "Sieze the day". Recognize the power of this statement. Take control of your day, render it yours in absolute power. What have you done to wrest the power of the day from others to yourself? Talk to a pretty girl? Tell your boss you deserve a raise? Maybe you simply ripped apart your vehicle and made it your bitch. Anything that amounts to taking control of your future applies here.

"Fortune Favors the Bold", this proclamation traces its routes to Virgil, author of the Aenied, although Wikipedia says it came from a playwright author named "Terence", who wrote "Phormio".

Mostly it means that s/he who risks most, wins most. This is also seen in gambling when I wanted to bet a clean grand on the New Orleans Saints but my credit card didn't accept the bet. I would have won $1,700 but instead I get to complain about what would've could've and happened. Or, as my dad explained it best, history is written by the winners.

The purpose of this thread is to talk about what sayings have taught you most about life. What quotes have lite the fire in your heart, to succeed above and beyond the regular populace.

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I, too, have seen dead poet's society

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Caveat Threadtor

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  • Drew-BDrew-B Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "Dance like nobody's watching"


    "Live, laugh and love!"

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  • ackack Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
  • Drew-BDrew-B Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Honestly I just wake up every day and say, "Today I'm going to kick ass"

    I don't have any quotes or aphorisms in my head that shape my behavior.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    sic semper tyrannosaurus

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Many readers assume that I enjoy writing such sexual scenes, but that’s not true at all. When I’m writing such a scene, I’m so embarrassed and ashamed that I don’t know what to do with myself. But each time, I say to myself: Haruki, this is your duty! You must not stop!

    -Haruki Murakami

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lex non a rege est violanda

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  • scrivenerjonesscrivenerjones Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ubik wrote: »
    Caveat Threadtor

    rack 'em

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I love how the OP is written in the exact form you're taught to write paragraph-length responses to questions in like third grade and uses the exact same first sentence the OP was using when he was 8

    prompt: write an essay about a quote that has changed your life

    "There are many quotes out there that have given me pause, made me think, and have been a part of my decision making process. "

    good job you did it

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I spent my summer vacation SEIZING THE DAY

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Always leave yourself outs.

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    I love how the OP is written in the exact form you're taught to write paragraph-length responses to questions in like third grade and uses the exact same first sentence the OP was using when he was 8

    prompt: write an essay about a quote that has changed your life

    "There are many quotes out there that have given me pause, made me think, and have been a part of my decision making process. "

    good job you did it

    I still do this and it makes me feel bad :(

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    most pompous, useless quotes in a post 2010

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited March 2010
    Drew-B wrote: »
    Honestly I just wake up every day and say, "Today I'm going to kick ass"

    I don't have any quotes or aphorisms in my head that shape my behavior.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvol_SmbHCI

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  • Drew-BDrew-B Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    motivation.jpg

    Yep

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  • JigrahJigrah Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Swill wrote: »
    Many readers assume that I enjoy writing such sexual scenes, but that’s not true at all. When I’m writing such a scene, I’m so embarrassed and ashamed that I don’t know what to do with myself. But each time, I say to myself: Haruki, this is your duty! You must not stop!

    -Haruki Murakami

    At first I assumed this was George RR Martin.

    Thanks for giving me a new author to pursue.

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Also

    it's carpe diem

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Jigrah wrote: »
    "Fortune Favors the Bold"

    Mostly it means that s/he who risks most, wins most

    that's not really the point of that saying

    it infers that there is no such thing as luck, and the way for a person to be "lucky" is to actively cultivate their own luck. It is saying that nothing will come to you by accident and you have to work for what you want.

    It is similar to the aphorism "God helps those who help themselves"

    #pipe on
  • JigrahJigrah Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Drew-B wrote: »
    Honestly I just wake up every day and say, "Today I'm going to kick ass"

    I don't have any quotes or aphorisms in my head that shape my behavior.

    Then in which ways have you kicked ass?

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  • IpseDixitIpseDixit Treat me like a pirate And give me that bootyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Carpie diem

    Is that like a dessert you eat in your car daily?

    CURSE YOU UBIK

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    I love how the OP is written in the exact form you're taught to write paragraph-length responses to questions in like third grade and uses the exact same first sentence the OP was using when he was 8

    prompt: write an essay about a quote that has changed your life

    "There are many quotes out there that have given me pause, made me think, and have been a part of my decision making process. "

    good job you did it

    complete with spelling errors

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  • ackack Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Keith wrote: »
    Drew-B wrote: »
    Honestly I just wake up every day and say, "Today I'm going to kick ass"

    I don't have any quotes or aphorisms in my head that shape my behavior.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvol_SmbHCI



    i love that song

    ack on
  • scrivenerjonesscrivenerjones Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I wake up every morning, do a dozen pushups, look at myself in the mirror, and say

    "Today I will try to be a less shitty poster than Jigrah"

    A lofty goal to be sure but it keeps me going

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    everyone knows all you gotta do to motivate yourself is every morning open palm slam the chronicles of riddick into your vcr

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  • Drew-BDrew-B Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Jigrah wrote: »
    Drew-B wrote: »
    Honestly I just wake up every day and say, "Today I'm going to kick ass"

    I don't have any quotes or aphorisms in my head that shape my behavior.

    Then in which ways have you kicked ass?

    90% of success in my field requires communication...how you communicate and the way you approach situations in which you will communicate.

    The other 10% is being in the right place at the right time.

    Therefore, I wake up and say, I'm going to get shit done today. I'm going to be professional, succinct and intelligent and I am going to fucking impress people.

    That is all.

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck"

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once.

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  • scrivenerjonesscrivenerjones Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    everyone knows all you gotta do to motivate yourself is every morning open palm slam the chronicles of riddick into your vcr

    yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *slams a dew*

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "Get busy livin or get busy dyin" gets right up into my brain bone and makes me do work

    #pipe on
  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "you don't know shit"

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.

    It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

    The rule is this:
    You spot a man's tell, you don't say a fucking word.
    I finally spotted KGB's.
    And usually I would've let him go on chewing those Oreos till he was dead broke.
    But I don't have that kind of time. I've only got till morning.
    Not even Teddy KGB's immune to getting a little rattled.

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  • ackack Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    everyone knows all you gotta do to motivate yourself is every morning open palm slam the chronicles of riddick into your vcr

    its been my morning routine going on 3 yrs

    ack on
  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    IpseDixit wrote: »
    Carpie diem

    Is that like a dessert you eat in your car daily?

    CURSE YOU UBIK

    A car pie a day keeps the doctor away

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  • JigrahJigrah Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    I love how the OP is written in the exact form you're taught to write paragraph-length responses to questions in like third grade and uses the exact same first sentence the OP was using when he was 8

    prompt: write an essay about a quote that has changed your life

    "There are many quotes out there that have given me pause, made me think, and have been a part of my decision making process. "

    good job you did it

    Don't knock on us 3rd graders, we have to start from somewhere.

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    do every move with the main character, riddick, and do them hard

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  • Drew-BDrew-B Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Can someone quote that verbatim again, please?

    The Riddick movie pump-up quote

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  • scrivenerjonesscrivenerjones Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A VHS INTO THE SLOT. ITS CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START DOING THE MOVES ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, RIDDICK. I DO EVERY MOVE AND I DO EVERY MOVE HARD. MAKIN WHOOSHING SOUNDS WHEN I SLAM DOWN SOME NECROS. NOT MANY CAN SAY THEY ESCAPED THE GALAXYS MOST DANGEROUS PRISON. I CAN. I SAY IT AND I SAY IT OUT LOUD EVERYDAY TO PEOPLE IN MY HIGHSCHOOL AND ALL THEY CAN STILL BE IMMATURE JERKS. 2 HOURS INCLUDING WIND DOWN EVERY MORNING.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Drew-B wrote: »
    Can someone quote that verbatim again, please?

    The Riddick movie pump-up quote

    see above

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