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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 5 months ago

   As Mark Twain once said, ‘The most important thing in life is sincerity … once you can fake that, you’ve got it made!’
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   ghostkeeper said, 5 months ago

   “I shall strive to be the best me I can be”—-that can mean many different things to different people . . .
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 5 months ago

   @ghostkeeper

   We see what it means to Maria.
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   jiocco said, 5 months ago

   Ripping off Max Ehrmann?
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   phritzg said, 5 months ago

   Think globally, act selfishly.
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 5 months ago

   @jiocco

   I don’t know who that is. John will have to speak for himself!
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   johnzakour said, 5 months ago

   @jiocco

   I have no idea who that is either…
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   Some of the worse people in the world were sincere. They were doing it to help us too. Still didn’t change the horror of it all.
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 5 months ago

   @johnzakour

   So that confirms that there was no intentional ripoff! Now the question is- why?
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    phritzg said, 5 months ago

    @Thomas Scott Roberts

    He seems to be the guy who wrote Desiderata. Its last line is strive to be happy. Thant’s not what Maria is proposing at all, in my opinion.
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 5 months ago

    Well I do remember Desiderata- but I don’t know if I could have come up with the name of the writer of it.
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    phritzg said, 5 months ago

    @Thomas Scott Roberts

    I had to google the name to make the connection. My personal memory of the Desiderata poem was a sappy poster common back in my hippy days in San Francisco, and as such, had no place among my many posters which were best enjoyed under the illumination of a black light while using certain substances that were ubiquitous at the time out there.
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    Outworld Cats said, 5 months ago

    @phritzg

    I prefer the National Lampoon version, Deteriorata.

    http://www.mendosa.com/fluke.html

    (includes Desiderata for comparison)
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    mvw said, 5 months ago

    @Bruno Zeigerts

    As Robin Williams said “You can fool some of the people and jerk the rest off.”
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 5 months ago

    @phritzg

    I remember the poster well. Seemed like it was everywhere in the late 60’s/early 70’s.
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