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A New Idea

By: sciguy18
Written on October 29th, 2011
While not a story, I found the following quote to be appropriate for this group.

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
By: sciguy18
Age: 51-55 , Male
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  • FreedomAndMyYouth
    FreedomAndMyYouth

    you can always turn your back and resort to religion if reality gets too scary

    Oct 30, 2011
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  • Quintesse
    Quintesse

    Once expanded, contraction is impossible.

    I like it.

    I guess ideas tend to build on themselves; I am picturing cells, dividing and multiplying and re-forming, creating whole new organisms. Instead of a spark, a synapse.

    Oct 29, 2011
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  • Mehameha
    Mehameha

    Quotes keep me humble. and my feet firmly planted.

    Oct 29, 2011
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  • ItsWindy
    ItsWindy

    This quote is totally apt for this group. I am learning to enjoy quotes!

    Oct 29, 2011
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    • sciguy18
      sciguy18

      "By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

      Oct 31, 2011
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  • Tsunami3
    Tsunami3

    I have nothing to say but I'm tempted to post some obscure, irrelevant comment just to see if you can come up with a related quote. :)

    Oct 29, 2011
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    • sciguy18
      sciguy18

      “Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant." - Edgar Allan Poe

      Oct 31, 2011
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