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I go by my experiences. Some folks rely entirely upon famous quotations. What do you go by/rely on? Why?

Posted - January 29, 2017
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  • 2658
    A proverb is a true word.~proverb
      January 29, 2017 12:05 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Not for me if my experience contradicts it Beans. Not for me. Thank you for your reply! :)
      January 30, 2017 5:16 AM MST
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  • 326
    hank williams songs
      January 29, 2017 12:49 PM MST
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  • 113301
    How droll. Thank you for your reply johnnyR and Happy Monday! :)
      January 30, 2017 5:17 AM MST
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  • Susan Stebbing ("Thinking to Some Purpose") called that "potted thinking". My mother was full of them and believed each one to be true, even if they were contradictory. 

    I prefer to depend on reason, knowledge, information and experience. How well I do that is anybody's guess but it seems to work for me. 
      January 29, 2017 1:29 PM MST
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  • 113301
    "Potted"? Dotty? I dunno Didge. Some folks keep flinging quotations at me as if that is the be-all and end-all to the conversation. Book titles. What "experts" say. If my experience is in direct opposition to what the experts say then all it signifies is bullsh ** to me. Bullsh** does not impress  me. I don't care who said it! Thank you for your reply m'dear! :)
      January 30, 2017 5:19 AM MST
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  • I shall consider myself severely chastised. :)
      January 30, 2017 2:29 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Apologies. T'was not my intention. Wanna chastise me then we will be even? I won't cry. I'm a big girl now! :)
      January 31, 2017 6:17 AM MST
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  • 22891
    i rely on god, not quotations
      January 29, 2017 2:23 PM MST
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