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INFORMAL FALLACY
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—That's life!
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—Must be.
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—Never stop.
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—Underneath everything.
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Solicitous
Approval — Integrity & Scolding -
First they say you're good, then they say you're bad, then
they pull back and ever so slightly change the subject,
then they ignore you. What you really are needs nourishment,
but it doesn't need approval.
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NOTES TO MYSELF
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PSYCHOLOGICAL AGE
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CLASS
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[throwing
you a curve] - You don't have to be outer directed - You
can be inner directed - You can decide what you want to do with
your life and do it - When I told my friend David Daniels about
people giving me disapproving looks,
he said, "They're losing money, Richard! They're just the same.
They thought they were going to be rich!"
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The Age of Domination,
ages 0-3
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Separation
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Exactly what someone said
[or did]
... usually not very original.
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The thoughts of a
"bad child"
... to free your mind again.
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TRICKS
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WINGS
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IDEAS
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[Thievery confessions or admissions
you wish you hadn't heard]
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—That's life!
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—The temptation was too great.
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"Do you believe in Jesus?"
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—Never stop.
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—True meaning – I'm the walking wounded ... There's the truth
– It's a fairy tale.
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"Appreciate your honesty."
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—That's life!
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—Not every person can be a Foster Freeze.
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"Non-escalating verbal self defense.
Grand Celestial Do. If
only so that I can bookmark this thread as a meta-bookmark
for delusional websites." [Link from metafilter, "The
successor to TimeCube?"]
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—Underneath everything.
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—How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? (Four)
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«Verbal judo simple secret»
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—Underneath everything.
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—Their whole existence is to prove their parents weren't morons.
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"I believe the truth matters." [From Oprah
Winfrey]
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—Underneath everything.
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—Once you get shit from someone, you'll get it over and over again.
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"You mean the entire six months you spent working with Hillary Rodham
Clinton, she never once discussed Whitewater with you?"
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—That's life!
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—I can't hear you – What did you say?
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"I don't believe you went to Dartmouth."
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—That's life!
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—Bizarre, huh?
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["Where were you born?" "Dodge City."] "I don't
believe it."
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—That's life!
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—Believe me ... I want you to try harder.
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"Well, I find that hard to believe."
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—Must be.
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—Because that's the way it was.
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"I just wish I could believe you."
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—Underneath everything.
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—Those stubborn, stubborn facts.
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"It was my job to articulate administration policy."
(–John Roberts in confirmation hearings)
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—Underneath everything.
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—Green is worse than black ... It's not everyone who can get away
with doing what they believe in.
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"What do you do for rest, or relaxation? ... go snorkeling?"
(–Dick Cavett to Janis Joplin)
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—Underneath everything.
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—It's good to see you happy – You don't have to do everything
at once.
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"Do you believe in God?"
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—Never stop.
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—When I hear the Bach B Minor Mass, I know there's a God.
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"I can't believe you!"
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—Underneath everything.
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—When most people have a choice between being safe and having fun,
they choose not to have fun.
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"Your daddy must be a baker because you sure have nice buns."
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—Underneath everything.
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—You're a steady passenger on the banana ship when it leaves for
North Africa every winter.
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[Disapproving looks]
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—Must be.
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—Charming!
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"Focus on your own damn family!"
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—Never stop.
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—Thank God MY mother's dead.
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"You're so honest!"
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—That's life!
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—Now you know how George Washington got to be great.
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"An honest guy."
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—That's life!
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—What's better than that?
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[A piece of apple strudel shoots from the tip of your
tongue across the dining room table into the Chancellor's peach aperitif]
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—That's life!
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—A man of the people, right?
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"How did you manage to do that?"
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—That's life!
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—Always do unto others what your self is doing unto you.
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"Mean People Rule."
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—Never stop.
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—Over what?
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"Taxi1010 is ahead of its time."
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—Must be.
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—A hundred kinds of peppers.
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["What's your profession?"] "I work in a bank."
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—That's life!
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—Don't deny it!
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["What's your profession?"] "I work for UCSF."
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—That's life!
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—Otherwise you obliterate everything that's you.
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"Sounds like a lot of people hate you."
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—Underneath everything.
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—Sometimes when people have really severe pain.
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"Sounds like your parents."
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—Underneath everything.
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—You get a choice – You go to the bathroom or walk through
a mirror.
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"Sounds like a plan."
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—Must be.
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—To a point.
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"Sounds like a winner."
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—Never stop.
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—There's the angel.
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"Have you done your homework?"
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—Never stop.
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—A lot of it is mental.
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"You have a book on the table that's a gem; it's
a book I happen to know a lot about."
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—Must be.
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—Do you want to look at it?
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"Where's my homework?"
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—Underneath everything.
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—If you can't, don't.
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"I want you to wear a condom, because you could
have AIDS."
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—That's life!
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—That happens a lot, you know?
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"If you don't wear a condom, I might give you one of
my dangerous diseases."
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—Never stop.
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—Do it again!
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"Another sunny day!" [Total fog]
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—Underneath everything.
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—A candle just burns four nights.
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"How many days do you drive?"
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—Never stop.
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—Now we're going to get into money!
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"What time did you start today?"
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—Never stop.
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—Day is night and night is day.
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REFLECTIONS
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04-SEP-1999.
Axioms for a Science of Experience
(1) It depends on what you bring to it.
(2) A common point of view originates in absolute
poverty.
(3) Not concerned with counterfeits of happiness.
(4) A science of the healthy.
(5) Instances of intelligence.
(6) Capability of scouting.
04-SEP-1999.
The Right to Defend Yourself
When another person surprises you at the airport and says, "You look familiar
to me," you have every right to contact an uncivilized and barbaric part of
yourself and shrug it off. "—That's life!" Notice
that the other person's introduction is extremely one-sided, and that they're
relying on your treating them with unearned respect. No one can completely defend
themselves until they can contact their childhood ideals of a wild Indian trusting
nothing but the spirit of life.
Narrow truths dwell in a flatness which is really a lie. An unswerving truth
teller says something like, "I want you to wear a condom, because
you could have AIDS." I try not to sleep with her, and say, "—That's
life!" The devilish liar says, "If you don't wear a condom,
I might give you one of my dangerous diseases." Here, I do anything she asks,
and watch for her imminent demise.
Great truths dwell in an ambiguity which is really the essence of life. Just
as you open your mouth to say something friendly to the German Ambassador's
wife, a piece of apple strudel shoots from the tip of your
tongue across the dining room table into the Chancellor's peach aperitif. Luckily,
people in high places have been coached how to defend themselves. Simultaneously,
on another side of the table, an aide to Mrs. Clinton is being unmercifully
grilled by a hostile Senator, "You mean the entire six months you spent working
with Hillary Rodham Clinton, she never once discussed Whitewater
with you?"
—That's life!
"Well, I find that hard to believe," the Senator
shoots back.
—Must be.
02-JUL-2011.
As follows
CODE WORDS:
[admissions], bank, believe, buns, condom, [confessions], days, [disapproving],
focus, gem, homework, honest, honesty, its, judo, manage, policy, rule, snorkeling,
sounds, start, [strudel], sunny, thread, UCSF, Whitewater
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VIII
Auriga
"Charioteer"
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—Must
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