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   Margueritem said, 2 months ago

   And it turned out well.

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   Carmy said, 2 months ago

   He could do it and he certainly did!

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   LibrarianInTraining said, 2 months ago

   My grandmother only had an 8th grade education. My dad was a high school dropout. So was my mom. I was the first person in my family to graduate high school in 4 generations.

   I was valedictorian of my graduating class.

   Dream big. Work hard. Persevere.

   You’re only limited by your imagination and your drive.

   Congrats, Jose! Do NASA proud!

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   Carmy said, 2 months ago

   Congrats to you too, LIT!

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   Wildmustang1262 said, 2 months ago

   Don’t give up your dreams and keep going on and on till you success! Wink! ;-)

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   Joe Allen Doty said, 2 months ago

   Be careful, LibrarianInTraining, because NotNormanChubsyUbsy will complain about you posting personal information.

   By coincidence, my parents were somewhat like yours. Mom wasn’t allowed to go to high school after she was graduated from the 8th Grade. Dad dropped out of the 9th grade to go to work when he actually didn’t have to.

   But, you would never had consided them to be ignorant. Mom had wanted to be a teacher. She liked it when I was one for a while. All of Mom’s siblings were allowed to finish school and 3 of her brothers were college graduates.

   My late partner, Ed, didn’t go to high school; but, some people thought that he went to college because of the way that he made an effort to educate himself so that he could read the free newspaper he got at work as a security guard. He got a dictionary and looked up the words which he did not understand.

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   ColoradoRider said, 2 months ago

   Walking around campus with a space helmet on had to be tough…

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   Carlos Castellanos said, 2 months ago

   Ok, it is ‘Inspiration Friday’. in a tribute to making things happen and dreaming LARGE, I invite you all fill this comments area by sharing your best and favorite inspiring quotes.

   “Dreams come true when desire transforms them into concrete action. Ask life for great gifts and you encourage life to deliver them to you.”

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   Carlos Castellanos said, 2 months ago

   ColoradoRider - actually a fish bowl. Even tougher still.

10. 

    Saucy1121 said, 2 months ago

    Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow only a vision. But, every today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

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    jkorb said, 2 months ago

    The only difference between the difficult and the impossible is that the impossible takes more time.

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    OldHipster said, 2 months ago

    Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 hour ago
    Be careful, LibrarianInTraining, because NotNormanChubsyUbsy will complain about you posting personal information.
    My late partner, Ed, didn’t go to high school;

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    Better watch your arse, Joe Allen. Your bragging about your “late partner” Ed might be mistaken as a “gay comment”.
    
    Some of us that dislike the gay community might want to kick a certain part of your anatomy.

    Stick it back on the closet, dude!

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    NoBrandName said, 2 months ago

    Anyone who says that nothing is impossible has no imagination.

14. 

    Potrzebie said, 2 months ago

    My, my. Hipster is cranky this year.

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    Carmy said, 2 months ago

    One of my favorite quotes,

    For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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    johnnydoc5 said, 2 months ago

    Hipster, what is wrong with Joe’s life? It doesn’t hurt you or anyone else, so leave him alone.
    
    Jose, might want to have NASA take extra long looks at Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavor before you launch. Better still, start work on new ones.

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    Margueritem said, 2 months ago

    Duct tape, the force that holds the universe together.

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    Furienna said, 2 months ago

    My parents both quit school after 7th grade and never went to High School (even though they both went to vocational school later on). My grandparents had even less education. It wasn’t easy for the older generations to get an education.

    But my brother and my sister both went to High School and then to College. I didn’t manage to graduate from High School, as I got ill. But I went to Junior College and took classes there. And maybe I will go to a “real” college one day. How times have changed…

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    LibrarianInTraining said, 2 months ago

    Carmy, beautiful. There is nothing more inspiring!

    Since I’m already well familiar with the concept on a personal level, I choose:

    THIS is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it!

    And that means everyday!

    Have a great day, everyone!

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    LibrarianInTraining said, 2 months ago

    Margueritem, actually, Duct Tape is very much like the Force in Star Wars. Not only does it hold the universe together, but it has a Light side and a Dark side, and it’s very important to remember which is which because it could end in disaster if you don’t!

    lol ;)

21. 

    natashalee said, 2 months ago

    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~Bertrand Russell

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    cholldekkgher stenst... said, 2 months ago

    My old man always had to say it was a struggle to go to school. A long way to go, too cold, too hot, no food, uphill both ways, all that crap. I found out a few years ago when I went back to his home town in the middle of Missouri (anyone ever heard of Chula, just north of Chilicothe?) and saw the former foreclosed home he and the family lost during the depression. My uncle knew where the one room school house was located, now long abandoned in a field of weeds, and we measured the distance from the house (a new one built on the grounds of the former one) and it was less than a mile and a half from where he lived.
    I guess the older he got, the worse it became.