Favorite Quotes

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    Guys - for the second time in just over 24 hours this is the favorite quote thread - it's purpose is to post your favorite quotes, a little light banter sparked by the quotes is fine, but going off on huge tangents is not... if you want to do that take it to one if the rubbish talking threads, or if it doesn't fit there start a new thread in the lounge for your tangent.

    I've deleted a bunch of posts - again. But fair warning this is the last time you get a friendly cuddly moose who just wants everyone to get along.

    As the Hulk says (hey, look a quote) "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry"

    The next big diversion/thread hijack will see everybody involved getting a permanent reply ban from this thread.

    Also while on the subject it's favorite quotes from other people, not whatever random thought trips across your synapses (there is a self quotes thread for that I believe)
     
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    quote
    /kwəʊt/

    verb
    1. 1.
      repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person).
      "I realized she was quoting passages from Shakespeare"
      synonyms: recite, repeat, say again, reproduce, restate, retell, echo, iterate, parrot;
    noun
    1. 1.
      a quotation from a text or speech.
      "a quote from Wordsworth"
    source: Google dictionary

    Quotes in this thread need to be sourced. That doesn't mean you need to provide a link, but you have to let us know where this came from. From time to time quotes will be misattributed, but a quote is not a paraphrase, an old saying, or a proverb, or a random internet meme, it is something that can be attributed to a specific person.
     
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    Are you contacting those who have broken the rules? I personally have no desire to offend, but I'm not sure where the line is on something like this.
     
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    on this thread the line is fairly easy to recognise

    Was your post a quote and was it attributed properly - if both of those are yes then you're fine

    the other easy way to tell is 'was your post deleted'
     
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    And while this is not a change in the rules, it is a process of clarification and stricter enforcement of some things that have been allowed to slide for a while. If you look at the first few pages, you'll see how things started out, and that's the model that we want to bring the thread back onto line with. No one needs to worry that we'll be digging back through seventy-seven pages looking for old posts to sprinkle warnings on.
     
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