Sunday, October 27, 2024

The Frictionary # 1071

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10246. It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. (Max Eastman)

10247. The smile is the kiss of the soul. (Michel Bouthot)

10248. When trust is untestable, it becomes faith. (Anthony Magnabosco)

10249. What separates/ and what binds at the same time/ The limit. (Dora LIbellule)

10250. No wonder scoundrels find refuge in patriotism, it offers them immunity from criticism. (Bill Moyers)

10251. Future is everything the past has forgotten. (Søren Kierkegaard)

10252. I have a photographic memory but in all of my memories, my thumb is in the way. (Brian Kiley)

10253. The Devil exists, he hides in our ignorance. (Joseph Denize)

10254. The two unwritten rules for life: 1:__________ 2:____________. (?)

10255. Grief is just love with no place to go. (Jamie Anderson)

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

The Frictionary # 1070

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10236. We believe that the days go by, if we think carefully we are only just today. (Philippe Geluck)

10237. The president of Mexico just announced they're going to build a big ladder and America is going to pay for it. (Dana Gould)

10238. Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go. (Mooji)

10239. Politicians are like sperm. One in a million turns out to be a human being. (DAX)

10240. Poetry is everywhere as God is nowhere. (Jacques Prévert)

10241. I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. (Jack Benny)

10242. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river. (Jorge Luis Borgès)

10243. Most passport pictures are good likenesses, and it's time we faced it. (Katherine Brush)

10244. Being alone has become a shameful disease. Why does everyone run away from loneliness? Because it forces people to think. (?)

10245. A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. (English proverb)

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

The Frictionary # 1069

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10226. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. (Robert M. Pirsig)

10227. The body is the parasite of the soul. (Jean Cocteau)

10228. A trump: any amount of time that seems way longer than it is, due to how horrible an experience it is. (Adam Gordon)

10229. If you see the light at the end of the funnel, you're going down. (Réjean Lévesque)

10230. A language is a custodian of yesterday's whispers. Also, its laments and laughter. (Anu Garg)

10231. Any revelation of a secret is the fault of the person who gave it. (Jean de La Bruyère)

10232. Scientists have discovered exactly how much sleep an average person needs: Just five minutes more. (Awkward Guy)

10233. The present is the time it takes the future to tell us goodbye. (Marc Brillat-Savarin)

10234. Instagram is just scrapbooking for millennials. (?)

10235. You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. (Jessica Mitford)

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Sunday, October 06, 2024

The Frictionary # 1068

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10216. Real happiness would be to remember the present. (Jules Renard)

10217. We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. (Stewart Udall)

10218. If all the assholes could fly...it would be dark. (Coluche)

10219. If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers. (Thomas Pynchon)

10220. Good taste is made of a thousand dislikes. (Paul Valéry)

10221. The best memories come from bad ideas done with best friends. (Word Porn)

10222. Aging is knowing the cost of things, relationships, men. (Réjean Lévesque)

10223. The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money costs less. (Brendan Behan)

10224. Hammock: giant net for catching lazy people. (Jim Gaffigan)

10225. Zero is where the fun starts. There's too much counting everywhere else. (Hafiz)

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