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- From: hypes@boi.hp.com (Gary Hypes)
- Subject: Re: Presidential quote (Bush/atheism)
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:10:52 GMT
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- Bill Conner (bil@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu) wrote:
- :
- : I wonder what it portends for the future of mankind when people
- : quote the public statements of professional politicians as if such
- : utterances had content. Have we fallen so low that carefully scripted
- : politicianisms pass for wisdom ? God help us ...
- :
- :
-
- Wisdom sometimes, yes. Other times humor. Other times nonsense. Other
- times static. Other times pervasive love and warmth. They are all thoughts,
- human thoughts, whether scripted or ill-considered or just off the cuff,
- but they all represent some view, some construction that has been consensually
- accepted as interesting enough to merit being passed along.
-
- Every word in your vocabularly is a quote. You spent your childhood
- learning hearing what others said, internalized it, and used it in some
- form as a starting point for expressing your own original thoughts and
- feelings.
-
- Quotes should never become a substitute for thought, but they can
- certainly represent a treasured view that somewhere along the line
- struck you as intriguing and original.
-
- Besides, God helps those who help themselves.
-
- - Gary Hypes -
-