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Old Jan 16, 2002 | 08:04 PM
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Accept that some days you're the pigeon and some days the statue.
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
My "reality check" bounced.
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car.
Good news is just life's way of keeping you off balance.
Carelessly planned projects take three times longer to complete than expected. Carefully planned projects take four times longer to complete than expected, mostly because the planners expect their planning to reduce the time it takes.
God did not create the world in 7 days; he messed around for 6 days and then pulled an all-nighter.
Stupidity got us into this mess - why can't it get us out?
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They both should be changed regularly and for the same reason.
People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
I don't mind going nowhere as long as it's an interesting path.
Indecision is the key to flexibility.
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is.
I don't get even, I get odder.
In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
I considered atheism, but there were just too few holidays.
I always wanted to be a procrastinator, but never got around to it.
My inferiority complex is not as good as yours.
I am having an out-of-money experience.
I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
A day without sunshine is like night.
I have kleptomania and, when it gets bad, I take something for it.
If marriage were outlawed, only outlaws would have in-laws.
There's no need to have a fear of falling - it's the sudden stop at the bottom that warrants the fear.
Birthdays are good for you - the more you have the longer you live.

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Old Jan 16, 2002 | 10:39 PM
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Some good ones in there.
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Old Jan 16, 2002 | 11:07 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mYuuki
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My "reality check" bounced.
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Old Jan 16, 2002 | 11:27 PM
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I think the company I work for is good at:

Carelessly planned projects take three times longer to complete than expected. Carefully planned projects take four times longer to complete than expected, mostly because the planners expect their planning to reduce the time it takes.


We are always late.....
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