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Quotations from G.E. Nordell
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 | G.E. Nordell is author of the 'Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment' {and the free philosophy ezine 'WMail'), the Rick Walker noir detective novels, and other works. He lives atop a mesa in central New Mexico, overlooking the Rio Grande River. |
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“Reason is the only frontier left.”
“Het redeneren is de enige grens die blijft.” {in Dutch}
“Whosoever is righteous or violent – or both – is the enemy of Objective Reason
“Le raisonnement est la seule territoire encore inconnu qui demeure.” {in French}
“Der Grund ist die einzige Grenze, die bleibt.” {in German}
“Il ragionamento è l'unica frontiera che rimane.” {in Italian}
and Free Choice and Empowerment.” {Issue #10}
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“Freedom exists in the exercise of thereof.” {Issues #11 & #56 & #70}
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“Truth be told, druthers are hard to come by.” {Issue #17}
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“Life is too short to be kissing frogs, much less to be kissing
the asses of frogs.” {Issue #19}
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“The term 'group think' is an oxymoron.” {Issue #20}
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“A man is judged by his Values; his Values are marked
by that which he will not compromise.” {Issue #22}
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“Each and every religion is a delusion and dishonest at the core.” {Issue #22}
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“God is in the Silence.” {Issues #22 & #30}
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“If a tree falls in the forest, you won't hear it if your head is up your ass.” {Issue #26}
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“Evil is simply the dis-empowerment of oneself or another being.” {Issue #27}
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“The Biblical Ten Commandments are incomplete; for example, there
should be an Eleventh Commandment to 'Honor thy children'.” {Issue #28}
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“Freud asked 'What do women want?' That has been answered: Women want security;
men want adventure. Said another way, men tend to be hunters
and women tend to be gatherers.” {Issue #31}
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“Your job as a parent or caregiver is to make certain that your children
know absolutely that you love them.” {Issue #33}
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“Except for election day, politics is all show business.” {Issues #34 & #64}
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“Just because the establishment is mad at you, it doesn't mean that you're
a rebel or a revolutionary.” {Issue #36}
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“There is a difference between the two major U.S. political parties: The Democrats enact bad laws intended to benefit everyone, and the Republicans enact bad laws intended to benefit themselves.” {Issue #36}
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Garrison Kiellor: “There's a lot of human nature in everyone.”
G.E. Nordell: “... to which I say: 'A little human nature goes a long way'.” {Issue #36}
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“And on the eighth day, the Lord God said 'Let there be boogie!'.” {Issue #36}
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Nordell's Hypothesis: “If things were different, things would be different.” {Issue #36}
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Gloria Steinem: “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
G.E Nordell: “Let's not be sexist: A man needs a woman like a fish needs a bicycle.” {Issue #36}
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“Marriage isn't a job, it's an adventure.” {Issue #38}
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“Ideas – even good ideas – are a dime per hundred; it is action that matters.” {Issue #39}
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“Labor is the source of all wealth.” {Issues #40 & #61 & #71}
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“The only thing, I say, that Marx and Engels got right is that
'You have nothing to lose but your chains'.” {Issue #40}
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“Beware the National Debt: It is a rising tide that sinks all boats.” {Issue #41}
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“We need to tighten the rules. So how about a 12th Commandment
that says 'Thou shalt not cheat'?” {Issue #41}
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“For the 13th Commandment: Though shalt not take thyself too damn seriously.” {Issue #42}
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“Life is supposed to be a cabaret; for a while there, LUV was a truck;
now Liberty is a car sold by Jeep.” {Issue #42}
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“Anyone who votes for George Dubya Bush is dumber than he is.” {Issue #45}
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“If Dubya wins, America loses.” {Issues #46 & #47}
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“Love is something that you give to others.” {Issue #49}
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“Television rots your brain.” {Issue #49}
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“Homosexuality is a non-issue.” {Issue #49}
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“The existentialist acts rightly for no reason.” {Issue #49}
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“It is okay to love people: real love is free.” {Issue #49}
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“Possession of a closed mind is an act of treason against humanity.” {Issue #51}
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“God is a snob. He (or She) refuses to talk to existentialists.” {Issue #51}
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“Where the Oligarchy is in power, the First Amendment is null and void in the workplace.” {Issue #52}
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“Marriage is a handshake deal.” {Issues #52 & #68}
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“Free speech is a danger to the neo-con fascists, which is why they suppress it.
Our best weapon is to speak freely and loudly and often.” {Issue #52}
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“Correction: Better to say 'No risk, no gain'.” {Issue #53}
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“Each and every moment is multiple choice.” {Issue #53}
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“The old saying ‘If it ain't broke, don't fix it’ was coined by Bert Lantz. To which I say,
'You, the Individual, do not need permission to fix what is broken and to improve what is not.” {Issue #54}
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“Fox News is an oxymoron.” {Issue #54}
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“Dubya can’t win in Iraq, and he failed totally in Louisiana, and the same blindness that caused the thousands of deaths in New Orleans will also trigger the collapse of the world economy.” {Issue #54}
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“This world is not a practice world.” {Issue #55}
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“The Self is the individual who is responsible and who can tolerate risk.” {Issue #55}
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“All that we have to do is make the people in our lives feel special; all that requires
is to tell them the truth.” {Issue #55}
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“Action is the strongest form of communication.” {Issue #56}
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“I have the same rights that you do, the same rights that I afford you.
We each have only the collective rights given to all.” {Issue #56}
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“Citizens who don't vote are quitters.” {Issue #59}
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“Capitalism is the creation of jobs and products and services.” {Issue #60}
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“Necessity is the mother of hard work; vision is the mother of invention.” {Issue #60}
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“Cut and run? The Republican policy is to cut taxes for the wealthy and run up the National Debt.” {Issue #61}
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“Any U.S. citizen who does not vote is a coward and an ingrate.” {Issues #62 & #63}
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“Demand ethical governance.” {Issue #66}
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“How did the Right To Be Exploited become the law of the land?” {Issue #67}
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“The only way to enter into the 'Promised Land' is to surrender to its existence.” {Issue #67}
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“The Republican Party is proof that you can indeed fool some of the people all of the time.” {Issue #70}
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“Freedom – Use it or lose it.” {Issue #71}
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“I have been told my whole life to be concerned for What Other People Think. But I came up with
a better idea: Let other people be concerned about what *I* think. My concern – and that of each
and every Working Mind – is to Think.” {Issue #71}
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“A teacher is proudest when surpassed by the student.” {Issue #71}
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“Also, there is no R in team.” {blog 12/2007}
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“George W. Bush isn't the President, he just plays one on television.” {blog 12/2007}
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“Reality is not negotiable.” {blog 12/2007}
"There is not one Republican today who can be trusted.” {blog 2/2008}
“Tempis sure does fugit.”
“The universe is a cosmic pinball machine.”
“There is no such thing as 'common sense': If common sense were common, things would make sense.”
“Irony is cynicism with a pretty face.”
“Life is so often not a matter of yards, but of inches.”
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