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I'm not quite sure what to make of the Nietzsche quote..., anyone know what it roughly means?
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It's from the prologue of Also sprach Zarathustra:
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I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star. I tell you: ye have still chaos in you.
Alas! There cometh the time when man will no longer give birth to any star. Alas! There cometh the time of the most despicable man, who can no longer despise himself.
Zarathustra is telling the people to get up off their lazy asses and do something worthwhile before it's too late, otherwise mankind will turn into a bunch of Big-Brother watching, X-Factor idolizing losers.
At least, that's what I think he's telling them 
Or, you can't be creative if you become complacent. You need to have a bit of unpredictability in you. (I think.)
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I think David has it right. At least, I interpret it the same way.
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I think David has it right. At least, I interpret it the same way.
Agreed.
I also think Meadows might just be a card-carrying member of the Cynics Club. 
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How old is your copy, David? Mine is called Thus Speaks Zarathrusta, which is slightly more modern - translated so even idiots can understand, perhaps.
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Also Sprach Zarathustra is the German title. My translation is called Thus Spake Zarathrusta (note archaic spelling of Spake) from 1999.
It's really hard work to read. It's all in archaic "Biblical" English, which is what Nietzsche apparently used (well, archaic German, obviously).
To be honest, I'm not at all sure I understood it all. I was discussing it with a friend last night (prompted by your quote) and she recommended I don't read Man and Superman because it's even worse 
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3/5/2009, 2:33 pm
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I wonder if this quote is related to the one from Zarathustra then some how.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
-- Aristotle
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3/5/2009, 5:00 pm
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Well I have the Wordsworth classic, £2 from my local Amazing Bookstore - gotta love that shop.
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Well found another interesting quote. 
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." -- Howard Aiken
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3/8/2009, 11:25 pm
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Heh, I remember this one from quite long ago
When in trouble or in doubt,
run in circles, scream and shout.
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3/11/2009, 12:04 am
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Do or do not. There is no try.
Yoda.
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I have a bad feeling about this.
-- Just about everybody at one point or another in the Star Wars universe.
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I think it hasn't been uncommon in some other movies as well. 
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It was Han Solo's trademark line.
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/I_have_a_bad_feeling_about_this
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/I_have_a_bad_feeling_about_this
Made the link clickable.
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I figure this person might have a point with this one, probably...
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones,
as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.
-- La Rochefoucauld
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3/16/2009, 1:37 pm
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Some writers have so many great quotes,
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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3/16/2009, 11:09 pm
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And this one is rather true.
Creativity in living is not without its attendant difficulties, for peculiarity breeds contempt. And the unfortunate thing about being ahead of your time when people finally realize you were right, they'll say it was obvious all along.
-- Alan Ashley-Pitt
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3/17/2009, 11:08 am
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Okay, Corv, whoa - that's quite nerdy and scary.
I was referring to the NJO novel (can't remember the title, the first NJO novel) when Anakin points out that Han always says it. It is, he says, Han's trademark line.
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Okay, Corv, whoa - that's quite nerdy and scary
It's terrifying what Google turns up, sometimes.
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Judith Tarr, on Twitter:
Today is the first day of the rest of my ms.
That makes me want to write. 
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That sounds like a good idea. 
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Heh, I remember this one from quite long ago
When in trouble or in doubt,
run in circles, scream and shout.
The original version of that one is an old military adage and goes:
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. 
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Fascinating, I guess the military has a long history of experience with this then. 
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3/26/2009, 2:16 pm
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I found this quote interesting.
The meek shall inherit the earth; the rest of us, the Universe.
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This one is clever.
The only difference in the game of love over the last few thousand years is that they've changed trumps from clubs to diamonds. -- The Indianapolis Star
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I've never seen the word "troglodyte" used as an adjective before this:
Man is not troglodytic by nature; his soul food includes at least a partial diet of open spaces. -- Grant Callin in "Saturnalia"
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Not sure what to think of this quote...
The fact that it works is immaterial.
-- L. Ogborn
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4/28/2009, 4:51 pm
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Not sure what to think of this quote...
The fact that it works is immaterial.
-- L. Ogborn
That just sounds like it needs some context. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense as is, you know?
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