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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:45 PM
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Lumious beings are we ...not this crude matter
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:48 PM
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Yoda.
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:49 PM
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Lumious beings are we ...not this crude matter
Dom Toretto :chuckles:
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:50 PM
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Originally posted by qtiger
Yoda.
congrats

now how about

it was teh best of times it was teh worst of times
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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Originally posted by thewretchedbeaver
congrats

now how about

it was teh best of times it was teh worst of times
Brian Spillner, Spillman. whatever.
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:54 PM
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Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities.

Of course it's been used a thousand times since.
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by qtiger
Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities.

Of course it's been used a thousand times since.
but most people don't actually know where it came from though

here's a stinker

But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited?...Are we or they Lords of the World?...And how are all things made for man?
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 10:59 PM
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Oooh, harsh. HG Wells, War of the Worlds.
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 11:02 PM
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Originally posted by qtiger
Oooh, harsh. HG Wells, War of the Worlds.
good call, but actualy james keplar said it, HG Wells used in his book, i see i'll have to raise the bar even higher this time

"the wise man is the man who knows that he doesn't know"
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 11:04 PM
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Gonna go for Socrates on this one.
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