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"The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal---or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be."

Elizabeth Peters
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There's nothing quite like the unblinking stare of a feline.
Robert Waltz Author Icon - Oh, I know this too well. *Smile*
Maid of the Mist Most Macabre Author Icon - Most definitely....lol
"Think before you speak. Read before you think."

Fran Lebowitz
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There is a saying. [If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.]

Careful speaking and reading with research and a lot reasoning go a long way toward a peaceful existence.
dogpack saving 4premium+ Author Icon - I use that term at times. It makes a lot of sense.

Yes it does go a long way. If more people practiced it, the world would be much better place.*Smile*
"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."

Rick Riordan
"Never memorize something that you can look up."

Albert Einstein
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As a kid, I never memorised my name as it was on labels stitched into my clothes. I was 17 before I realised I wasn't called Hand Wash Only.
Dave Ryan Author Icon - I learned my name first, address, tele# and then the clock. Mine read made in Kalamazoo. *Laugh*
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

George Bernard Shaw
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Richard 😀🎵 Author Icon - If a person thinks they need to be, more power to them and good luck as well to them. I'm the finished product I'm satisfied with. No more creating or recreating. *Smile*
I am a self made man. I just lost the instructions.
Ichabod Crane Author Icon - I know. I'm the one who stole the instructions *Rolling*
"Cats are people, and the sooner the world accepts that fact, the better off the world will be."

H. Allen Smith
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Our feline overlords would be heavily insulted at being lowered to "people."
Robert Waltz Author Icon - That's why I consider them family. *Cool*
Dave  Author Icon
So are dogs.
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who only dream at night."

Edgar Allan Poe
"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans."

Allen Saunders
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We don't make plans — we plot!
Oh so true!
Monkeyshines 🍌 🙈🙉🙊 Author Icon - Stop Monkeying Around Then and Get Down To It!!! *Rolling*
"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known."

Chuck Palahniuk
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Here's a brainteaser for all you mathematicians out there:

Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed.
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Ichabod Crane Author Icon - You got it my friend.
Angelica Weatherby- Thankful Author Icon - Just off my 22. Ichabod got it right.
Since Ichabod Crane Author Icon got it correct this is the formula: 45 (1/5 of 45 = 9, 9 + 45 = 54)
"You have to be willing to get happy about nothing."

Andy Warhol
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

Oscar Wilde
"Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more."

Laurell K. Hamilton
"Flexibility requires and open mind and a welcoming of new alternatives."

Deborah Day
"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate."

Linda Grayson
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Robert Waltz Author Icon - It's ok. We can supply the beer as well. Chocolate I have plenty of. Milk and Dark, so everyone has their choice. *Bigsmile*
So true.
Adherennium Author Icon - If they have dark chocolate, they own me for life....lol
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