You can do anything if you set your mind to it.
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 04:35
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That's why you see so many people who can fly. Thoughts? Posts: 794 | Registered: Tuesday, October 11 2005 07:00 |
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For Carnage, Apply Within
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 10:14
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"How does it work? Nobody knows. Just like nobody knows how electricity works. I don't, do you?" -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 11:54
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I once met a forty-year-old (presumably) virgin at a bar, and he proudly and profusely told me how he can ejaculate using nothing but the power of his mind. Posts: 353 | Registered: Monday, January 9 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 13:01
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It is not too hard to get mind and hand confused under the influence of alcohol. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 14:17
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quote:Please, explain. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 14:44
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...wow. I feel nauseous after reading that. Another entry on the list of reasons I don't really like Oprah. The site clearly has a bias, but even after filtering that out this is pretty bad... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 15:13
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If that electricity quote is real, it's pretty damning. In fact, if just about any of those quotes are real and not taken from some sort of incredibly exhonerating context, the book is a load of garbage. I don't like passing judgment on something quite that easily, but there it is. And I've never liked Oprah at all. [ Tuesday, March 06, 2007 15:13: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 15:49
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Come on, guys. It's magic. Or Jesus. I tend to think of it as some intricate combination. Powered by MagicJesus! Have you ever noticed how if you add 'rocket' to the beginning of any word it makes it sound cooler? -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft A**wipe' Posts: 702 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 16:10
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quote:Rocketnevertheless! [ Tuesday, March 06, 2007 16:11: Message edited by: The Almighty Do-er of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 16:21
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It's easier to hawk than Donald Trump's secrets to success - start with a rich father and convince other people to give you money to make yourself rich. I didn't even have to waste a day going to his program. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 17:39
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You guys are so jealous it's sick. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 18:00
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I'll admit that I wish I'd thought of a way to peddle mind over matter to make money, but I'll settle for unnecessary alliteration. —Alorael, who read in the NY Times a while ago that the two parties responsible for the book have begun a bitter dispute over rights, methods, and most importantly who gets the money. Apparently their advice hasn't all worked out perfectly for them. As much as they wish each other dead, they're still around. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 18:07
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*reads article* ... And this is why I don't place much faith in humanity. This kind of "spirituality" and "Secrets of Success" rather sickens me. If it's so successful and such a "Secret", why are they sharing it with everyone? If this kind of thing can get me a million dollars, why are you selling it for a pittance compared to that kind of money? I'm disappointed with Oprah. And anyone involved in propagating "The Secret". -------------------- -Zephyr Tempest, your personal entertainer Posts: 1779 | Registered: Monday, December 9 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 19:21
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I am suddenly reminded of Lemmings, with Oprah leading them right off a cliff. *shakes head sadly* I can see the writer's point about Oprah being idolized. Just look at this Wikipedia article about her. There's hardly a bad thing in about her even mentioned! In fact, this was mentioned under Criticisms and controversies: quote:Everyone has some sort of skeleton in their closet. The only difference is how skilled a person is in hiding it. The thing is, she has millions of people around the globe hiding it with their blind adoration of her, so it's not surprising that it's taken this long for something less pleasant to come to light. Even so, the millions of fans who flock around her like some sort of god will more than likely turn a blind eye to this. By the way, I didn't watch that Leadership* Academy special, so tell me: out of the 152 students about to be enrolled, how many were white? *I was half tempted to replace that 'p' with a 't'. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 19:27
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Even ignoring the whole 'positive thoughts attract positive results' aspect, the fact remains that this book has the same target audience of most other self-help books: those already well-off. Let's increase everyone's perception of prosperity so that everyone believes that there's something wrong with their lives! -------------------- A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. - Homer I'd blow smoke in the president's stupid monkey face and all he'd do is grooooove on it! - Homer Simpson Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 6 2007 21:05
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That's always been something I don't quite get about the self-help industry... the people who are really far gone, who actually need the help, aren't going to sit down and read a four hundred page book about the power of positive thinking. They're the ones who are going to go to therapy for four years without having a breakthrough, or who will go to rehab and relapse ad nauseum, or who insist that they'll get out of credit card debt by applying for another card. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 00:38
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quote:I'm a fan of this school of thought. You either have it or you don't. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 06:28
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All the people who would believe this book are either illiterate, retarded, or too poor to afford it. [ Wednesday, March 07, 2007 06:28: Message edited by: Dr. Strange ] -------------------- May the fires of Undeath burn in your soul, and consume it. Posts: 1636 | Registered: Wednesday, January 5 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 07:03
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I go out of my way to not watch Oprah, ever. -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 | Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 10:17
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The link refuses to open for me. Although for the looks of it I'm not sure that's a bad thing. I can honestly say I've never watched Oprah. I have no idea what time it's on or on what channel is on. I know who Oprah is for all of the references of her on TV, actually. Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 12:51
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Oprah is a relatively good person, for a celebrity. That leadership school in Africa looks nice. But she's too optimistic and hopeful. Sometimes she even seems naive. -------------------- May the fires of Undeath burn in your soul, and consume it. Posts: 1636 | Registered: Wednesday, January 5 2005 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 16:49
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quote:I really, truly did not need to know that. -------------------- You Shall Die Laughing: http://www.worfthecat.ermarian.net/converted The Roost: www.roost01.proboards104.com. Birds of a feather flock together. Posts: 794 | Registered: Thursday, July 27 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 19:39
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quote:So... the poor are more likely to fall for this because...? quote:No, that's not what you need to know. What you need to know is how he does it. ;) -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, March 7 2007 22:33
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quote:Ah, but a true master never reveals his secrets! Plus, they threw him out of the bar before he could annoy us any further. Posts: 353 | Registered: Monday, January 9 2006 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, March 8 2007 03:34
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quote:Nobody who is too poor to afford it realizes they are too poor to afford it, because credit cards prey on their socially-enforced irrational consumerism with unrepayable, predatory loans and the education system is too deliberately ineffective to keep them from having their view of the economic world shaped by TV heads and their idiot peers. Go on, blame the victim some more. It's so very easy, and nobody ever calls you on it. quote:Yes, it looks nice, but what the problem with it (as the author of that article wrote - that it's only concerned with how it looks rather than what it does) and what you think the problem with it is (a leadership school? In Africa? For Africans? How naive!) are two entirely different things. [ Thursday, March 08, 2007 03:36: Message edited by: Protocols of the Elders of Zion ] Posts: 794 | Registered: Tuesday, October 11 2005 07:00 |
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