[stylist] Quote to ponder

[Eve Sanchez]

Sometimes, I wish that email had a LIKE button. Eve

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:

> Being a lie doesn't make something not real though, just not true. My
> husband is always complaining when he watches Wheel of Fortune that their
> categories are too vague. He partidcularly objects to the "Thing" category,
> saying that everything is a thing -- a person, a concept a place -- even
> nothing is a thing. Real is a bit vague for me, personally.
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 10:18 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
> 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
> > > To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> > > 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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