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Posted by Zebra @californiazebra, Jun 21, 2023

I'll start with three quotes from the very inspiring Helen Keller as noted in "Your Year of Healing" book by Amit Sood, MD:

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

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captboat | @captboat | Jan 12, 2024
In reply to @sueinmn "& @annewoodmayo - sometimes I wish we had a 🤣 button! I am a transplant to..." + (show)
@sueinmn

& @annewoodmayo - sometimes I wish we had a 🤣 button! I am a transplant to Texas, but my Grandad was from Iowa, so I have heard this my whole life!
Sue

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Awesome 👍🏾

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jan 13, 2024
In reply to @captboat "I’m honored and flattered. “That dawg won’t hunt” means your initial proposal is woefully inadequate, you..." + (show)
@captboat

I’m honored and flattered.
“That dawg won’t hunt” means your initial proposal is woefully inadequate, you didn’t bring your “A” game, you are obviously out of your league, or maybe you didn’t know you are now playing in the “big leagues”.
Chose one…hope this helps the non-Texans.
(btw, I am not an official Texan, even though I have lived here for a while)

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"dawg won't hunt"
Very interesting!
Here in the Philly ex-burbs, that phrase might be interpreted as referring to a very liberal person, since our young people often refer to each other as "dawg."
Another sterling example of "a common people separated by a common language," I think.

Our local police "hunted" a young black bear that had strayed into our area with a glazed donut from Dunkin'. And it worked. Lured the poor little lost bear right into their trap. Haha They took him away to some forest away from the burbs.

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captboat | @captboat | Jan 15, 2024

Words from song:
“Who am I to deny what the LORD can do…anything is possible…YOU ARE MORE THAN ABLE”!!!

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brandysparks | @brandysparks | Jan 16, 2024
In reply to @captboat "I’m honored and flattered. “That dawg won’t hunt” means your initial proposal is woefully inadequate, you..." + (show)
@captboat

I’m honored and flattered.
“That dawg won’t hunt” means your initial proposal is woefully inadequate, you didn’t bring your “A” game, you are obviously out of your league, or maybe you didn’t know you are now playing in the “big leagues”.
Chose one…hope this helps the non-Texans.
(btw, I am not an official Texan, even though I have lived here for a while)

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From a "former Texan" (for a seminal 10 years, in Dallas):
Have you heard this one?...

"Slicker than deer guts on a door knob..."

(Has to be said quickly...! Kind of quirky, but works in some situations...meaning (as I understood it in the 90s...) "smmmoooooth...."

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captboat | @captboat | Jan 16, 2024
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@brandysparks

From a "former Texan" (for a seminal 10 years, in Dallas):
Have you heard this one?...

"Slicker than deer guts on a door knob..."

(Has to be said quickly...! Kind of quirky, but works in some situations...meaning (as I understood it in the 90s...) "smmmoooooth...."

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No, I can’t say I heard that one, and I’m glad I didn’t.
That’s a little beyond my cultural endeavors. I’m really a marshmallow, toasted!

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AZ | @equanimous | Jan 17, 2024
In reply to @brandysparks "From a "former Texan" (for a seminal 10 years, in Dallas): Have you heard this one?......" + (show)
@brandysparks

From a "former Texan" (for a seminal 10 years, in Dallas):
Have you heard this one?...

"Slicker than deer guts on a door knob..."

(Has to be said quickly...! Kind of quirky, but works in some situations...meaning (as I understood it in the 90s...) "smmmoooooth...."

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Love it! Will definitely use!!

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Judyinjeans. | @judyingenes | Jan 18, 2024

I know it's the middle of winter most places...but this one just came to mind!

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” — Dalai Lama

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westsouth | @westsouth | Jan 19, 2024

-Inspire the desire to Aspire .
- Time pass doesn't return.

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pml | @pml | Jan 19, 2024

"All things in moderation". I think it's somewhere in the Bible. I've heard it all my life and I'm 77.
PML

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