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21-04-2010, 06:36
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Originally Posted by Lucky Larry
"We Sleep Safe In Our Beds because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those that would do us harm."
Author: George Orwell ... |
Probably not Orwell, though most commomnly attributed to him.
Though it is a great thought; I can find no confirmation that Orwell ever actually said these exact words.
In his essay on Rudyard Kipling (1942), Orwell wrote: "[Kipling] sees clearly that men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilised, are there to guard and feed them."*
And in his "Notes on Nationalism" (1945) he wrote: "Those who 'abjure' violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf."
* "Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep" - Rudyard Kipling (“Tommy”)
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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21-04-2010, 08:07
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#152
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Panama
Boat: Steel trawler 63' Eileen Farrell
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Polo is my life HST
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28-07-2010, 01:18
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#153
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Location: Miami, FL
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What is worst, ignorance or indifference?
 I don't know and I don't care!!!!
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s/v ITA
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28-07-2010, 01:45
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#154
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: on board
Boat: hallberg-rassy 54, zeno
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in a nation of sheep, one brave man is majority
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28-07-2010, 02:07
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#155
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Location: Virginia, USA & Krabi, Thailand
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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
Robert A. Heinlein
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Mundis Ex Igne Factus Est
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28-07-2010, 13:21
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#156
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Boat in Panama
Boat: Vandestadt ketch 42
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Two of Shakespeare's....
He who has the steerage of my course; direct my sail...
Romeo and Juliet
no sooner met but they looked, no sooner looked but they loved, no sooner loved but they sighed, no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason, no
sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy.
As you like it.
Alan
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28-07-2010, 15:29
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#157
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: St. Georges, Bda
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People say I have ADD, but let me explain!--Hey look!! a chicken. (unknown)
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29-07-2010, 03:22
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#158
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Location: gippsland/australia
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If you make it idiot proof they will make a better idiot.Greg
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31-07-2010, 19:06
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#159
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Location: Niagara on the Lake Canada
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You know what they say... Freinds in need, Are a pest get rid of em! unknown (but loved)
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31-07-2010, 19:41
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#160
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Texas..soon to be where ever I want
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"hold my beer and watch this ****"
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ADACES FORTUNA IUVAT
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02-03-2014, 23:30
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#161
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Thailand and Laos
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Re: Favorite Quote
Alice: Have I gone mad
The Mad Hatter: I'm afraid so, you're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
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"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde
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03-03-2014, 08:37
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#162
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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Re: Favorite Quote
"I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. What is reality? Nothing but a collective hunch." - Lily Tomlin
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03-03-2014, 08:56
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#163
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Re: Favorite Quote
“The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese"
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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Broads and Boats. The rest I wasted" - Elmore Leonard
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30-10-2014, 05:46
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#164
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Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
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Re: Favorite Quote
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken main halyard and a leaky toilet valve.
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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30-10-2014, 06:14
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#165
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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Re: Favorite Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave the Canuck
Never play cards with a guy named "Doc", never eat at a restaurant called "Mom's", and never go to bed with someone who has more problems than you do. |
I remember first reading that quote in "The Monkey-wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey. 
My favorite is:
"Best thing to do is to get her out on the ocean. If anything's going to happen, it's going to happen out there." Ron Rico.
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