[stylist] Quote to ponder

Sun Mar 17 20:28:51 UTC 2013

*grin*
Donna 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder

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
> > To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> > 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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