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#289660 - 12/15/04 10:12 PM
Motto
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Do you have a Motto you live by? I read this the other day and thought it was great. I was going to have it as my signature line but it is too many characters.
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, drink in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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#289662 - 12/15/04 10:33 PM
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My dad had three sayings he enjoyed using: 1) This, too, shall pass. 2) Don't talk unless you can improve on the silence. **and my favorite, 3) I just want to live long enough to be a burden to my kids  ** I do really like Z's tag line regarding being kind & fighting hard battles. Good stuff !!! Oh, and one from Steven Wright that I can frequently relate to: "You know when you're rocking in a rocking chair, and you go so far that you almost fall over backwards, but at the last instant you catch yourself? That's how I feel all the time."
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#289663 - 12/15/04 10:33 PM
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With enough duct tape and cuss words, noe can fix anything!
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#289664 - 12/15/04 10:53 PM
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"Do NOT F with me." This one is particularly good if I'm in full Mama Bear mode.
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#289665 - 12/15/04 11:13 PM
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I saw a good one once:
Live your life so that even the undertaker will be sad to see you die.
- I like Z's signature line motto also!
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#289666 - 12/15/04 11:15 PM
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I found this in a book that I checked out from my church library. A copy of it is kept on my computer to remind me:
"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."
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#289667 - 12/15/04 11:18 PM
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When men plan, God laughs.
(It's probably the same with women.) 
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#289668 - 12/15/04 11:19 PM
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"What's a motto?? Nothing, What's a motto with you?" -The Lion King I just couldn't resist...
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#289669 - 12/15/04 11:29 PM
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Nikko, I got that one too ---- it makes me think of Dawnie. (Gotta get a life.) I like this one too,
"A friend will bail you out of jail, a good friend will be sitting in jail with you saying, D***, that was fun!"
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#289670 - 12/16/04 12:42 AM
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but. . ."
That was the end line of an E-mail I got the other day. The rest of it is on nutrition.
With the Holiday season if full swing, it's important to think about nutrition. The following are some FAQ's that were provided by a nutrition expert. I need all the help I can get with food, and this cleared up a lot of misconceptions. Happy Holidays!
Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans ... another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets and remember, "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride!"
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#289671 - 12/16/04 12:42 AM
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I love your motto Nikko. I have a shorter version  It's better to burn out than it is to fade away. OR If you ain't living on the edge, you're taking up too much room. Work Motto: A meeting is an event where the hours are lost, but the minutes are kept. And one serious life motto: "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything" Then this one, which you really have to think about to get "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of the pox !" "That, my Lord, depends on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress" John Wilkes to The Earl of Sandwich, Parliament, November 1763
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#289672 - 12/16/04 12:52 AM
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Quote:
"What's a motto??
Nothing, What's a motto with you?"
-The Lion King
I just couldn't resist...
"That which does not kill you, makes you stronger..."
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#289673 - 12/16/04 12:53 AM
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"We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse."
"Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else."
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#289674 - 12/16/04 01:49 PM
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"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****"
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#289675 - 12/16/04 01:51 PM
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Don't trust anyone. Believe in yourself.
Life is what I make it to be.
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#289678 - 12/16/04 03:06 PM
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renniks, I have an add on to your first motto.
"Don't sweat the small stuff. It's all small stuff."
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#289680 - 12/16/04 04:34 PM
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Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
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#289681 - 12/16/04 04:41 PM
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Great line, again MR/Ms Pharaoh...wasn't it from George Carlin?
- your friendly neighborhood BOL User
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#289682 - 12/16/04 04:55 PM
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"Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else."
I love that line.
Do what Jesus would do.
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#289683 - 12/16/04 05:04 PM
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I borrowed this from Fight Club:
To slide: to let those things that truely do not matter, go.
and from Waking Life:
The sea refuses no river.
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#289685 - 12/16/04 05:26 PM
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"Play like a Champion today" - in all I do.
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#289686 - 12/16/04 05:35 PM
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If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything.
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#289687 - 12/16/04 06:04 PM
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"all you have to do, is decide what to do with the time that is given to you"
- gandalf
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#289688 - 12/16/04 09:31 PM
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"live free or die" --- new hampshire licence plate
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#289689 - 12/16/04 10:19 PM
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Life is too short. Live each day, be happy, don't waste time on anger and negativity. Smile and LAUGH!
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#289690 - 12/16/04 10:42 PM
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You'll never make any friends unless you talk to someone
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#289691 - 12/16/04 11:01 PM
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#289693 - 12/17/04 09:44 PM
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent-E.Roosevelt.
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#289694 - 12/17/04 10:00 PM
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You can never have too many cookies
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#289695 - 12/17/04 10:08 PM
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One of those geneology companies did a work-up of my mother's family. The motto on our shield was "Death before dishonour." I have always tried to live by that one.
I have struggled for many years with an over-developed sense of skepticism (any wonder, the business I'm in?). But I try to live these days remembering this: "I may not be able to control the events in my life, but I have total control over how I react to the events of my life."
Apply this one to work. It's why I'm still in compliance after all these years: "Life is short. If you aren't having fun doing what you're doing, do something else."
And finally, the words of Thomas More, Chancellor of England under Henry VIII. This came into my head because of part another thread today. More was beheaded for the "treasonous" act of refusing to take an oath that proclaimed the primacy of the King over the Church in England (and that the Kin's children by Anne Boleyn were legitimate heirs to the British throne). His last words are something we should all remember. "I am the King's true servant. But God's first."
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#289696 - 12/17/04 10:13 PM
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Leave every place better than you found it.
(From Girl Scouts I think.)
Work hard, play hard.
It's not the position you hold or the title you possess, it's the difference you make that counts.
Sleep when you die.
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#289697 - 12/17/04 10:16 PM
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"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****"
Hey that's my boss' motto! Too bad he doesn't do either of those things very well!
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#289698 - 12/17/04 10:44 PM
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Honesty is the best policy.
A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
I don't have ulcers; I give them.
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#289699 - 12/17/04 11:30 PM
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My family motto (Scottish Kennedy) is Avise la Fin - "Consider the End". Not a bad one.
My own motto is "Strike while the iron is hot".
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#289700 - 12/17/04 11:58 PM
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Live by the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules.
From my time in the Army:
We the unwilling
Lead by the unknowing
Have done so much
With so little
That we are now qualified to do any thing with nothing.
(kinda like compliance at budget time too)
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Rules and Regs minus Relationships equals Resentment and Rebellion. John Maxwell
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#289701 - 12/18/04 12:12 AM
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"Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And live every day as if it were your last". -Irish Proverb hanging above my toilet
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#289702 - 12/18/04 11:57 AM
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Quote:
Quote:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but. . ."
That was the end line of an E-mail I got the other day. The rest of it is on nutrition.
With the Holiday season if full swing, it's important to think about nutrition. The following are some FAQ's that were provided by a nutrition expert. I need all the help I can get with food, and this cleared up a lot of misconceptions. Happy Holidays!
Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans ... another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets and remember, "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride!"
Those are totally hilarious and great to live by. I love that way of thinking.
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#289703 - 12/18/04 03:38 PM
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My company Motto
"People and the decisions they make are only as good as the information they have access to."
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#289704 - 12/20/04 07:06 PM
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"The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first."
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#289709 - 12/20/04 08:50 PM
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Live by the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules.
From my time in the Army:
We the unwilling
Lead by the unknowing
Have done so much
With so little
That we are now qualified to do any thing with nothing.
(kinda like compliance at budget time too)
Andy, I remember that one! but I think you forgot a line...
We the unwilling..
Lead by the unknowing..
Are doing the impossible...
For the ungrateful.
We have done so much..
For so long...
With so little...
That we are now qualified to do any thing with nothing.
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#289710 - 12/20/04 08:51 PM
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This is probably one of my most favorite quotes. It was made by Galileo and it always reminds me that I should not overlook the little things that are right in front of me. They are just as important as the big picture, and in fact, they help make up the big picture.
"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do."
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#289711 - 12/20/04 08:52 PM
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This is the compliance officer's motto: "Why is there never enough time to do it right the first time, but always time enough to correct it?"
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#289713 - 12/20/04 08:59 PM
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This is my motto
Of course I don't look busy....I did it right the first time."
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#289714 - 12/20/04 09:00 PM
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This is another one I try to live by (except I'm a girl):
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
Albert Einstein
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#289715 - 12/20/04 09:33 PM
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This is the compliance officer's motto: "Why is there never enough time to do it right the first time, but always time enough to correct it?"
LOL, so true! How about "Do you want it right or do you want it right away...take your pick?"
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#289716 - 12/20/04 09:58 PM
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I've seen the following at various automobile repair shops:
"Good work isn't cheap and cheap work isn't good."
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#289717 - 12/20/04 09:59 PM
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"Life's a Bit**, Law's an Ass - ride them both to the maximum till you get thrown off"
Just made that up!
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#289718 - 12/20/04 10:22 PM
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Live well, Laugh often and Love much, all one day at a time!! 
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#289719 - 12/20/04 10:27 PM
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One that has always helped me to stay focused in the most trying of situations:
"Time heals everything"
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#289721 - 12/21/04 12:36 AM
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Are you talking about Dave's big head again??
Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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#289722 - 12/21/04 02:31 PM
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"God is watching...look busy!"
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#289723 - 12/21/04 04:44 PM
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Quote:
"The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first."
I've never heard that one... that's is so true!
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#289725 - 01/08/05 05:23 PM
Re: Motto
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shoot first, ask questions later
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