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STATUS QUOtes — 20170726

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A man is known by the silence he keeps.” — Oliver Herford

“The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.” — Jack London, White Fang

“Power (n) The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA.” — Anonymous

“They say that nobody is perfect… then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.” — Wilt Chamberlain, professional basketball player

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170725

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” — Rosa Parks

“Everybody says they’re trying to get their piece of the pie. They don’t realize that the world is a kitchen – you can make your own pie.” — Terry Crews

“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” — Edmund Burke

“Don’t over-analyze your marriage; it’s like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing.” — Ogden Nash

 
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Words Worth: Paraprosdokians – 20170724

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I must admit that I am a punster. I enjoy a good pun and perhaps even a not-so-good pun and I am often the originator of puns much to the groans of my friends and relatives.

Since I find word play interesting and entertaining, I thought I would bring JBRish readers a few Paraprosdokians to “enjoy.”

A paraprosdokian is a form wordplay or literary device. It is a phrase or sentence that ends in an unexpected way which causes readers to reinterpret the opening phrase or sentence of a text. Often, it is used to create comic effect. Some paraprosdokians change the meaning of an initial phrase, and play on the double meanings of the words.

Simply put, a paraprosdokian is a linguistic U-turn that results in humor or surprise.

Source: Literary Devices and Terms

Today’s Paraprosdokians

 

  • Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool, so I gave him a bottle of water.

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  • Take my advice — I’m not using it.

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  • Hospitality is the art of making guests feel like they’re at home when you wish they were.

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  • Is it wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly?

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  • I was going to give him a nasty look, but he already had one.

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STATUS QUOtes — 201707224

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.” — Francis Bacon

“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.” — Ram Dass

“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” — Russell Baker

“Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.” — George Foreman, two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and an Olympic gold medalist

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170723

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.” — Martin Luther

“‘Men have forgotten this truth.’ said the fox. ‘But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.’” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“I don’t care what you’re thinking as long as it is about me.” — Kurt Cobain

“Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.” — Phyllis Diller

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170722

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The goal is to push the envelope, not tear the envelope.” — Rob Minkoff

“Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.” — Michael Kinsley

“Learning not to envy someone else’s blessing is what grace looks like.[ed]” — Rupi Kaur

“I call it a breakdown; my therapist calls it a spiritual awakening.” — Brené Brown

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170721

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.” — Jean Cocteau

“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day. Every day.” — M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

“Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.” — Pythagoras

“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’ll be a mile from them, and you’ll have their shoes.” — Jack Handey

 
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STATUS QUOtes — Picture Quote — 20170720

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Today’s Picture Quote

Commitment is an act, not a word. - Jean-Paul Satre
“Commitment is an act, not a word.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

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STATUS QUOtes — 20170720

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.” — Bruce Lee

“The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Don’t look now, but there’s one too many in this room and I think it’s you.” — Groucho Marx

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170719

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” — Flannery O’Connor

“Being original doesn’t require being first. It just means being different and better.” — Adam Grant

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” — Rita Mae Brown

“I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.” — John Peel

 
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