Mutilate a famous quote

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  1. Oscar Leigh

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    Who dares, gets themselves killed or does something that will haunt them forever.
     
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    Komposten Insanitary pile of rotten fruit Contributor

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    That quote is not mutilated, nor should credit go to Cave Troll. It's a well-known quote from Terry Pratchett.
     
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    big soft moose An Admoostrator Admin Staff Supporter Contributor Community Volunteer

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    No greater common sense has this, than that a man should lay down a friends life for his own
     
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    Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of sexual passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. - Hisao Nakai... And I guess, James Joyce.

    Similar themes, now that I think about it.
     
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    A box of wine, a can of bread, and thou.

    Joe-Bob Khayyam
     
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    *Steel?
     
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    Really late response here, but I think the point of the original quote is that wilful ignorance is worse than impediment because they're not trying to overcome it to see.
    Understand your point though.
     
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    You can lead a suffragette to prison and if you have enough piping to build a force-feeding system you can make it eat and drink- early 20th century British government.
     
  12. Iain Aschendale

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    The rapper Mos Def did a video showing the reality of nasal tube feeding of inmates.

    It's pretty intense.
     
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    Indeed.
     
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    Once bitten you may hesitate before attempting to partake of the very same act due to anticipation of a repeat happening.
     
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    Does this go for lyrics as well? Lately, I've been mutilating famous lyrics a lot.

    "I will survive.
    I will survive!
    For as long as I put sunscreen on
    I'm guessing I'll be fine.
    I've got all my sweat to spread
    and my ass feels just as wet,
    but I'll survive,
    I WILL SURVIVE!
    Hey, hey!"
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    Let's all go to the



    TOILET to get ourselves a treat.

    Ugh.
     
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    And here we drift from mutilation to parody, which is just fine with me. My friends and I had great fun with some of the more popular songs of the day. An example, from Terry Jack's saccharine "Seasons in the Sun"

    If any song deserved to be pilloried, that one did.
     
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    First they came for the weebs.
     
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    With great power comes great recklessness
     
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    Absolute power corrupts so minutely
     
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    Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting that random variance and chaotic factors will not eventually play a role in changing the result, and then assuming the result proves the method doesn't work after all. Because people often mistakes results for inevitabilities, and a lot of people are insane.
     
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