Considered Opinions

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“Regret is just a memory written on my brow, and there’s nothing I can do about it now.”
– Beth Nielsen Chapman – 1989^[i]… and notably sung by Willie Nelson

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“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche

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“He is a brave man, having the courage to let history pass him by.”^[ii]I can’t find it but I am pretty sure he said it about one of his contemporaries in the 1970s.
– Milton Friedman

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“It’s morning again in America.”
– Ronald Reagan – 1984

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“It’s mourning again in America.”
– Joe Biden – 2022^[iii]He probably didn’t actually say that because he was totally unaware.

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“Chinese have been practicing acupuncture for 2300 years, therefore it must work”, is like saying, “Druids have been worshiping mistletoe for 2000 years, therefore it must be holy and all-powerful”.
– Jim, circa 2000

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“It’s just been hooray-boys all day”.^[iv]… taken from Doris Wyatt, neighbor.
– Mom – 1950s through 1990s

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“It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.”^[v]… referring to Lib-ralls
– Ronald Reagan

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“Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
– Harry S. Truman

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“Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone,
let’s pretend that we’re together all alone,
I’ll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low,
and you can tell your friend there with you, he’ll have to go.”
– Jim Reeves, October 15, 1959^[vi]Written by Joe and Audrey Allison

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“I was nervous as a Bullfrog at a square dance but when I finally asked her to dance she kicked up like a Iong-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.”
– Ron Grindstaff^[vii]… my old friend from southern Indiana. – 1970s

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“Always respect your elders.”^[viii]My problem is it’s getting harder and harder to find one.
– Mom

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“They might look like turkey turds but they are hell for strength.”^[ix]… referring to the quality of his welding on tractors and such.
– Bill Matney

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“I don’t know, but he’s got a lot of dog in him.”^[x]… responding to a question regarding his dog “Spud’s” breed.
– Earl Matney

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“Always walk alongside your elephant. If you get ahead, you get stepped on. If you get behind, you get shit on.”
– Nate Sundaram – 1980s

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The Cat in the Hat is a shit-disturber and should be killed TEN times for good measure.
– Thurgood Marshal

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Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people seem bright until you hear them speak.
– Albert Einstein^[xi]Ok; he didn’t actually say it but he was thinking about it.

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Let’s meet at that big Oak tree down by the river. If you get there first, leave a mark on the rock. If I get there first, I will rub it out.
– Dad

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God bless the poor and ignorant people in the world, and God damn those who insist on remaining that way.
– Harry Shively – 1950s

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“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”.
– Reinhold Niebuhr
  Lutheran theologian (1892–1971)