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[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
- Don Juan Manuel

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

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-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
- Quentin Crisp

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

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-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.
- Norman Ford

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

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-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.
- William Faulkner

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

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-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Bertrand Russell

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
- Kin Hubbard

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know.
- Mark Twain

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people.
- Doris Egan

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
- Laurence J. Peter

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.
- Bethania McKenstry

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
- Phyllis Diller

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
- Gian Vincenzo Gravina

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.
- Henny Youngman

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Ciaran Chan]

In wings surrounded, hidden place,
I find myself, lost today.

I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better.
- Kevin Rose

As blood surrounds my body fast,
I scream, I cry, but nothing lasts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
-I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.