[stylist] Quote to ponder

[Eve Sanchez]

Everything you can imagine is truly possable, but I do not know about it
all being real. Was not Flip often the center square? Richard Pryor set
himself on fire while free basing. I do not think Flip ever did such a
thing.My friends sister dated Pryor at the timeof the incident. Eve  Oh,
and to quote Gregory House, "Everybody lies."

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:

> Chris,
> Right you are. The mind is indeed a terrible thing. Same era though, wasn't
> it?
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kuell
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 8:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
> Donna,
>
> I believe you are thinking of Richard Pryor. He's the one who burned
> himself
> very badly while free-basing cocaine (the precursor to smoking crack). Flip
> Wilson was famous for saying, "The devil made me do it!"
>
> chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
>
> > Robert,
> > I remember him well. Didn't he catch himself on fire at one point? As far
> > as
> > the quote, it's pretty much how politics works; isn't it? The thing is,
> > sometimes there is more truth in fiction than in nonfiction. That's what
> > always interests me, anyway, and I think it's what makes fiction connect
> > so
> > steadfastly with its devotees.
> > Donna
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> > Leslie
> > Newman
> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:13 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
> >
> > Thanks Bridgit - Here is another quote that is of importance to a writer;
> > I
> > think so, anyway.
> >
> > One of my favorite quotes is from Flip Wilson --- any of you remember
> him?
> > No, he was not a philosopher --- he was a comedian back in the 60's and
> > 70's. And so he once said --- "A lie is as good as the truth, if you can
> > get
> > people to believe it."
> >
> > Interesting, quote! Think of it; not all lies are bad, though I suppose
> > the
> > word "lie" normally denotes a negative. Yet how much of what is written
> is
> > not truth? What percentage of "good stories" be they fiction or memoir
> are
> > based upon a lie?
> > Or, when is a story a lie, an/or a lie a story?
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> > Pollpeter
> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:27 PM
> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [stylist] Quote to ponder
> >
> > Since Stylist has been silent of late, here's something to consider:
> >
> > "Everything you imagine is real."
> > Pablo Picasso
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style Read my blog at:
> > http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
> >
> > "If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
> satisfy,
> > we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."
> > C. S. Lewis
> >
> >
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