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When I was 19, traveling cross country with almost nothing (my car broke down for good in Dallas), no job, no place to live, almost broke. I got a job in a run down resturant washing dishes. On the bathroom wall someone wrote "lifes a bitch", under that someone else wrote "lifes what you make it". Those quotes allways stuck in my mind.
Another one I like is "do it right the first time, how ya gonna find the time to do it over again?"
I really like this post, a lot of the replys really hit home for me.
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John, the quote about imagination vs. knowledge was by Albert Einstein. (one of my heroes)
And your party story reminds me of a W. C. Fields quote, also at a party - "Yeah, well I'll be sober tomorrow and you'll be crazy for the rest of your life."
------------------ "If it isn't fun, why do it?" Signmike@aol.com Mike Languein Doctor of Letters BS, MS, PhD ___________________
You know what BS is, MS is More of the Same, and it's Piled Higher and Deeper here
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Probably the best sign-related advice was from an old-timer who said "never fall in love with an individual letter". What he implied, but didn't say, was work on layout, because a good layout will cover a multitude of sins in less-than-perfect lettering. We've all seen signs with "perfect" lettering and weak layout, and the perfect lettering doesn't make up for poor layout. On non-sign related advice-- remember your manners (remember those?) manners is the "vaseline" of social intercourse. Too bad there seems to be more "sandpaper" than the other these days.
------------------ Bill Preston Fly Creek, N.Y. USA wpreston2@stny.rr.com
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You don't always get what you pay for, But you always pay for what you get.
Cheat me one time, shame on you, cheat me twice, shame on me.
Our Time in this world is like fine wine, It needs to be savored.
I got more, but thems, muh main ones, LOL Bill
------------------ Bill & Barbara Biggs Art's Sign Service, Inc. Clute, Texas, USA Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival Proud Third year Supporter of the Letterheads Website MailTo:twobeesusa@netscape.net
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A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark
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Hi! From my dad: If you don't know what something means, look it up in the dictionary. If you're not going to do something right, don't do it at all. From my father-in-law: The more you stir s**t, the more it stinks. From my mom: Don't spill your guts to everybody! (but I always do) You catch more flies with sugar than you do with vinegar. From my Mam: Whenever God closes a door, he opens a window. From a friend: If you ain't yourself, you ain't s**t! From my ex: It ain't easy bein' easy! That's it for me! Sorry about all the !@#!! Love- JILL
------------------ Jill M. Welsh
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If you never make a mistake you will never make anything from me wonderful father no longer with us. Get out of being a mechanic and be a signmaker the best advice I have ever been given from my wife and from my equaly great mum can't is not a word try is and if you don't try you will not succeed in this life I now have 4 trades and still believe mum was right on the nose.
------------------ Ian Wilson Signmaker Toowoomba City Council Cnr Anzac Ave & Stephen st Toowoomba Queensland Australia may all your toubles be little ones The man that never make a mistake never makes anything
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