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Words of Wisdom

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This speech by Alan Watts (1915 - 1973) was probably recorded sometime in the early 1970s (since he mentioned a coming energy crisis), which would have been not too long before his death. What he said is still as relevant today as it was back then. I will post some more of these later.

Note: The title is a bit clickbaity, but the video is definitely worth listening to.

https://youtu.be/eR2FFb6Zg9Q

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Alan Watts - The Principle of Not Forcing

https://youtu.be/ZzaUGhhnlQ8

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Chazz Palminteri:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_OuNOxZEEqs?feature=share

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Why I Choose to Live a "Boring" Life

https://youtu.be/4wv4wEBAY8Q

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"There's no atheists in a foxhole."
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"Bahala Na," Come What May..... I'm ready for the worst, may God spare me, bring it!
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Interesting that you bring up a guy named "Alan Watts". Because there is a guy I've followed over the years that I've heard on various podcast networks and his name is Alan Watt ( minis the S on the end). And he just recently passed away.

The other guy Alan Watt was one of the very best guys I've ever heard that is so knowledgeable so many types of corruption within our system. I encourage Jim and all the rest of you to check out "Alan Watt" and you can find a lot of his old stuff on www.bitchute.com.

I must admit I'm not familiar with this guy that Jim mentioned named "Alan Watts"
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"Impunity is the greatest encouragement of crime."
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I always liked " failing to prepare is preparing to fail" ( I think that's how it went 🤔 )
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"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
~ George Orwell
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Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow. -- Frank Zappa
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"When bad men combine, the good must associate, else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
- Edmund Burke
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"What we do in life echoes in eternity."
- Maximus Decimus Meridius [Gladiator]
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“For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of **** itself, and against such not even the legions of **** can stand.”
― Robert E. Howard
I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on ALL that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! (John Adams regarding the White House)

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Else, wherefore born?" (Tennyson)



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Any fool can make a dollar but, it takes a wise man to keep it -
If only i would listen 😆
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Winners never Quit, Quitters never Win.
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What the **** is happening to me. I kept waiting for the "I live my life Boring" to start taking her top off. I guess my words of wisdom are that too much time on a computer can do things to your mind. Take some reality and turn the internet off . :)
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Don't trip over something behind you
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At some time in the life cycle of virtually every organization, it's ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out.
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"Tough times create strong men, strong men create easy times, easy times create weak men, weak men create tough times..."
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