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Barry Krusch
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1994 by Barry Krusch
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Caslon 540 Roman
+Hh+The first idea is to reject the first idea.
*$+If no one goes first, no one goes anywhere.
*$*Know what the score is before you give up.
*$(Only dead salmon float with the current.
*$.You don't make a difference by being the same.
The Inner You wants
H6No one ever struck oil just by scratching the surface.
Every hammer makes a dent.
When you mine, mine gold.
Polish every gem.
Young forks define cement.
Seal off the wrong roads.
*$KIf you travel down the same path, don't be surprised when you arrive at the
same destination.
*$&What some do easily, others do hardly.
*$7You
re dealing with someone who needs to be dealt with.
*$&They thought pain was part of the job.
A warning is a courtesy.
Caslon 540 Roman
+HV#Revenge is a form of communication.
Language is compiled time.
*$KIf he talked to you so that you knew he knew what he was talking about, you
(wouldn
t know what he was talking about!
*$2Arrogance is the price you pay for being superior.
Whole lotta low.
*$0His lack of class puts him in a different class.
Inertia doesn't need your help.
Roots are under the ground.
Cult is short for culture.
*$(Capitalism is a philosophy of education.
*$2All history is the attempt to escape from history.
*$?It's hard to feel like a person when you're a cog in the wheel.
*$'Slow suicide is not a viable lifestyle.
*$:Rationalization is a lack of will masquerading as thought.
Every follower leads others.
*$)He turns off people better off turned on.
*$&Money pollutes the nature of exchange.
*$=You didn't think OF it because you weren't thinking ABOUT it.
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+Hh?Some people say "we're behind you" when they're standing on the
sidelines.
*$DThe paper-house of rationalization is blown away by the hurricane of
plausibility.
*$@The sandcastles of resolve are eroded by the waves of subsequent
experience.
*$&Pounds of promises, ounces of results.
*$5Step furtively into the territory of the inauthentic.
*$HCompromise with mediocrity and you get something a little less mediocre.
*$+Today's fashion is tomorrow's cut-out rack.
*$1The fresher it is, the more dated it will become.
*$-The stronger the dog, the stronger the leash.
*$1If ignorance were bliss, Earth would be Paradise.
*$-There's nothing more real than a possibility.
*$/Every objection brings us closer to the answer.
*$HThe word "can" makes mountains of molehills, and molehills of mountains.
*$&Christ is the guy nailed to the cross.
*$&Posit an end which demands your means.
*$!People who do nothing go nowhere.
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+HV>The longer you take to fix it, the longer it will take to fix.
*$?No better way to suffocate than to stick your head in the sand.
*$.The more you learn, the less wrong you become.
*$&Don't give up power to become a slave.
*$9If eternal Heaven is possible, eternal Purgatory is Hell.
*$.When you sit in front of the TV, feel nervous.
*$.They're light years away from that perception.
*$#A good society is the best therapy.
*$8Sometimes to change reality, you have to ignore reality.
*$KFear of courage (afraid his courage will lead him into fearful situations).
People stuck at the
 never move on to the
H#The tool is fighting the blueprint.
*$,They go after you because you're the target.
*$#Jealousy is the father of marriage.
What rubs off, wears off.
*$PIf you never fire a shot, you'll never know that your gun is loaded with blanks.
*$+Easy discourse censors difficult discourse.
*$!You've got to be good to survive.
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+HV'Good writing is a record of liberation.
*$8He plays the same game, but he's not in the same league.
Perception is an effort.
Tone makes all the difference.
*$.Isolation punctuated with bouts of friendship.
The deformed avoid mirrors.
*$-They only let you in when you're one of them.
*$$Be on the cutting edge of Evolution.
Prepare or repair.
Your category is too small.
*$FOn seeing with your ears: sometimes you see things which aren't there.
*$)Probability weighs more than possibility.
Guilt is insight.
*$8The visitor's view is more accurate than the resident's.
Stupidity is a choice.
*$IYou're not only affected by your environment, but the environment of your
father and grandfather.
*$N"Never show half-completed work to a fool": a message not only to artists, but
also to fools.
Caslon 540 Roman
+HVEThe truth of a statement is independent of the fact of its utterance.
*$OIf you don't want him to push you off a cliff, tie yourself to him with a rope.
*$MA piece in the jigsaw puzzle may be tiny, but if you don't have it, you can't
complete the puzzle.
*$ESome people let minor problems stop them from solving major problems.
People who
nothing
 criticizing people who do
    something
 for not doing
everything
H)Knowledge is the clay, not the sculpture.
*$@Whatever is happening is one phenomenon multiplied by a million.
*$/At the pinnacle, the air is purer, but thinner.
You win wars by losing battles.
*$<Loyalty to structure can require disloyalty to substructure.
*$KThe people who make the rules don't have to live around the people affected
by the rules.
*$4"Discouraged" means just what it says: dis-COURAGED.
Entropy is half the story.
*$-Unlock enough doors, more light gets through.
*$PIn every 25 year old there's a 20 year old and a 30 year old fighting for power.
*$0Football is popular because it fills many slots.
A legal
fiction
 is a
legal
     fiction.
Caslon 540 Roman
+HV#Policies degenerate into lotteries.
*$KProverbs are prevalent because the activities inspiring them are prevalent.
*$&They don't have the desire for desire.
*$3Too many people are satisfied with being satisfied.
*$MTwo goals: one, to get to the top of the mountain; two, to take a step.  Both
will get you there.
*$OFunny thing about responsibility; it's yours regardless of whether you want it,
%and even if you don't acknowledge it.
*$(The first rung is all too often missing.
*$PThe idea was to make progress, not recapitulate the rituals of our gorilla-based
ancestors.
*$LYou can tell the lake is dead when the fish float to the top; the idea is to
intervene before that happens.
*$    Give the
tools
 of change to the
agents
 of change.
H9You're not going to get 4 until you put 2 and 2 together.
*$IYou'd like to have it both ways, but, alas, if 2 + 2 = 4, then 2 + 2
*$9A new kind of cannibal: the cannibal that devours itself.
*$&Pessimism is thorazine for the masses.
Culture is what we condone.
*$NA
difference of degree
 is what separates an ice cube from a puddle of water.
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Democracy is not walking by.
*$"The people abdicated their throne.
*$:They're hanging on by a thread; but it's one tough thread.
You need your help.
*$'A point well-made should be well-taken.
Every lamp needs an outlet.
*$1Their knowledge changes when the channel changes.
*$;If half the bills are counterfeit, yours becomes worthless.
The grapes were never sour.
*$=People who wallow too much in the mud start acting like hogs.
Progress through process.
No one stays on the tightrope.
*$!Justice is the cheapest solution.
*$(They're angels  because they have wings.
Tune out, you're out.
Fear is the sweat of ignorance.
*$)As we dive deeper, the ocean gets deeper.
*$$Safety nets breed tightrope walkers.
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+HV*A cavalry without guns is a pitiful sight.
*$'They're shooting at decoys with blanks.
*$HWhy did they throw the dog a bone?  Because the dog was SATISFIED with a
bone.
*$!Every criminal was once a victim.
*$>They say the food has no taste when they can't taste the food.
*$)To HAVE confidence you must BE confident.
Christmas is wearing off.
You know God when you know.
*$#Hell is created in dribs and drabs.
*$,It's a mystery because you don't understand.
*$9The Tin Rule: Treat others the way you have been treated.
*$NSome attempt to do with nerves of steel what is best attempted with a vault of
gold.
*$%Stability has high opportunity costs.
*$0A bad system is a trouble-manufacturing machine.
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H0Behind every man is a woman, waiting to get out.
*$!The lady doth protest not enough.
This land is not your land.
He gambled and you lost.
You get what you don't pay for.
*$*They slip us into something uncomfortable.
*$#Don't feed the hand that bites you.
*$#Put your mouth where your money is.
*$/If you do the time, you've got to do the crime.
Might makes wrong.
*$EIt's impossible to keep your chin up and your nose to the grindstone.
*$!Evasions speak louder than words.
He who irritates is lost.
*$&Your lack of knowledge is their power.
*$!What you don't know can kill you.
*$)Angels rush in where fools fear to tread.
*$9While some go out on a limb, others chop down the branch.
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+HV9In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is reviled.
I am, therefore I think.
*$ As you slow, so shall you creep.
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