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Josh Groban

“Watching the Titanic sink with commercial breaksis a peculiar kind of sadness” Josh GrobanUS singer-songwriter

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 25, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:josh groban, quote, sadness, titanic sinking, tv commercials5 Comments on Josh Groban

From the FCS Book of Questions Needing Answers

If Cholmondeley is pronounced Chumleywhy isn’t Bottomley pronounced Bumley?

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 23, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:pronunciation, quote2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Questions Needing Answers

Robert Crosbie

“If you love someoneyou can forgive anything” Robert CrosbieTheosophist1849 – 1919

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 22, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:forgiveness, love, quote3 Comments on Robert Crosbie

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

If I was youI wouldn’t be me

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 19, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:quote, You me19 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Maria Bamford

“I’m afraid that fulfilling my potentialwould really cut into my sitting around time” Maria BamfordUS actress-comedian

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 18, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:fulfilling potential, maria bamford, quote2 Comments on Maria Bamford

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Born free -|my father’s a doctor

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 16, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:birth, doctor, quote12 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

I’m so brokeI can’t even pay attention

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 15, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:flat broke, paying attention, quote8 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Words matter Because words matterMisleading information mattersIt’s not just distractingIt’s downright dangerous

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 12, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:quote, words2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

When man learnt he could not live by bread alonehe invented the sandwich

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 10, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:bread, quote, sandwich7 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

In the ‘Wind in the Willows’the word ‘willows’ does not appearanywhere except in the title

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryApril 8, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:quote, wind in the willows8 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

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