[1890] in Central_America
New quotes for Mon Oct 23
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Oct 23 01:37:21 1989
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 89 01:37:15 EDT
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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abfletch (Andre B Fletcher):
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cindyw (Cindy C Wang):
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dschmidt (Dan Schmidt):
And if I cried, who'd listen to me in those angelic
orders? Even if one of them suddenly held me
to his heart, I'd vanish in his overwhelming
presence. Because beauty's nothing
but the start of terror we can hardly bear,
and we adore it because of the serene scorn
it could kill us with. Every angel's terrifying.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner, oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
-_The Star Spangled Banner_, Francis Scott Key
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rlcarr (Rich Carreiro):
I was cuttin' a rug down at a place called Chuggin
With a girl named Linda Lou.
When in walked a man with a gun in his hand
And he's was lookin' for you know who.
He said, "Hey there fella, with your hair colored yellow,
Whatcha tryin' to prove?
Cuz that's my woman there and I'm a man who cares
And this might be all for you."
I said, "Excuse me?!"
I was scared and fearin' for my life,
I was shakin' like a leaf on a tree.
Cuz he was lean and mean and big and bad
Lord, a-pointin' that gun at me.
"Oh wait a minute mister, I didn't even kiss her!
Don't want no trouble with you.
And I know you don't owe me
But I wish you would let me ask one favor from you,"
"Oh won't you gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,
Gimme three steps towards the door.
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,
And you're never seeing me no more!
For shoa!"
Well the crowd ran away and I began to pray
And the water fell on the floor.
And I'm tellin' you son, well it ain't no fun
Starin' straight down a forty-four.
Well he turned and screamed at Linda Lou,
And that's the break I was lookin' for.
And you could hear me screamin' a mile away
As I was headed out towards the door:
"Oh won't you gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,
Gimme three steps towards the door.
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,
And you're never seeing me no more!
Show me the back door!"
"Gimme Three Steps"
PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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